[Boatanchors] Tube Testers

[Albert LaFrance]

Barrie,

My understanding is that the Western Electric version of the Cardmatic was considered the "Cadillac"
of tube testers.  Like anything with a Western Electric label, it's much prized today by the
audiophools.

Albert LaFrance

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Smith" <barrie at centric.net>
To: "Boatanchors Mail List" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:15 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Tube Testers


Hi, group:

Speaking of tube testers, a ham friend of mine, who worked for the telephone company years ago, was
told to throw away several tube testers.

They didn't tell him where to throw them, so he (gently) threw them in the back of his truck.

He gave one of them to me.

It seems to work well, and I've never encountered a tube I couldn't test, although I may well live
in a small world.

It does test 807 and 6146!

I've often wondered where it stands compared to other tube testers.

It's basically a Cardmatic, made for Western Electric.  Quite a large and heavy unit.  I don't think
it could be called portable; moveable, perhaps.

It came with another case containing three rows of punch-cards.  These cards are specific for the
tube to be tested.  There's a slot in the tester where the card is inserted.  When I do that, there
is quite a wham as the card is captured.

It also came with several cards that are intended for calibratiion.

Sound familiar to anyone?  How does it stack up?

73,
Barrie, W7ALW, DN36au,
QRV 6M, 432 & 1296 EME
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