[Boatanchors] Parts

[Bruce]

Hello,

Clarance Tuska was a cofounder of the American Radio Relay League.
The CD Tuska Company built a number of radio receivers, and Tuska has 
quite a few patents.

 From a 1923 advertisement: "Tuska sets are built under the personal 
direction of C. D. Tuska, a nationally known radio pioneer and builder 
of fine apparatus. For a dozen years Mr. Tuska has been keenly critical 
of all radio parts and sets bearing his name. As a result, the Tuska 
seal is recognized as a guarantee of the most thorough New England 
craftsmanship - and there is no better." (Popular Science Monthly Sept. 
1923 pp 99).

Here is a 1923 Tuska Superdyne Type 228 receiver:

<http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-1923-tuska-superdyne-type-228-tube-radio>

Here is a Formo-Densor Type J:

<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORMO-DENSOR-TYPE-J-/170598884714>

73, Bruce WA8TNC
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "LARRY D GODEK"<telegrapher at q.com>
> To:<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 4:27 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Parts
>
>    
>> Digging around in one of my boxes of "junque" i found a
>> couple of parts that sound interesting.  One is a Fixed
>> Condenser Type 260 by the C.D. Tuska Co. Hartford, Conn..
>> Another is a "Formo-Densor Type J", MAX .0003 and Min
>> .000025
>>
>> A third one is a Harvey-Wells Electronics crystal for 3105
>> kc that has only one tab for connecting a wire or screw
>> to.  Hmmmm.  Wonder which piece of avionics that came
>> from.
>>
>> Larry
>> W0OGH
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