[Boatanchors] TC-63 adapter?

Adam Vaughn adamant316 at verizon.net
Mon Feb 23 18:24:24 EST 2015


 
On 02/23/15, Richard Knoppow<1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
>That makes sense. Either the tester has fixed sockets or is 
>incapable of the combination required by this tube.


Pretty much both, at least in the default state. When I was in high school, the electronics shop had a couple of tube testers left over from ye olde days. One was a Hickok 600 or 6000 (forget which), which was a bit obtuse, but decent. They also had a B&K of some sort, probably a "Dyna-Jet" type (whatever that means; I think it was emissions only). As I described, it had several sockets of each type; you selected the test mode and filament voltage, plugged the tube into the socket indicated in the book/chart, and you were good to go. I believe it was mainly meant for use when repairing TVs, since there was nothing older than an octal socket. The Hickok had sockets on it for older tubes, and though I wasn't entirely sure of its accuracy, it seemed to do a good job. Here is some info on B&K's tube testers; not sure if the one the school had is listed on here:


http://tone-lizard.com/B%26K.html
 
 Not sure what happened to the tube testers the school had. The electronics shop was moved to a different part of the school building several years ago; I saved as much stuff as I could, but the tube testers weren't among them. Fortunately, an R-390A and an R-392 were. ;-)
-Adam

 
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