[GreenKeys] Western Electric 358A tube

Steve Schlink sschlink at mindspring.com
Sun Mar 8 11:26:33 EDT 2009


Derek ,

The "tube" is actually a neon lamp.

I'd strip the gray paint off, since the black, non-painted is older anyway.

It's a $5 item.

Steve

At 01:45 AM 3/8/2009 -0400, Jon Schlegel wrote:

>Looks like a visual telephone "Ring Indicator"
>that you might have found in radio studio.
>
>Jon
>WA3MVM
>
>At 12:15 AM 3/8/2009 -0600, Derek Cohn/WB0TUA wrote:
> >Hi Everyone,
> >
> >Continuing to paw through the junk box of
> >"teletype" parts, there is a beehive shaped
> >illuminated indicator.  Instead of an
> >incandescent lamp inside, there is a Western
> >Electric 358A tube.  Very interesting.
> >



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