[Hallicrafters] Advice needed

[Rodney Bunt]

Jerry,

I mark all the tubes, or their bases, with a "silver" marking pen. When I put them thru the tube
tester I put the Transconductance there as well, in case I'm looking for a "HOT" tube or one that
is not so hot, to cure some instability....

Rodney
VK2KTZ

--- "E. Jerold Forwood" <e.j.forwood at juno.com> wrote:
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> I just picked up a S-19R Sky- Buddy that looks like it
> was kept in a storage shed for a long time. The inside is
> horribly filthy. It's some kind of soot or something similar.
>  
> Short of running thru the dishwasher (or car wash) how
> do you get that kind of grime cleaned up?
>  
> Obviously, I can clean the tubes and cabinet interior,
> but what do you do to clean all the components and
> wiring on the underside of the chassis?
>  
> 
> Hi John,
> While cleaning the rig you may find  as I did (the hard way) that you
> probably should leave the crud on the tubes.  The markings come off very
> easily!   I placed a complete set from a dirty rig, all 17 of them, in a
> pan of soapy water.  I now have a set of 17 tubes with no markings and a
> new set of tubes in the rig.  A new set of tubes causes a total
> realignment of the radio, but that should probably have been done anyway,
> Hi! Hi!.
> 73's de Jerry, KØEJF
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