[Hallicrafters] Soild state vs Tubes

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

This is "NOT" a criticism, just a chuckle from the blind dude!

The subject line has the word"Solid" spelled wrong. When my screen reading 
software read it to me via synthetic speech it came out as "Soiled State VS 
Tubes". Sometimes the best part of a post is the way this electronic screen 
reader pronounces the words, even when they are spelled correctly. But 
"Soiled State" immediately caught my attention!


Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
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HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jeremy-ca" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
To: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "Peter Markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Soild state vs Tubes


> Little tubes glowing doesnt do it for me either. Heck most tubes used over 
> 2 decades are metal anyway and I cant get all hot and passionate over a 
> 5Y3 or watch a 35Z5 short out. I must say that the magic eye tubes in my 
> SX-9 and NC-101X are sort of cute.
>
> If I want glow I'll look at a 4-1000A, 250TH, 304TL or something similar 
> that really lights up with just the filaments. Put some serious power into 
> them and watch those plates glow bright orange and give you a tan.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
> To: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Soild state vs Tubes
>
>
>> Maybe for some, but for me, restoring is the challenge of bringing
>> something back to life to all its glory. Warm glow or no glow, it makes
>> no difference to me.  I'd rather just put my ear up to the speaker or put
>> on a set of cans. Just watching tubes glow, doesn't do it for me.
>>
>> Pete, wa2cwa
>>
>> On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 21:58:53 EDT HallicrafterSX28 at aol.com writes:
>>> The whole purpose of  restoring a 60 or 70 year old radio is to
>>> experience
>>> the glow and warmth of a thermionic vacuum tube  !! If you want  to
>>> use solid
>>> state replacements then you might as well remove all of the tubes
>>> and insert
>>> transistors in all the sockets(of course with the proper voltage
>>> dropping
>>> resistors !) that would defintely reduce ALL heating and load on the
>>>  power
>>> transformer !!
>>> I like  to open the top lid on my SX-28 or SX-17 to  enjoy the warm
>>> orange
>>> glow to comes of all the tubes including the rectifier  tube when
>>> it's pulling
>>> signals from a distant station.
>>> My 2  cents
>>> Nick
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