[Hallicrafters] On the question of Solid State vs Tubes

[HallicrafterSX28 at aol.com]

Well It's not just experiencing the "warm glow" of a vacuum tube (which  
obviously some folks here on the list don't seem to care much about !) but  
keeping a VACUUM TUBE communication rcvr as close to ORIGINALITY as  possible.
You've already removed all of the paper caps and the original electrolytics  
(excluding those who insert new caps inside the original ones,I salute them)  
,most of the original out of tolerance resistors have gone.So now whats  left?
The thrill of a RESTORING an old radio,transmitter or TV or whatever is to  
bring back the ORIGINAL circuit 
configuration back to life keeping the circuit design as close as possible  
as the original circuit designers/engineers had intended.
 
As somebody who grew up with black & white TV sets ,old console radios  with 
a dozen or more vacuum tubes in them ,the "thrill" of watching the tubes  glow 
continues till this day .
Nick
 
 
 



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