[Milsurplus] "condenser cleaners"

[J. Forster]

It could also be a loop of pipe cleaner type material, perhaps with
stiffer wire.

-John

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>
> The ad for condenser cleaners can be found by a google search on " "howard
> .b. jones""condenser cleaner" ". The first result should be a link to the
> ad
> in a 1922 "Wireless Age"..  Looks like a wire loop to me.
>
> 73
>
> Tom
> WB3AKD
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
> To: "Michael Bittner" <mmab at cox.net>
> Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>; "Ralph Cameron" <ramcam at magma.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] "condenser cleaners"
>
>
>> Could well be. Pretty sophisticated, requiring some radio knowlege, if
>> it
>> was.
>>
>> On "condenser cleaners" I don't know from the thread whether the
>> reference
>> was to a brush or a liquid, but I've seen 20s and 30s radios with cast
>> potmetal condensers. It is possible some of those alloys might grow
>> "metal
>> whiskers", especially in poorly climate controlled rural locations, and
>> cease functioning.
>>
>> Something to clean them might actually have had a real function.
>>
>> FWIW,
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ================
>>
>>
>>
>>> My take on it is that it was a joke.  Mike W6MAB
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>>> To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: "Michael Bittner" <mmab at cox.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>;
>>> "Ralph
>>> Cameron" <ramcam at magma.ca>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:21 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] "condenser cleaners"
>>>
>>>
>>> The pics Michael sent me were of a very real artifact, made out of
>>> shiny
>>> metal.
>>>
>>> What is unclear to me is whether it was sold as a real thing to put
>>> inside
>>> radios, or whether it was a joke.
>>>
>>> There were a lot of gag gifts and trinkets sold then as now. It's
>>> actually
>>> fun to go to antique flea markets, like Brimfield, and look at such
>>> things.
>>>
>>> Quite obviously, radio was a giant mystery to most of the public back
>>> then
>>> (and even now). Very few knew how it worked, beyond being able to find
>>> a
>>> broadcast. Not very different than now really. Do you know, in detail,
>>> how
>>> a cell phone or 'puter works? I sure don't.
>>>
>>> FWIW,
>>>
>>> -John
>>>
>>> ================
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Michael Bittner <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>> I have an actual Grid Leak Drip Pan. Made by Muter in Chicago. If
>>>>> anyone
>>>>> wants to see some pictures of it, please reply off list and I will
>>>>> email
>>>>> a
>>>>> set of 4 jpegs of it. Mike Bittner, W6MAB
>>>>
>>>> I'd offer to send pics of my last case of Marconi Aerial Wax, but the
>>>> last time word got out that I had some, the stock market tanked. (o:
>>>>
>>>> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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