[Milsurplus] Mystery subminiature tube modules

[Bruce Gentry]

I have no idea what the modules are from, but I once had a large number 
of them. That was nearly fifty years ago in Kingsport, Tennessee.  There 
was a local scrapyard that was a nerd's paradise, it received all the 
scrap from the Magnavox plant in nearby Greeneville and also a Sperry 
Rand plant. Modules like you describe showed up from time to time, and I 
bought all I could afford. They were supposedly from missels or 
aircraft, the heavy aluminum cases made them more expensive than the 
bare circuit boards. Fortunately, the scrapyard would allow us to bring 
small tools and remove the boards, to purchase at a far lower price 
while leaving the expensive aluminum behind.  I would remove most of the 
components but leave the tubes and power supply wiring intact, then wire 
up whatever I wanted to. The tubes would work very well with 24 volts on 
the plates and screens. Lots of great memories! Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
On 8/7/15 10:40 PM, antqradio at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Any missile-men on this list?  I have had these two modules for many years that use soldered in subminiature tubes.  They could be from an early air-to-air missile.  About 6 1/4 inch wide and should fit within a 8 or so inch diameter.  I suppose we are talking somewhere in the decade of the 1950's, just before solid state took over.
> One is labeled with a stenciled 2 and uses five subminiature tubes: 6021, 6021, 5643 (connector) 5703, 5703.  There are what appear to be two delay lines that are alongside the miniature coaxial connectors. The other module is labeled 5 and uses: 6021, 6112 (connector) 6112, 6021.
>
> Photos on request; help is always appreciated,
> Jim
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