[NJARC] Tube socket adapters

[Bill Zukowski]

Currently listed on ebay (expires 7/14):

Vector Tube Socket Adapter Set MX-1258/U

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vector-Tube-Socket-Adapter-Set-MX-1258-U-/191239750416?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item2c86c70310



On 7/10/2014 12:31, Rob Flory wrote:
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> Hi All,
> I have at times wanted to access a tube pin for measurement or
> non-destructive modification when the bottom of the socket was difficult or
> impossible to get to.
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> I have accomplished this by wrapping thin wire around the pin(s) of the
> tube I wanted to get to, and plugging the tube in.
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> In one instance, this got me access to the grid of a buffer amplifier in a
> signal generator, allowing me to grid-block key it and use the generator as
> a 1-watt transmitter.  It was a Northern Electric and was very stable on
> 28Mc.
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