[Swan] Re: My old 350

[Steve Harrison]

At 08:33 AM 4/19/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>I've been lurking on this list for a while, with the hopes of getting my 350 
>back on the air.  It was my original rig as a novice through extra for many 
>years...

For shame, for shame  ;o((((((

>It's been dead for a long while now and I am going to buy one of the PS kits 
>from ebay as mentioned here.

I haven't seen those; can someone please give me a link to one?

>My other question is "what tube tester do you guys use that covers all the 
>swan tubes?"

The radio, itself, is all I use  8-))))

>I am wanting to get a cheap tester off of ebay or from a swap meet that 
>will test all the tubes... and as a bonus, I'd love to be able to test 
>the tubes in my Atwater Kent 84 AM radio too! (another thing I need to fix!)

Tube testers are no longer "cheap"; you'll pay over $100 for one that
actually works and more for a higher-quality type that has adapters, etc.
What you might do, though, is try to find someone local to you and offer
them a few bux to borrow theirs, or for them to test your tubes. Start with
your local radio club; ask the older geezers, who may know someone else
with one.

And few testers will actually work well with the balanced modulator tubes,
anyway. For those, you really need to use the radio.

What you're more likely to find bad in your radio will be small
electrolytics and maybe some mica bypass caps. Any carbon-composition
resistor should be considered suspect, as well; measure them with an
ordinary ohmmeter, both cold and hot. To get them warm, simply apply a
soldering iron to one or both of the leads.

Steve, K0XP