[BC] The ultimate radio?

[Chuck Leavens]

Theres also the glut of vacuum tubes from Russian MIG aircraft that 
music hobbyists have discovered.



>Willie,
>   
>   Sorry...I completely forgot the hearing aid tubes...the subminis 
>like the 2E32, and some in the 2E40's as I recall. Micropower 
>filaments, very low anode voltages.  Good amplification.
>   
>   Put them in your new set there...under a big plastique magnifying 
>lense for each one; so they look very tube-ish.
>   
>   Western Electric had a lot of small tubes for telephone uses that 
>worked into the VHF regions, and who could ever forget the Acorn 
>tubes.  954 and 955.  Tho I think they used a lot of power and 
>voltage.
>   
>   For the collectors, limited editions, limited to the number of 
>good tubes of each type still extant.
>   
>   For FM, I seem to recall a subminiature double diode in the 5xxx 
>series that really looks sharp...shiny anodes.  Good old-fashioned 
>discriminator!
>

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Thanks,

Chuck

Chuck Leavens 
Director of Engineering and IT Management
WDUQ-FM  Duquesne University  Pittsburgh PA 15282
412-396-5508 Direct
chuck at wduq.org