Remembrances of vacuum tube days
As a young teenager, I developed a love for electronics which became a lifelong love affair. In those days vacuum tubes were the norm and solid state devices such as transistors weren't in usage then....
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About 1990 I had a 62 Ford pickup, the radio had tubes in it. A few years later I sold it to a co-worker. After the sale, I asked him how the old truck was running. He said great, but the radio does not work.
I told him I replaced the speaker and the wires and it worked great. "Did you let it warm up?" :B :E
He was a few years older than me, but he had forgotten about that, needless to say, the radio still worked great after he waited the ten seconds it took for it to warm up!
As a kid I had lots of trips with Dad to the drug store to use the tube testing machine too :C
I told him I replaced the speaker and the wires and it worked great. "Did you let it warm up?" :B :E
He was a few years older than me, but he had forgotten about that, needless to say, the radio still worked great after he waited the ten seconds it took for it to warm up!
As a kid I had lots of trips with Dad to the drug store to use the tube testing machine too :C
