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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My Dad sold and serviced Sylvania TVs back in the late 60's early 70's.
I always enjoyed watching him work on chassis on his bench. Had a portable color CRT designed for Sylvania TVs so he could just pull the chassis and tuner and bring home to work on instead of the entire TV..
Used to go out on service calls with my Dad, customers back then were nice and I always was fascinated with those glowing tubes..
Went to a 2yr Electronic Technical school and started out in the electronics repair field.. Eventually fell into a Point of sale computer repair job for good money and stayed in the PC field..
Always have had a soft spot for Tube stereo equipment, had a couple of HK Award series A50 Stereo Tube amps.. Pretty sweet, sometimes I wished I had kept those but I was offered a darn good price many times over what I paid for them and I wasn't using them at the time..
Still have my Dad's tube Transoceanic radio although I need to dust it off and see about fixing it's bad hummmmm.. Have some of my Dad's test equipment, a Sencore Tube Oscope, a few tube testers and some Triplet analog meters.. Even have one of his Sylvania brand tube caddies :D
Have a good friend that is a tube radio nut, has a pretty nice collection of tube radios that fills his mobile home and a shed beside it..
I always enjoyed watching him work on chassis on his bench. Had a portable color CRT designed for Sylvania TVs so he could just pull the chassis and tuner and bring home to work on instead of the entire TV..
Used to go out on service calls with my Dad, customers back then were nice and I always was fascinated with those glowing tubes..
Went to a 2yr Electronic Technical school and started out in the electronics repair field.. Eventually fell into a Point of sale computer repair job for good money and stayed in the PC field..
Always have had a soft spot for Tube stereo equipment, had a couple of HK Award series A50 Stereo Tube amps.. Pretty sweet, sometimes I wished I had kept those but I was offered a darn good price many times over what I paid for them and I wasn't using them at the time..
Still have my Dad's tube Transoceanic radio although I need to dust it off and see about fixing it's bad hummmmm.. Have some of my Dad's test equipment, a Sencore Tube Oscope, a few tube testers and some Triplet analog meters.. Even have one of his Sylvania brand tube caddies :D
Have a good friend that is a tube radio nut, has a pretty nice collection of tube radios that fills his mobile home and a shed beside it..
