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Old 05-29-2018, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by init4fun View Post
According to the least reliable source of info on the net (Wikki) the name for the tube was "loctal" for "lock in octal" for all who used it except Sylvania , who trademarked the "Loktal" spelling . So if this is true , for Philco it's loctal and for Sylvania it's loktal .
Something else to make it more confusing. Sylvania was a major supplier of tubes for Philco.
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