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09-04-2020, 04:46 PM
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Greetings from Ontario, Canada
Hello everyone,
Thanks for accepting my registration. My primary hobby is the design & experimentation of vacuum tube audio gear. But, as a teenager in the early 70's I had a small business repairing electronics; mostly amplifiers and black & white TV's. The TV side of it came to a screeching halt when I inadvertently cracked the neck of a picture tube while moving the set. I had to buy the owner a new CRT and swore I'd never repair another TV! Well, 50 odd years later I have a dozen and a half restored antique radios and I've finally calmed down enough to have a go at a vintage TV. My first restoration will be a 1948 Admiral 19A11 set. Needless to say I will be VERY careful handling the CRT! I look forward to interacting on the forums. John 
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09-04-2020, 10:16 PM
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Welcome! I have six tube radios from 1936 to 1960 manufactured by Philco and Zenith. My favorites are my Philco 37-665B, Philco 116-122B, Zenith 7S363 and Zenith 11S474. I noticed that tube (valve) AM radios sound much better than transistors. My 116 is not quite complete yet but I've heard it's a good "hearing" radio. Soon it goes back to the shop. Put a good antenna on these and they'll surprise you on reception. Oh, I have CRT TV's too.
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Rick (Sparks) Ethridge
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09-05-2020, 07:18 AM
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Welcome to VK!
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Ham shack...AM side: Knight-Kit T-60, RME-45 Vintage SSB side: National 200 Modern SSB: Kenwood TS-180S MFJ tuner, 130' dipole
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09-07-2020, 06:40 PM
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Welcome aboard ! Dont worry abt that CRT' I broke a few in my time also.
Worse part it was always on a POS set & the CRT was weak anyhows. Never happened to an RCA or Zenith that you could get a reasonable priced CRT for! We just sold them a new set under cost & everybody was happy  73 Zeno  LFOD !
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