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Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV
RW6ASE is apparently the ham radio call sign of the site's owner. It is interesting how things come out when you use a Web site to translate from Russian to English. One page says he "collects lamp tape recorders and radioreceivers". A "lamp tape recorder" would probably be a VCR, I expect.
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The idea conveyed by the "lamp" translation is probably "electronic tube"
I've heard a lot of people call tubes "bulbs".