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Originally Posted by bgadow
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Man, I have often wondered where all of those old testers went. Seems like they used to be in every drug store you went in. I don't know what the connection between tubes and drugs is but thats where I remember them. As kids we liked playing with all of the switches. When I got a little older I got to carry bags of tubes to the store for the free test. They kept the stock locked in the bottom. To this day I need a tester capable of testing ALL types of radio and TV tubes. I have two now and can test most tubes but there on my older set up there is a socket but no settings for the old 1930's 78, 80, ect..My later Hickok does not have that socket but DOES have the sockets for the later Compactrons which I seldom fool with. This old industrial job probably will test anything. Its just too big for my small space on Earth....