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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Welcome!
I'd recommend placing a tube tester at the top of that list...or finding somebody that will let you use or borrow theirs.
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Thanks for the welcome! Been thinking about the tube tester thing. Unfortunately, out here in Farmington, we're kind of like an island, or that town in the movie "Oh Brother Where art thou" where the boys need car parts and "Dapper Dan" hair treatment...we're "a week from everywhere". I've found no support for this hobby locally, and haven't found anyone else around here who shares my interest. The one independent electronics store we had went out of business several years ago. We've got two Radio Shacks..but Radio Shack ain't what it used to be (We call it the cell phone store). The New Mexico Radio Collectors Club is based in Albuquerque, and that's 170 miles through the desert..one way. I've emailed the contact for the club several times since the beginning of this year, and have never received a response, so I don't even know if they are active anymore.
So it all depends on how far I go with this hobby, and how it goes with the one TV I have. If I get lucky and it's an easy restore, I may only have to worry about keeping it running from now on. If I get hooked, I'll end up with all sorts of equipment none of my friends have ever see before...like all the other antique "stuff" we have all over the house. One thing is for sure, vintage TV's aren't falling out of the woodwork out here like they seem to be back east! My wife and I spend a lot of time in antique stores and antique malls, in three states, and I've not seen one, ever. And two of the four vintage radios we saw in the last year, we bought!
-Cary