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Old 04-04-2021, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by vortalexfan View Post
Ok, thanks for the explanation, so the 1A4s in my radio is probably fine then, especially since my radio is receiving quite well.
Back when I was first starting out in the hobby I had the same mentality; "The tube tester says it's bad so it's gotta be bad" even though it still worked fine in the radio. I eventually learned that it's how the tube performs in the radio, and not on the tube tester, that determines whether a tube is good or not. Tube testers sometimes lie, whereas a properly performing radio does not
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