[TenTec] Ten Tec Argo V repair
Bob, WB2VUF
wb2vuf at verizon.net
Wed Jan 27 21:52:37 EST 2021
Not to mention that they are EMP-proof, help keep the shack warm, have
a nice cheery glow, and the aroma of warm vacuum tube electronics is
indescribable!
I have a cat who loved to curl up on my HW-100. I bought her a heated
cat bed so she wouldn't fill the rig with fur.
Jim, I still remember the delightful article you wrote for QST when you
organized the first Classic Exchange.
73,
Bob WB2VUF
On 1/27/2021 1:39 PM, JAMES HANLON wrote:
> Bob, WB2VUF, wrote:
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> That's why it's important to have at least one truly vintage rig in the
> shack, like my Heath HW-100. I can still get tubes, generic
> transistors, resistors and capacitors.
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> Me too. I collect and use a lot of "vintage" gear. My Ten Tecs are
> an Argonaut 505 and a Triton IV, both fortunately still working. But
> I have even older gear that is still working and serviceable, like my
> Drake 4-line, Central Electronics 100V, Collins KWM-1, 75A3 and 75A4,
> B&W 6100, and HRO-50 and yet older gear going back to an SW-3, HRO and
> NTX-30 from the 1930s. They were built before throw-away culture
> became the rule.
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> Jim, W8KGI
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