[TowerTalk] Radio Shack Nostalgia was: coaxial stripper

[Pete Smith]

Yeah, wasn't that great?  I had an FTDX-560 transceiver that used a pair 
of sweep tubes for 400 watts input.  Periodically, they would get hot 
enough to melt the envelope or do some other odd thing, or simply just 
loose emission, and I'd take them in and get another set.  In those 
days, one of their senior corporate guys was an avid ham.  The name Ed 
Juge comes to mind, but maybe somebody knows for sure.  It sure is a 
different ball-game now.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 2/27/2010 1:07 PM, Bill wrote:
> I wonder if they still honor the "Lifetime Guarantee" on the tubes I
> have? It is printed on the box hi.
> Bill Marx W2CQ
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> Charles Coldwell wrote:
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>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Pete Smith<n4zr at contesting.com>  wrote:
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>>> On 2/27/2010 10:51 AM, Charles Coldwell wrote:
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>>>> ...Now the first thing that comes to mind when you hear "Radio Shack" is having to give
>>>> them your telephone number just to buy batteries.
>>>>
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>>> Which hasn't been true for years.
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>> Just goes to show you how a good reputation, once lost, can be very
>> hard to recover.
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