how many of yous have ran tube equpment?

[crazytruker]

I have a Siltronix 1011C, Yaesu FT101E, Tram D201A & Cobra Cam88 packed away in the closet. All work except the Cam88 - needs to be re-tubed...

Lucky dog. My buddy used to have a Cam 88. That thing had deep bass and mucho audio. Something was wrong with it as it would lose receive suddenly. If I remember right, if he wiggled the channel select knob it would come back sometimes. I think there was something else wrong though. Perhaps a receive tube or something. I'd love to have a good working 88 if I had a base set up. Apartments suck!!

[TwentyTwo-Zero]

Something was wrong with it as it would lose receive suddenly. If I remember right, if he wiggled the channel select knob it would come back sometimes.

Mine would do the same thing sometimes, but a shot of TV Tuner Cleaner and a couple of spins around the band seems to clean it right up.

[soup bone]

i had a D&A phantom that was a screamer also tubes were to expensive to replace so i sold it...since iv aquired a varmint tube box it is also a screamer,i have it on standy,,,im using my fatboy right now on a power supply

[tramster]

i'm in love with the glass. love the sweet smell and warm glow. radios i have that i use Browning's R2700 receiver- S9 transmitter, R2700 receiver-S23 transmitter, Golden Eagle, Mark lll Golden Eagle,Mark lV Golden Eagle, Siltronix 1011D, Siltronix 1011C, Tram Titan ll,Tram D201,Tram D201A, Cobra Cam 88, Cobra Cam 98, Johnson White Face Messenger l, Johnson Black Face Messenger ll, & a DAK lX. along with a host of Tube foot warmer's and short wave radios. oop.s forgot about my little Gemtronix GTX 5000 in the shop being recapped & re-tubed.

[screamin demon]

OK GUYS I'V GOT A COMSTAT 25B THAT I BEEN TRYING TO USE FOR A WHILE.I REMEMBER COMEING TO THE SITE AND ASKING ABOUT A PLUG SO I CAN PLUG IT INTO THE WALL AND SOMEONE TOLD ME TO GO TO EBAY.GUY HAD THEM FOR WAY TO MUCH MONEY PLUS SHIPPING.CAN I GET SOME HELP.

[lonestarbandit]

currently run a d&a mdx 200 (maverick 250) or a raider 4 tube model or sometimes a firebird 500 but its dead right now cant afford tubes had to steal them for the mdx 200......

[lonestarbandit]

[lonestarbandit]

[4 cycle]

:D I run a Messenger 223, Turner sidekick 100 mic and a Palomar 250 amp. For 40 channels I use a messenger viking 430 they are both old radios but work and look like new!!

[426HEMI]

I have a D&A Phantom right now that i run quite often.Just retubed it and i love these tube rigs.this is probly phantom #10 for me.I also have a one tube modualtor that is a nice little box. One el-509 and does 140-150 watts.As far as the varmints go,ive got a 350,450,600,and a 1000. They are bloody but adio monsters.But the neighbors dont care for them so they just set in the closet. I have a homebrew 4-1000a rig for sale on that one site right now.I just have too many irons ion the fire to mess with it.Restoring my 1968 ss396 elcamino,sons got 4 race carts we are trying to get ready for this season,i race a ktm 250sx 2 stroke in hairscrambles.MAN I NEED A BIGGER GARAGE!!!!

[10-TM-03]

hello:

I ran back early 70´s a cam 88 23 Chanel's and a old Eagle 500 (I´m using 10 TV tubes 6dk6 on) and on the 80´s I play whit a Siltronix 1011D beauty gear but I trade to a friend from Wisconsin for a HR2600 because here on Mexico is hard to get the tubes so i send back to the states

73 51 003 Grizzly Bear 10-TM-03 Jose Luis Victoria Mexico

Born to DX




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[Jester]

As far as tubing it out, I got my first taste of it back in 95 when I got my Tram Titan II, which I still have. I also have an old Johnson Viking, which are some of the most bulletproof radios ever made...only 5 channels though..

[bullet]

In the 70's my dad and I had a Palomar 300 base and in the early 90's I had a sonar driver. Well I used it as a driver to push a heath kit 220. I notice PA629 has a heath kit 220. If you ever want to sell let me know. They rock hard. I with I would have never sold it. If you get your hands on something like that don't let it go. Take it from a fool.

[gun runner]

Ive got an old tube type Lafayette radio that stays on the shelf and A thunderbolt 305 , 4 tube amp that I run , it does around 600 watts .

[rockcrusher]

i run a palomar 300a that i re-tubed man the audio is clean and loud. want go back to transisters as long as i can find that glass.

[damage855]

I use and old tube amp and have pretty good luck with it was left to me by my late grandfather I rember sitting with him several nights talking to people all over the place. Good memorys that I get to relive when I use it.

[PONY EXPRESS]

I use and old tube amp and have pretty good luck with it was left to me by my late grandfather I rember sitting with him several nights talking to people all over the place. Good memorys that I get to relive when I use it.

I love the old Tube radios You can work on them with out a magnifying glass and 1 watt soldering irons
I really didnt want the Glen VFO but I had 1 hooked up years ago on a old Hy Gain 674 B

My 2 newest purchases today off ebay .Now my paypal account needs more funds
BROWNING MK III with D 104 and Glen 326 G VFO $331.00 shipped
Browning ONE EIGHTY AMP MK III $300.00 shipped



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[385]

I cut my teeth on a Siltronix 1011 D. Thats what I learned SSB on and then traded my Peavy Foundation bass and Peavy TKO-60 amp for a 60 ft tower, ham-4 rotor, D&A MDX-200, Moonraker 4, and two 100ft runs of RG-8. Greatest trade I ever made. Since then I've had a Kris 125, Kris mach 3B, Siltronix LA-600( to bad I didn't have it when I had the 1011D) and now have a MaCo 300 and some kind of 1 tube modulator......385 PS...Real Radios Glow In The Dark!

[MysteryMan]

I have owned a few before trading or selling them. I never had one die, maybe a tune-up on a few. I need to admit I have really been blessed with some great tube transceivers. The Drake was my favorite.

Lafayette Comstat 23 Mark V, Comstat 35, HB 111, Yaesu FT DX 560 & 101 E, Drake T4XC & R4C (I loved the blue lights), Tempo xx, Hallicrafters xx, Browning Golden eagle, Clegg 22er, Collins 7xx & Heathkit xx.

The largest transmitter I have ever been around was an AM transmitter. It was a million of watts on AM - Talk about SWING. That was back in the late 70's in England. I don't remember what it was called, all I can tell you is that it was HUGE and I believe it used waveguide technology.

It’s been years since I thought about these. Thanks for the reminder.

For you young guys, Take pictures of all the equipment you have. Later on in life you might want to look back on them.

[hdslice]

I had an old teaberry, it worked good. Only 23 channels though.

[Spyder]

Own and still use (2) 101E's,and a 101EE hooked up right now to a FL2100b amp,and a mint turner +2
will NEVER part with these rigs!

[kb3ite]

You mean they make radios without tubes... LOL..Nothing like a warm tube...
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[hammers]

just bought my first radio w/tube finals a nice old yaesu ft101ex can anyone recomend max power to put into my maco 300 2 8950's driving 5 8950's the tubes test out lk new and i dont want to screw em up most i ever put into the box was about 25 or 30 watts and the box made big quality audio

['Doc]

The only tube type radio equipment I still have is an amplifier. It uses a real-live amplifier tube, not sweep tubes, eg.
The biggest draw-back to tube type equipment is finding the tubes, they just are not as 'dirt' common as they used to be. While it depends on the particular tube radio, they were certainly comparable to most solid-state radios. Of course there are differences in performance, but not really all that much (with a good one). Solid-state radios are more convenient, easier to use. (And cooler in the summer!!)
- 'Doc

[nutcracker]

Have an old d&a phantom, never had a tube radio yet. I really would like a nice big old tram or browning sometime though.