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Loktal Philco only?
#1

Is the Loktal tube design unique to Philco only?   Icon_question
#2

No they were designed by Sylvania primarily for the auto radios and two way radios. Since they lock in they don't wiggle out as a vehicle bounces down the road. Sylvania was the main supplier of tubes for Philco.

When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry
#3

All early transoceanic radios by Zenith are loctals.

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#4

Thanks Terry.
#5

Thanks Mike.
Ron indicated earlier that Philcos came with (glass) Sylvanias, as opposed to the metal tubes RCA  and others used.  I think  Zeniths  were included,
and they must have continued on with the Loktal versions when the came out.
#6

I’ve got a Zenith 10s464 console that uses a loctal tube. I belive Bendix may have also used them.
#7

"  . . . that uses a loctal tube"

Only one?
#8

I have a Crosley 1528 radio that uses a 7F8 twin triode for AM and FM oscillators.
#9

Yep, it only has the one #1232 tube. All the other tubes are octal.  I also have a Zenith 12h670 that I haven’t restored yet. That one has 7 loctals and 5 octals.
#10

I remember working on a Silvertone three band radio back when I was a kid. It used loctal tubes for all its tubes.
#11

Our 1947 Zenith 12H090 uses a mixture of Octal, Loctal and miniature 7 pin valves. It is quite the electronic cocktail.

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#12

". . . quite the electronic cocktail."   Icon_lol 

If it's all original, it's a good cocktail!
#13

Zenith and Colonial (Silvertone) both used Loktal tubes heavily. Both companies, along with Philco, had Sylvania as a tube supplier. There was a lot of anti-RCA sentiment when they came out with their metal tubes, and when Sylvania introduced the Loktal tubes a few years later, they were eagerly accepted.

Tim KA3JRT
#14

Midwest also used loktal tubes.  Lots of them.  Many of their sets were high tube count.




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