01-05-2019, 11:17 AM
Hi Jerry,
>Thanks my friend.
Your very welcome!
>I'm really not having much luck finding anyone with a tube tester in the area.
If you like living on the wild side of things you can do a very basic test which will tell you if the tubes any chance of working. To do this REMOVE #80 tube. It's the one on the left side (rear view) by the power transformer and filter caps. Just pull it straight up. Inspect the ac cord for damage and replace if needed. Plug it in and turn it on. Dial lamp should light and so should all of the remaining tubes.
If this method seems a bit radical you can remove each tube one by one. Looking at the bottom you'll note that there are six pins, two fat ones and four slim ones. Use your ohm meter to measure the resistance across the two fat pins. Should show a low resistance a couple of ohms. If not the tube's heater is bad and will render it useless. The 80 has four pins but do like wise measure the two fat pins.
This test doesn't tell what condition the tube is in but whether it will work at all. Generally tubes aren't the major problem as even if there are not 100% the set well work ok. Then you get down to abt 30-40% then you can have some issues.
<Plus, this d**ned Lyme disease has reared it's ugly head over the season.
Know what you mean I was diagnosed with Lyme back in the '90s it sucks!! Picked it up at an Easter egg hunt with the kids in '89. Youngest son got it too at that time but we found it out pretty quick and got on meds. He's 31 now and doesn't have any signs of it. I had it for a while before it started with any symptoms. Still have issues from it. Can really run your battery down and w/aches and pains.
< That's part of the reason why I got the radio, for my bad days to keep me busy.
I've been doing radio stuff since I was a kid back in the '60s. It keeps you mind active thinking of troubleshooting and such. I enjoy figuring things out.
>Thanks my friend.
Your very welcome!
>I'm really not having much luck finding anyone with a tube tester in the area.
If you like living on the wild side of things you can do a very basic test which will tell you if the tubes any chance of working. To do this REMOVE #80 tube. It's the one on the left side (rear view) by the power transformer and filter caps. Just pull it straight up. Inspect the ac cord for damage and replace if needed. Plug it in and turn it on. Dial lamp should light and so should all of the remaining tubes.
If this method seems a bit radical you can remove each tube one by one. Looking at the bottom you'll note that there are six pins, two fat ones and four slim ones. Use your ohm meter to measure the resistance across the two fat pins. Should show a low resistance a couple of ohms. If not the tube's heater is bad and will render it useless. The 80 has four pins but do like wise measure the two fat pins.
This test doesn't tell what condition the tube is in but whether it will work at all. Generally tubes aren't the major problem as even if there are not 100% the set well work ok. Then you get down to abt 30-40% then you can have some issues.
<Plus, this d**ned Lyme disease has reared it's ugly head over the season.
Know what you mean I was diagnosed with Lyme back in the '90s it sucks!! Picked it up at an Easter egg hunt with the kids in '89. Youngest son got it too at that time but we found it out pretty quick and got on meds. He's 31 now and doesn't have any signs of it. I had it for a while before it started with any symptoms. Still have issues from it. Can really run your battery down and w/aches and pains.
< That's part of the reason why I got the radio, for my bad days to keep me busy.
I've been doing radio stuff since I was a kid back in the '60s. It keeps you mind active thinking of troubleshooting and such. I enjoy figuring things out.
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
