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TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE?
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05-17-2014, 04:48 PM
Firs, of course:

You do not buy a tester because "I am restoring this particular radio right now".
If you plan to keep doing it and your interests lie in the band Codefox outlined, then yeas, a Hickok would be a good investment.

I have a Hickok 600.
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TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by ODPILOT - 05-17-2014, 01:49 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-17-2014, 03:36 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by codefox1 - 05-17-2014, 04:35 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by morzh - 05-17-2014, 04:48 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-17-2014, 05:29 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Phlogiston - 05-17-2014, 07:26 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by morzh - 05-17-2014, 08:28 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-17-2014, 08:50 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Eliot Ness - 05-18-2014, 09:15 AM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by GarySP - 05-18-2014, 07:40 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Ron Ramirez - 05-18-2014, 08:50 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-19-2014, 12:03 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Chuck Schwark - 05-19-2014, 03:42 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Ron Ramirez - 05-19-2014, 03:49 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-19-2014, 05:47 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-19-2014, 10:22 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Jamie - 05-20-2014, 11:51 AM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by K7Sparky - 05-21-2014, 12:42 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Eric T - 05-22-2014, 02:04 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-23-2014, 09:30 AM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by DeckApe - 05-27-2014, 05:00 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by K7Sparky - 05-27-2014, 07:37 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-27-2014, 09:39 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-27-2014, 10:29 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Arran - 05-27-2014, 10:44 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-28-2014, 10:44 AM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Arran - 05-30-2014, 01:57 AM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-30-2014, 10:16 AM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Alan Douglas - 05-31-2014, 09:09 PM
RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-31-2014, 10:35 PM



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