11-06-2014, 06:39 AM
I know, Arran. I just mentioned the original socket because those light tan sockets are very fragile and easily damaged by heat from a soldering iron, and could have been a reason why the socket was changed - maybe whoever made the change did not have an Amphenol octal, but did have a 7-pin socket and a 6A7 tube.
The brown Phenolic wafer sockets Philco used seem to hold up much better than the tan sockets. I misspoke when I called the tan socket Phenolic, it must be made from some other type of material that, like I said, is very fragile but perhaps exhibited lower loss properties than the brown Phenolic?
The brown Phenolic wafer sockets Philco used seem to hold up much better than the tan sockets. I misspoke when I called the tan socket Phenolic, it must be made from some other type of material that, like I said, is very fragile but perhaps exhibited lower loss properties than the brown Phenolic?
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
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