10-13-2019, 08:16 AM
Is the Loktal tube design unique to Philco only?
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Loktal Philco only?
10-13-2019, 08:16 AM
Is the Loktal tube design unique to Philco only?
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10-13-2019, 12:42 PM
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.
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10-13-2019, 01:14 PM
All early transoceanic radios by Zenith are loctals.
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10-13-2019, 04:25 PM
Thanks Terry.
10-13-2019, 04:30 PM
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.
10-14-2019, 06:53 PM
I’ve got a Zenith 10s464 console that uses a loctal tube. I belive Bendix may have also used them.
10-14-2019, 06:55 PM
" . . . that uses a loctal tube"
Only one?
10-14-2019, 09:05 PM
I have a Crosley 1528 radio that uses a 7F8 twin triode for AM and FM oscillators.
10-15-2019, 05:59 AM
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.
10-15-2019, 12:52 PM
I remember working on a Silvertone three band radio back when I was a kid. It used loctal tubes for all its tubes.
10-15-2019, 07:23 PM
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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10-15-2019, 08:08 PM
". . . quite the electronic cocktail."
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05-08-2020, 06:37 PM
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.
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10-03-2020, 06:31 PM
Midwest also used loktal tubes. Lots of them. Many of their sets were high tube count.
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