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[Offhand35]

Very nice

I have a few old tube radios

I unplug them when done

I made a 1 tube AM transmitter as preteen

Then I added more power

and decided an inductive antennal was needed

I used the longest wire I could find

the the phone line

soon I had all phones ringing at neighbors

I shut it down asap

You must have been quite a terror!

[tuco]

Top-view of my Leben tube amplifier weighing in at 22,5 kilos. The photo shows four heavy-weight transformers, four 6CS7 driver tubes & four EL34 output tubes and one 6DN3 damper tube.

Cool old gear.

I took this picture of a friend's DIY tube amplifier. It has outputs for 4, 8 and 16 ohm speakers. It weighs in at 45 pounds/200 Newtons (= 20.4kg of mass).



DIY Tube Amplifier by tuco, on Flickr

[tuco]

I paid a $1.95 for this wheel building pamphlet back when I was a teenager. And I used my bicycle frame as truing stand just like shown on the cover of this pamphlet. Back then you could usually build you own wheels cheaper than having them custom made. But that's not the case anymore. Where is does pay off now is if you want to move say a hub set over to a different rims or something.




New Wheel Set by tuco, on Flickr

[kasperbergholt]

I bet it sounds great!

It definitely does

[kasperbergholt]

Very nice

I have a few old tube radios

I unplug them when done

I made a 1 tube AM transmitter as preteen

Then I added more power

and decided an inductive antennal was needed

I used the longest wire I could find

the the phone line

soon I had all phones ringing at neighbors

I shut it down asap

Brilliantly thought & executed

[jon.oman]

[Tin Can]

Wow!

[Peter De Smidt]

That's quite a sky, Jon!

[jon.oman]

Wow!

Thanks Randy, glad you like it!

[jon.oman]

That's quite a sky, Jon!

Thanks Peter!