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Hello from Virginia
Apparently I made this account a year ago, but I figure I might as well use it. Greetings, all, I'm Josh. I'm a 19 year old screenwriting student at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. I've been collecting since I was 15 or so (whenever I got my tube radio) and have no plans on stopping anytime soon. I'm hoping to learn to repair this stuff, so I can keep using it long term, though admittedly I'm still not very skilled at that. Maybe there's an unspoken rule about having to burn out a certain number of power transformers before you understand what you're doing. Anyway, besides collecting and restoring mid century appliances, I spend my free time writing satirical fiction and screenplays (hence my major).
Nice to meet you all! - Josh Last edited by Dubis7; 10-17-2015 at 06:59 PM. |
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Freakenomics hu...? That Reagan's book...? Well, good to have ya-
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Welcome, Glad to know I wasnt the only odball with tube gear in my dorm room...
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Welcome, from the lower right corner of VA. As an amateur actor in several church plays, I can appreciate the power of scripted satire. Lauds to you and those that came before....
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Welcome from Nebraska. I love tube radios (two Zenith's!) and also collect vintage computers.
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Welcome! If your killing power transformers you probably have shorted lytics, shorted rectifiers, shorted B+ rails, or bad luck. Recapping is important to keeping these sets alive, just as much as returning life to them.
Consider taking some Electrical Engineering courses to help you with the basics. As someone who was recapping radios by the time I was 10 or 11 and working on TVs by highschool (first success junior year). I knew much of the course material in my EE major, in the first 2-3 years, before my profs could teach it to me.....I used to blow their minds with insightful questions in the early years. Quote:
If I had a dorm room instead of being a commuter student living at home, I'd have had tube stuff in my room.....As much of my current rig as I could fit....Glad to be a grad since spring!
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Welcome to VK!
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THIS POST INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
Sorry, I tried to reply, didn't see a reply post, replied again, then saw my original reply. I'll learn forum controls, I swear.
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To keep your tubes running smoothly, make sure to dust underneath the glass as well. Last edited by Dubis7; 10-18-2015 at 07:26 PM. |
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A teacher in 8th grade recommended I read it. I actually have no idea what it says, I just want to get it off my "to read" list. Just as soon as I finish studying for my HAM license... and learn Esperanto... and get into geochaching...
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Lytics, definitely lytics. They got really hot when they were running, and they're the originals.
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That set in your first post looks quite familiar
New Years Eve 2004.....
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It is TOO LATE for most of us here, but YOU, Dear Lad, might STILL have a chance to DROP this damfool "Hobby", & get into something WORTHWHILE... (grin)
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I doubt it; yours is picking up signal from Buffalo
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Welcome! Head over to the NCRTV Museum in Bowie and see some of the volunteer techs.
Those guys will get you off to a good start fixing stuff. This is if you choose to ignore Unlcee Sandy's dire warnings. It was too late for me in 7th grade, a Loooong time ago.
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Just TRYING to give this Fine Lad a Heads Up...Not that it would have helped dissuade ME 20 odd years ago...But I'm NOTORIOUSLY Bull-Headed & Stubborn.. Y'all KNEW that, though... (grin)
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