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Old 11-08-2026, 08:36 PM
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Anyone out there skilled at repairing tube related electronics? I’m looking for help
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Old 11-09-2026, 09:49 AM
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Yes, I have done this, and I still have a tube tester. Send me a PM and we can discuss over the phone.
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Old 11-09-2026, 01:17 PM
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Hi thank you

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So old school, good luck. I remember free tube testers at drug stores.
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I used to help my father repair radios and TVs in the basement. When he died he had buckets and buckets of tubes, we put out them outside for the trash, but the next day they were gone. He had a tube tester that was too old to test some of the "newer" tubes.
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Waiting for the TV tubes to heat up so you could watch TV. I often times say the new TV’s (computers) have to much tech and sometimes take longer than the tube to respond, IMO.
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