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Default Oldtimer question (valves/tubes)

On Mon, 13 May 2019 20:53:55 +1000, Lucifer wrote:

I picked up a valve paging transmitter from a rubbish tip.
It was in working order, 5 watts output on 27.212 MHz, with the crystal
in an oven.


Nice find. It's amazing what gets thrown out! I dream of owning an
apartment overlooking a vast garbage tip so I can spot anything
potentially valuable being dumped. ;-)





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