It's certainly not a bad idea to have replacements if you do end up needing them (you will, someday), just not advisable to swap them wholesale as others have said. The radio itself is still the best tube tester IMO, once you get it running it's easier to compare results through performance. Tube testers are fine for a quick look and for showing some obvious faults, but I've had two instances in the last 2 years where tubes tested great and showed no problems, but didn't work properly in the set. I've also had receivers that worked great despite having some tubes that tested low on the scale.
~ Todd, KA1KAQ/4 On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:24 PM, John Carrington, M.D. <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't, Bob, but I'm not going to rush into buying the replacements until I > can get them tested.. > Good advice and thanks! ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
