"Dan Ringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You might also try a soft (#2) "lead" pencil. Rub the side of the "lead" over the (absent) markings. You can read the tube type until you rub it off (again)
(Funny the stuff you pick up in 45 years as a ham.) Dan, K8WV On 5 Dec 2007 at 15:39, Donley wrote: > > When restoring a tube type radio, the restoration looks better when the tubes > are nice and shiny. > But cleaning tubes is hazardous to tube identification. The markings usually > come offeasier than > the dirt. > > What are recommended methods of cleaning tubes? > > Also, is there a method ofreading the markings ontubes that havebeen smudged > or with partially > or totally removed markings? I seem to recall someone mentioning that the > markings slightly etch > the glass and there is a way tomake the markingsidentifiable. Was I dreaming? > > If there is no way to identify an unmarked tube, what good is it? > > Dick > KC9UB ------------------------------------------------------- Darrell (Dan) Ringer Attorney at Law ABA Solo Practitioner of the Year Past-President, WV State Bar WV Lawyer of the Year Fellow, WV Bar Foundation 823 Fairmont Road Morgantown, WV 26501 304-292-1999 FAX 304-292-3372 ===== Watch THE LAW WORKS (http://www.thelawworks.org) on WV Public Television, Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ===== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
