To put a repeater connection back unto this thread, I would like to say
that Rogers-Majestic was the company that made the 41V in Toronto that I
got on 2m repeaters with, maybe one of Ted's sidelines that he later
sold to Motorola? Maybe those tubes were mobile communications quality!
73
Nigel
ve3id
John J. Riddell wrote:
*I wonder why the seller claims to have Phillips tubes when the
picture clearly shows Rogers tubes ?*
*Rogers made tubes in Toronto for over 50 years. Ted Rogers Sr
invented the batteryless radio*
*when he developed tubes that would work with an AC filament.*
*His Ham call was 9RB and his radio station later became CFRB...on
the air to-day ...still...1010 Khz*
*The RB part stands for Rogers Batteryless*
**
*For the full story see the Hammond Museum of radio web site.*
www.*hammond**museum*of*radio*.org
**
*73 John VE3AMZ*
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*From:* Jesse Lloyd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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*Sent:* Monday, September 03, 2007 6:14 PM
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Free and stranded audio cables.
Yes, unlike cheap imitations which give cubic audio quality, hahah.
On 9/3/07, *Laryn Lohman* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you really need a good chuckle (unless you threw out your tube
stock recently) go to ebay and search for a 12ax7. For example
http://cgi.ebay.com/Matched-New-Pair-of-Rare-Philips-mC-12AX7-Tubes_W0QQitemZ330162061283QQihZ014QQcategoryZ50598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Matched-New-Pair-of-Rare-Philips-mC-12AX7-Tubes_W0QQitemZ330162061283QQihZ014QQcategoryZ50598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I sure hope he packs them well!
73's Skip WB6YMH
Well Skip I was surprised that you didn't snap them up at the
-Buy It
Now- price, if only for their spherical audio quality.
heheheheheh
Laryn K8TVZ
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