Pick up an old tube based radio (I prefer the wood cabinet versions from
the 30's and 40's) Take some time and do a bit of restoration. Then build a
one or two tube AM transmitter and transmit your own old ,time radio
programming..!
Kerry
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> * by useful i mean something you could use for a purpose and not just a
> construction to decorate a shelf.
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You mean functioning ? I have a tube project, in the queue, that's visual,
so its decorative, yet the tubes are functioning as designed. Its a tube
color organ.
I've been
Radio is far from dead
Here's one of my vacuum tube projects Restoration of a Drug Store tube
tester. The full story can be read over at rec.antiques.radio+phono
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32165280@N02/sets/72157674341385913/with/9325619978/
It's an emissions-only tester, so only
Television sets were a major use of vacuum tubes from the late 1940s till
the mid 1970s. They are quite tricky to build, but I've found several old
ones to play with, over the years.
Old tube based test equipment is also interesting, I even made a sort of
functional clock using an old
