[Repeater-Builder] Old GE, RCA and Motorola Tube Radios

2008-05-24 Thread skipp025
Anyone who has or had a tube type GE, RCA or Motorola Radio probably learned the hard way that one can't fudge the time required for the tubes to cool down... before you try and pull them out of the chassis. Tis a finger burn you will remember for a very long time. cheers, s. Thomas

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Old GE, RCA and Motorola Tube Radios

2008-05-24 Thread albemarle7
Tis a finger burn to remember for a long time can be helped immediately by putting the boo boo finger (no, not there) but along the area of the nose, ear, the places that excrete your own human oils placed on the burn.. Ever grab a soldering iron on the wrong end? Whew does that hurt. The

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Old GE, RCA and Motorola Tube Radios

2008-05-24 Thread John J. Riddell
but it had a plastic piece on the end of each tong and they often melted which smelled very bad. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: skipp025 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:06 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Old GE, RCA