RE: [Repeater-Builder] Tubes...?

2007-09-04 Thread Richard
, September 03, 2007 4:57 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Tubes...? 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

[Repeater-Builder] Tubes...?

2007-09-03 Thread John J. Riddell
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

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tubes...?

2007-09-03 Thread VE3ID
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