I wanted to say thanks again for the 12AV5s, that box of small signal types and the half-dozen of those funky 7193s. That was terrific!
Hope the weather's looking up. We had some rain here, but, forch, I was able to get the grass done. Grows like hell won't have it this time of year. Come later, it'll be a struggle just to keep it from dying out.
After 60 years of city life.....it's time for a change. The land we have is still only 1 mile from a small town and 75 miles from Pittsburgh.
Got lucky today. Left WV, drove back across I-70 to Columbus then north on I-71 almost to Cleveland, then took 71 to Cincy and I-75 south. I'm somewhere in the middle of Tennessee now and got maybe 10 minutes of rain the whole trip. I will spend a couple of days in Orlando before going back to work in Ft. Lauderdale on Tuesday.....overall a good trip.
You're welcome. Even for $1 each nobody bought any of those tubes. I had a few hundred of the two headed aliens (7193's) and some 815's. I was going to make a funky looking steam punk type amp, but it never happened, so I sold them all last year. Those were the stragglers that escaped from the box. I still have 20 or so 12AV5's so I guess I'll have to "test" a few.
I came up I-75 from Florida to Cincinnati this past weekend. There were already more than the typical few cars with call sign license plates and multiple antennas headed north. I will go to Dayton on Thursday. Dayton TV(WHIO.com) is promising "rain and more rain." Local TV (Steubenville) says "100% chance of rain Thursday, 80% on Friday.
Weather Channel and NWS both say only 30% chance on Friday and rain will end in afternoon on Thursday. We'll see.
Port Clinton -- home of the "Walleye Drop" -- too bad Garrison Keilor wasn't born in Ohio.
Yeah, we're making a 10 day vacation out of the trip to Dayton. Geneva-on-the-Lake, Cleveland, Port Clinton, Dayton, Canton then home.
Just got back from the Hamvention. Despite the cold temps and on/off rain it was a fun day. Met George (Tubelab) and Triodethom there; George hooked me up with a box of HV oil caps for an outstanding price (next to nothing). Thanks, George!
Best score for me was a Tektronics 2215 60MHz scope in great shape, with two brand new unused 10X probes, for $100. Got a dozen or so tubes (including two balloon 301As for $5 for the pair), and other assorted bits as well. All in all, a good day!
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Best score for me was a Tektronics 2215 60MHz scope in great shape, with two brand new unused 10X probes, for $100. Got a dozen or so tubes (including two balloon 301As for $5 for the pair), and other assorted bits as well. All in all, a good day!
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Today was even better. We had the rain and cold, but we added high winds (gash in my forehead from flying junk) and hail. There were 3 separate hail storms, 2 of which I got caught in. The first had dime sized hail that came down for about 5 minutes. There was no warning and little rain, so I was busy covering my stuff with tarps while being pelted with stones. The second storm was like a single blast of a thousand frozen BB's.
I scored 26 sweep tubes, a Hammond P-P OPT, and an Akai Synthstation, all for a total of $92. I also got to hear a very nice stereo last night.
Glad you enjoyed the system it does play louder . Have to get you to the horns in Cincinnati 105db they play at 125 with little if any strain . Miles was glad you came over. Regards
