When I was a kid it was my job to take the vacuum tubes, from our TV & old stand-up Philco radio, to the corner drug store and test them. This was my introduction to responsibilty.
At the time I worked at WBRK in Pittsfield, MA, it was owned by WKNE's owners in Keene, and several times we travelled to Keene to borrow equipment. Small world...
I spent a couple of summers at Granite Lake Camp in Munsonville, NH as the counselor in charge of the ham radio shack. I also volunteered to keep some of the camp's electronics (radios, PA system, etc.) running, and often had to catch a ride into Keene, the closest town with a tube tester.
Speaking of Keene... I recall going to a movie there with some others from the camp. We saw "Ice Station Zebra," if I'm not mistaken, and TWO projector lamps burned out during the showing. So tubes weren't always the cause of system failure.
My Dad had a variety store in Pittsfield, MA, and he had a tube tester in his store. It was in a big metal case with a couple racks of tubes to sell underneath. At one point the tube tester got upgraded, I got to keep the old one.
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Speaking of Keene... I recall going to a movie there with some others from the camp. We saw "Ice Station Zebra," if I'm not mistaken, and TWO projector lamps burned out during the showing. So tubes weren't always the cause of system failure.
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