Help Identifying a Tube!

Ron kc4yoy at TRELLIS.NET
Sun May 2 00:27:52 EDT 1999


Sounds like a UV-199 to me.
Don't know of a sub, but they're not hard to find.
A good one will cost about $10 to $25 depending
on weather you want a brass base tit toped one or
a later version.
Can you send a photo to help me ID the set?

Ron Lawrence
kc4yoy at trellis.net

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> From: Keith Heitzmann <kk5fe at GS.VERIO.NET>
> To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
> Subject: Help Identifying a Tube!
> Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 23:36
>
> Hi All,
>
> Well I have a tough riddle I hope someone can help with.
>
> I have an old one tube regen receiver (looks 20's 'ish)  The problem is
the
> tube is bad.  I only have a description to give you!  So here goes.
>
> The radio is a battery set first of all.
>
> The tube is a small tubular glass envelope that has a bayonet base with
> four small stubby pins.
>
> The inside dimension of the socket is one inch across. The tube base
itself
> measures about 15/16ths across.  The tube height is three inches.  The
only
> identifying marks on the tube is the word "GLOBE" stamped on the glass
> envelope.  There are no numbers.
>
> The radio itself looks like it is a manufactured radio and not a home
brew,
> but again there are no identifying marks on that either.
>
> If anyone has a clue as to what this tube may be, please email me with
the
> news!  Also, if anyone thinks I can sub it with something else let me
know
> that also.  If the latter is a possibility and you need more info on the
> components of the radio itself, I can supply that.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Keith,  KK5FE
>
>
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