THE OLD DAYS and DOC KD4E

[Bob W5UQ]

oh man... I was talking about the stinch when selenium rectifiers burned 
just the other day... like sulfur burning, or rotten eggs...

I'll NEVER forget the smell. 

I have an OLD tube tester that has seleniums in it and when I turned it 
on, the caps were bad, shorted and at least one of the seleniums began 
to SMELL... it brought back OLD memories... 
They say that smell is one sense that is remembered best...   well, I 
believe it.  Bob  W5UQ

KC7VDA wrote:
> Thanks guys for some wonderful memories!
>
> I haven't thought about "Pop" tronics and Carl and Jerry for Years! 
> Did anyone ever gather all their adventures together in a book? 
> I would really like to reread them.
>   
> I learned my craft by building, modifing and  some times ruining various pieces of 
> electronic equipment .
> You know what an expert is don't you? Thats someone that has ruind so much equipment
> that the company does not dare fire him!  
>  I had my share of R.F. burns, melted grids, blown caps  and shorted selenium rectifiers! 
>  Now, there  is some thing you NEVER forget, Selenium rectifiers could stink worse then a skunk! 
> I some times wonder how we managed to survive long enough to grow up!
>  I have come to the conclusion that  the only way to really understend electronics,
> is to just get in there and build it.
> If your project works then you have proven that you knew what you were doing, BUT real 
> knowledge comes from failure and the effort required to find where you went wrong.
>  I really pity todays students, Simulations may teach but nothing teaches like geting the 
> pee shocked out of you. [;-)  
>
> 73 de kc7vda (Dan)
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: RAY FRIESS rayfrijr at MSN.COM
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:04:42 -0700
> To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
> Subject: Re: THE OLD DAYS and DOC KD4E
>
>   
>> Yes, youre correct.  My mistake....
>> Ray
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: Nigel Holmes<mailto:Holmes.Nigel at abc.net.au> 
>>
>>
>>   Instead of 829B (a WWII vhf twin tetrode) do you mean 572B (a '60's
>>   vintage overgrown 811A triode with 2 or 3 times the plate diss & higher
>>   rated plate volts)??
>>
>>   Nige VK3ZNQ  
>>     
>
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