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Bill Thomas
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Working on a Scott SLRM

Started this discussion. Last reply by Kent King Feb 26. 4 Replies

I just purchased a Scott SLRM. I found all the tubes on the right side were not working. After doing some reading I found that any tube with an open filament caused the entire string of tubes to not…Continue

 

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Kent King replied to Bill Thomas's discussion Working on a Scott SLRM
"That's a nice looking example - glad you have it working! Kent"
Feb 26
Bill Thomas replied to Bill Thomas's discussion Working on a Scott SLRM
"The ebay tuning eye came in. It works!"
Feb 25
Bill Thomas replied to Bill Thomas's discussion Working on a Scott SLRM
"I thought about that but checking the filament with an ohmmeter shows it to be open. Will see when the new tube gets here."
Feb 22
George replied to Bill Thomas's discussion Working on a Scott SLRM
"Since that tube is a “magic eye” tube perhaps the open circuit is in the umbilical wiring which links the tube to all else?"
Feb 21
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Working on a Scott SLRM

I just purchased a Scott SLRM. I found all the tubes on the right side were not working. After doing some reading I found that any tube with an open filament caused the entire string of tubes to not light up. It's been a long time since I fiddled with Tube type electronics and didn't realized that sometimes tube filaments are connected in series. Anyway I found the tuning tube, 1629, had an open filament and have one ordered off of Ebay. I feel fortunate that it came with the antenna plug and…See More
Feb 21
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