"I thought about that but checking the filament with an ohmmeter shows it to be open. Will see when the new tube gets here."
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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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"Since that tube is a “magic eye” tube perhaps the open circuit is in the umbilical wiring which links the tube to all else?"
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
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