From: bill.gunshannon@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/26/2024 1:15 PM, Fred K. Strum wrote:   
   > bill  wrote in news:lq6n3bFkb01U1   
   > @mid.individual.net:   
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   >> I dug out my old Hallicrafters  S-120 the other day.  Couldn't   
   >> hear much but it's been so long I didn't know if it was the radio   
   >> or just propagation.  I saw on eBay someone selling tube sets for   
   >> S-120 (it only has 4) so I splurged for them.  Put them in this   
   >> morning and was amazed at the difference.  For its size it is really   
   >> a nice radio.   
   >>   
   >> But that wasn't the biggest surprise.  It still had the original   
   >> (labeled) Hallicrafters tubes in it and while performance wasn't   
   >> so great, it did actually work.  That's about 63 years.   
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   >> bill   
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   > Hi Bill,   
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   > Glad the tubes worked for you, need more just order again from   
   > my eBay store.   
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   > Fred   
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   Pretty good chance of that.  I am going thru a lot of my antique radios   
   with hopes to revive them.  A lot need replacement electrolytics but I   
   am sure that some will need tubes as well.   
      
   bill   
      
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