[SBE] Q 2 Cert exam -- don't forget the battery All American!

[Mike Langner]

OK -- another "old timer" comment --

Many of the early "Locktal" All-American 5 radios I worked on as a kid --
and a few I have now -- are actually tube-type-hybrids -- that is all Loktal
except the 50L6 and the 35Z5.

And for those of us who just love to spend money on "A" and "B" batteries,
please don't forget the "All-American Battery 5" -- 1R5, 1U4, 1T4, 3V4, etc.
. .  these tubes being the exception to "Real radios glow in the dark" since
their filaments could not be seen to be glowing under normal light. . .

Oh yes -- the Locktal 5 -- I don't remember 'em all either, but some were
7A8, 7A5, 7B6, etc (I'd have to go look at a couple of the antique radios in
the other room) -- and for the "Marketing Guys," there were the XXL (I
think) and the XXFM.  These were billed as "making your radio really hot!"
They were nothing other than regular Locktal tubes with fancy numbers -- but
the advertising sure looked good to the consumer!

Great set of contributions!

Mike/

Mike Langner, CPBE
Albuquerque, NM


-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org]On Behalf Of k7cr
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I only ran across the locktal once or twice...strange - cf
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From: "Bill Harris" <billharris at ix.netcom.com>
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>I love this old tube talk!

> And I believe you're right, Clay.

> I'll be darned if I remember the loctal

> 5, though....

>

> Bill Harris

> Albuquerque

>

> -----Original Message-----

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> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:36 PM

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>

> I thought that this was a bit unusual also...There is a

> mixture of octal and miniature.   The All American 5

> came in 3 versions (If my memory serves me right)

> Octal, Locktal and miniature tubes.

>

> The companion to the 50L6 would have been the 35Z5 etc.

>

> Clay Freinwald, K7CR (not a vanity call)

>

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> From: "Larry Will" <lhwill at verizon.net>

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>> It can't be E as you have 2 audio output tubes.  There fore c is only

>> correct answer.

>>

>> Larry W3LW

>>

>> At 12:15 PM 11/15/2007, you wrote:

>>>The All American Five was:

>>>

>>>A.  Harlem Globetrotters

>>>B. 1936 Olympic Track and Field team

>>>C.  set of tubes for AM radio

>>>D.  act of slapping palms with another above the head

>>>E.  50L6 35C5 12AU6 12EA6 12BA6

>>>

>>>

>>>Henry

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