On 20 Apr 99 at 23:59, Jim Strickland wrote:
> > Out of curiousity was the term for the configuration of
> > the common tube mantle-radio, "All-American 5", used in the UK and
> > Europe or is this an expression you've acquired from Yanks.
>
> I've seen it used in the US press (albiet magazines about old radios) so
> I suspect it's from here in the US. If memory serves it's from a 5 tube
> set (as near as I can tell, very like a chipset today) made by one or more
> of the major tube manufacturers that had all the components for a simple,
> inexpensive superhet radio.
>
> --
> Jim Strickland
> jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh, the expression is definitely american. The AA5 were the 12ba6, 12be6,
35w4, 50b5 and the 12at6. British and Euro names for the same tubes could be
different but basicly the same circuit with occasional variants or additions.
RCA could have originated it but everyone and his brother put out sets using it
Kind of like the IBM clones. (in order to get back OT).
ciao larry
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Received on Tue Apr 20 1999 - 22:56:36 BST