Seeking Valves

[Nowhere-Man]

Just a thought about the photos - sorry to be a little off-topic - but does your camera have a macro mode? The icon is usually a little flower. Selecting this enables the camera to focus at much shorter distances than usual, which is excellent for close-ups. Lots of light also helps, as the shorter the shutter speed, the clearer things will be.

All the best,

Mark

You'll be glad to hear the radio is up and running. Three valves arrived today from Langrex. First I tried to fit the the DH77 and that finally slotted in. The W77 also went in O.K. and finally the X79. I'd had a few doubts on that score and had been prepared for at least one valve to not fit. As it was they all did fit.

I checked the radio carefully before connecting to mains. In fact I discovered a capacitor lead had come off a valve pin so that was unexpected. This had to soldered back on again.

After this, I plugged in through my simple current limiter lamp. Again, I wasn't actually expecting the radio to work straight away so was very pleasantly surprised to hear a station come in loud and clear. I tuned around and managed to get more stations. The frame aerial was plugged in, of course.

So, now, it's safe to say this is all pretty much under control. The radio finally has all its valves back (the ones I got today were pretty small!).

What remains now is the issue of safety. I'll be looking at heat shrink and securing wires, especially the HT wire. I may even look at getting a rectifier tube if one can be found. All in all, I must have spent 30.00 pounds on valves and capacitors.