12-11-2016, 09:23 AM
It was me that used the term "plate" when he asked what was inside a valve. He just went along with it, no doubt being well-aware that it was called a plate in the early days. At that time, my scant knowledge had come from an old Scott-Taggart book. Also, in the early days, the base-board-mounting valveholders were labelled P, G, F and F, whilst intervalve transformers were labelled HT, P, G and GB, whilst some were labelled IP, OP, IS and OS! Anyway, the block battery really set me on my feet, and it lasted until I went to radio college three years later. I then had to refer to the plate as the anode! 
I didn't last long in the scouts, and 60th Preston disbanded many years ago, but I did learn morse, and got my radio badge!
Bob
I didn't last long in the scouts, and 60th Preston disbanded many years ago, but I did learn morse, and got my radio badge!
Bob
