Founded on radio row in New York City in 1923. Vacuum tubes, tube sockets, meters, Bakelite knobs, nostalgia

The Bronx, NY
Joined July 2011
I received a message from someone insisting that a Johnson 124-311 did not fit a 8121 transmitting tube. Looks like a fit here.
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I have to love it that @Staypineapple sent me an email about their new hotel in NYC. I need a hotel in NY like a fish needs a bicycle #BornInNYC #LifeLongNYer BTW 337 West 36th Street is a pretty crappy neighborhood.
.@ebay is doing its usual fine, efficient job of returning phone calls. The automated system told me I'd get called back in 31 - 44 minutes. It's been one hour twenty minutes #CustomerServiceFail #IdiotsAtTheWheel
One of my favorite buildings in Manhattan. No idea why. It's really kind of an odd ball.
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.@TheRoyalButler Multiple rings are acceptable as long as one of them is in the shape of a piano.
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The most dangerous drivers in the Bronx are not unlicensed drivers but menaces like this @NYCTBus driver. Failure to yield S.B on Walnut, RT turn onto E 134th Street, 7/27/2018, 2:59 pm. Note: In the 1st pic I am already on my way across the street, Bus #7785 plate AT8610
.@ebay. Talked to one totally inept individual and now I m on hold again. She said it would be a minute or two and we're already up to 5 minutes
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Hmmm. I just read that you can use Lynx with VMS. How many VMS users could be left?
Heavy rain in New York
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Chatham 2399 vacuum tube under test this morning. A 2399 is essentially a 5998 which is the same thing as a Western Electric 421A. Have to love it when people discuss sonic differences between tubes that are actually the same just having different labels.
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Ancient RCA USN CRC 874 voltage regulator. Technically not a vacuum tube as is filled with low pressure inert gas. This one is gorgeous. The gettering covers ever inch of the envelope so it's a mirror.
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Mullard EL38 / 6CN6 vacuum tube
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The splendid, sophisticated, simplicity of the 103rd Street Bridge. An Elegant arc over the Harlem River completed in 1952. I never thought in a million years that I'd walk her. My life has been led by outside forces. Absolutely gorgeous. #NewYorkNewYorkAHelluvahTownTheBronxIsUp
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Rare bird: Taylor T-21 vacuum tube aka 6L6GX
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Ground Hogs Day @NYCTSubway 138th & Cypress. They just fixed this last week. The miscreants along 138th have been very busy.
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pair of RCA 816 mercury vapor rectifier tubes
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Is there anything more satisfying than needing a part for something and then finding it five minutes later on something you're about to throw out? #CableClamp
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With @Nikon it's so easy you can even open NEF's just by clicking them in Windows. And if you want to fool around with them a little ViewNX2 works beautifully.
Why are @sony ARW files such a nightmare to handle and who wrote @sony's software? #garbage