"History - Preservation - Application"

 2008 - TCA's Tenth Year
When you join the TCA you automatically get the current year's back issues! If you have questions, please contact TCA's editor, Lud Sibley: tubelore@jeffnet.org.

Volume 10, Number 1 - February, 2008
  • GE;s CRT Production in Syracuse, NY
    A chronology ending with the cessation of production in May, 1987.
  • DuMont "House Numbered" Tubes - 2
    A continuation of the December 2007 Tube Collector article with additional information.
  • Early Development of the Reflex Klystron - Part 1
    An in-depth discussion covering US and European types.
  • Bernie Magers
    Obituary of this note tube author.
  • Weird Tube of the Month - The NB1-NB8 Ballasts
    Unusual Raytheon multi-purpose ballasts.
    • 1999 to 2007 Cumulative Index
    On The Cover: Danial Stocks, Australian microwave tube expert, visits Ron Lawrence and his "Radio Heaven" displayb in North Carolina
    Volume 10, Number 2 - April, 2008
    • DuMont Cathode Ray Tubes: 1932-42
      A succinct description of DuMont's firstr decade of CRTs
    • Could This Be the WE 712?
      A radar tube expert makes a good case for identifying a putative WE 712A.
    • The 4-400A, Your Results May Vary
      Periode reports of problems with the Eimac 4-400A.
  • The Radar Man
    A nifty WWII vintage bit of poetry.
  • Illuminating Your Tube Collection
    Some ideas on displaying tubes with lit filaments.
  • Status of Type 6080WA
    An in-house RCA flyer to salesmen explaining the shortage of supply of this type in late 1956.
    • Weird Tube of the Month: The 7C22
      An unusual Western Electric twin triode metal cased oscillator.
    • Elman Myers' Resume
      A large grain of salt is necessary to swallow the cerca 1966 resume of this early tube manufacturer.
    • Pros and Cons of Self-Service Tube Testers
      A reprise of an article originally appearing in the February 1956 issue of The Philco Serviceman.
    • RCA's Orphan 91
      The "scoop" on this rare RCA mercury thyratron.
    On The Cover: The Western Electric 7C22.