Sometime this year there was an article in your paper with an address to an old radio repair shop in Inglewood. The shop specialized in repairing old tube-type radios. I wish I had kept the address.

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

You’re old and hate societal change, the cold weather and those good-for-nothing fat cats in Washington. That’s why you prefer your technology the way it was meant to be enjoyed: powered by steam and ...

Restoring a vintage radio receiver has the potential to be a fun weekend project, but it pays to know what you’re up against. Especially in the case of vacuum tube electronics, running down gremlins ...

One of the more popular trends in the ham radio community right now is operating away from the shack. Parks on the Air (POTA) is an excellent way to take a mobile radio off-grid and operate in the ...

In my humble opinion, the vacuum tube rates among the most important technological inventions of the past century. It is considered by most to mark the birth of the electronic age, and until the ...

The device that heralded the beginning of the 20th century electronics industry first saw the light of day in late 1906, just over a century ago. This was the triode electron tube, or audion, as its ...

The video explains the operation of the vacuum tube, specifically the triode, which is essential in modern communication devices like radios and telephones. It describes how a tungsten filament emits ...