Paleo-Electronics

Ok, sure it’s been a long time and yeah, I still need to fix something in the RDF links but I am here and will post some more stuff shortly. Of course the primary reason for building amps is to play and that’s what I’ve been doing. Before too long I will go into some [...]

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As I try to figure out what is wrong without blowing more 6BQ5′s to do it, I have to acknowledge that I rushed a couple of things in my excitement. I guess I’ll never really be a radio man. Whether or not those mistakes caused the failure is not likely to be known. However, those [...]

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Last time, we took some DMM measurements of the power section. Some odd numbers and all made me think about it and I even called a physicist friend to ensure that I understood the readings I was getting. He suggested I had better check the DMM. I switched to another one, but I also swapped [...]

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Ok.. Patrick has some numbers and some pictures, so lets go into it a little bit. Firstly, he has sketched the circuit and confirmed that it is similar to the schematic he provided. So the original post has some errors in it. I’ll go through it later. Lets just get that schematic handy GA-5T Skylark [...]

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Reader RobMur sent me this picture of his Crestline 5T I love those knobs. I think Rob said he put them on himself from a Newcomb PA/Phonograph. [Correction: Rob put Newcomb knobs on another build, thanks for heads up Rob]. Needless to say, I have offered him money if he has more of them. Thanks [...]

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Ok.. I’ve installed a comment spam blocker. If you get blocked please grab my email address and let me know. Also, the fix to WP was a hack so I have to change up some URL. If you have problems with pictures or sound, lemme know.

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Ah..  large sigh of relief.    I have found JSchem.   This is a free schematic capture application.    So far the only downside is that it doesn’t produce a netlist.    This will greatly simplify scratching out descriptions for the blog. Put your search engine on it.

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