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18th Feb 2024, 12:09 pm | #1 |
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Terminology- “Spud”
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I came across the term “ spud” when looking at a pcb I recently purchased, and was curious as I have never hear this term before. It would seems to be an American derived term - Valve - Tube - Spud ! Any one else heard this terminology? John |
18th Feb 2024, 12:35 pm | #3 |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
Baby Huey is another one from the other side of the water.
I just regard the terms as a regional dialect and move on. Lets see if someone local to where these terms became popular comes along. |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
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18th Feb 2024, 12:57 pm | #5 |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
Yes it is printed on pcb, see picture. I really don’t like this type of terminology but I’m probably old fashioned.
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18th Feb 2024, 4:13 pm | #6 |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
Only just a 1-tuber- ECL82 or PCL82 hinted at on the PCB are 2 spuds in one bottle......
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18th Feb 2024, 5:49 pm | #7 |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
Depends on how you define a tube. A word which I hate, give me a valve any day.
I'd define it has the complete entity, not the electrode structure within it.
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18th Feb 2024, 6:54 pm | #8 |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
Completely agree Graham.
John |
18th Feb 2024, 7:09 pm | #9 |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
This is the pcb referenced here
https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...2&postcount=13 I downloaded the Gerbers and ordered some pcbs. Peter |
18th Feb 2024, 7:24 pm | #10 |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
I find the jump from tuber to spud rather amusing. While we can deplore the Yankees' 'toobs', the venerable spudde has a long and delicious history from short knife to edible vegetable. I'm sure some other tubers could substitute. A yam-amp or yamp, for example.
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18th Feb 2024, 9:19 pm | #11 |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
I had an amusing German to English translation of an advertisement for a a tabletop radio/Tefi player a month or so ago.
It was translated as having a 6 pipe radio chassis. The translation had thought tube and pipe were the same thing!! Christopher Capener
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18th Feb 2024, 9:48 pm | #12 |
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Re: Terminology- “Spud”
It's a reasonable mis-interpretaion to make, though, with "Röhre" being the German for what engineers call a "tube" and the general public call a "pipe", "tube" of course having a far wider context than just electronic valves in most peoples' understanding, particularly outside the USA.
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