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Ian - G4JQT · 24th Dec 2018, 4:13 pm

Some new old stock nine-inch MW22-16, MW22-17 or MW22-18 TV tubes!

Dave Moll · 24th Dec 2018, 4:15 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Phelan

A bigger round tuit box!
Dave, if you find a Tardis can you ask for two, please?

A TARDIS would not only give the extra space, but also provide the opportunity to go back and buy things before they became collectable.

stevehertz · 24th Dec 2018, 4:19 pm

A Pioneer SX-1980 monster hifi receiver from 1978 and rated at 270 watts + 270 watts, 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz with no more than 0.03% THD. I don't need the power, I just love the receiver! Thinking about it, it would weigh down Santa and his team of reindeer, so I'll just have to keep looking and hoping that someone sells me one!

Grubhead · 24th Dec 2018, 4:26 pm

More TV stations in Dolby Digital, especially Film Four!

G6Tanuki · 24th Dec 2018, 5:27 pm

Radios: A Collins R390-A (with all the fiddly old drifty resistors and leaky capacitors professionally replaced by modern reliable ones, and a full alignment). To paraphrase the ads for a certain Danish lager: "Probably the best Receiver in the World".

HF station: A Collins 75A-4/KWS-1 'separates' combination (again with all the old wibbly parts replaced throughout). 1Kw PEP output, reliably...!

Computers: A DEC-10 or DEC-20 (running BBN's TENEX) - along with the airconditioned space/cooling-plant/power so I could actually run it.

TVs: one of the litle Panasonic "Commando 505" portables.

Testgear: a R&S Polyskop-II (again restored and using modern parts for reliability).

A traceably-calibrated Bird-43 and a complete set of plugins (I seriously regret selling mine for a pittance a couple of decades back).

And finally, just for fun, a flight-ready English Electric Lightning (along with hangarage to dry-house it)

G6Tanuki · 24th Dec 2018, 5:31 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Moll

A TARDIS would not only give the extra space, but also provide the opportunity to go back and buy things before they became collectable.

True: If I had a TARDIS I'd go back in time to the very early-1980s and buy as many shares in those new, emerging small-systems software/hardware companies called Microsoft Intel and Apple as I could afford!

And stock up with those old-fashioned, obsolete PX4s and PX25s on the way home....

valveaudio · 24th Dec 2018, 5:37 pm

Partridge KT66 output transformers.

Merry Christmas

Trevor

Beobloke · 24th Dec 2018, 5:47 pm

(1) A Yamaha GT-2000x turntable

(2) The part of the mechanism that is broken on my Thorens TD-224 that is stopping the auto changing from working.

To be honest, I’m not sure which of the above two is less likely!

Al (astral highway) · 24th Dec 2018, 6:41 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Philpott

A system that can polarise photons, enabling the construction of a cloaking device.
The ability to levitate.

Hi Dave, put me down for another copy of each , please !

Sideband · 24th Dec 2018, 6:42 pm

A flux capacitor....been after one for ages to fit to the DeLorean....

YoungManGW · 24th Dec 2018, 7:17 pm

Someone who can repair my Wurlitzer 616.
Regards,
Richard

MrBungle · 24th Dec 2018, 7:20 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by G6Tanuki

And finally, just for fun, a flight-ready English Electric Lightning (along with hangarage to dry-house it)

Now we're talking!

CambridgeWorks · 24th Dec 2018, 7:31 pm

The Enigma machine that I was once given to sell on commission!
Rob

24th Dec 2018, 8:10 pm

McMurdo, if Santa doesn't come up with the goods these https://www.tester.co.uk/siglent-sdg...play-3-4inches are very good.

Hartley118 · 24th Dec 2018, 9:37 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sideband

A flux capacitor....been after one for ages to fit to the DeLorean....

I fear that they've all gone leaky by now.

Martin

The General · 24th Dec 2018, 9:41 pm

A Seeburg V200 jukebox. I regret selling my VL200 which I'd restored many years ago.

Radio Wrangler · 24th Dec 2018, 9:44 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hartley118

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sideband

A flux capacitor....been after one for ages to fit to the DeLorean....

I fear that they've all gone leaky by now.

Martin

The DeLorean got the last one, all the others had been used years before making interocitors.

David

dodgy-dxer · 24th Dec 2018, 9:44 pm

A Collins KWS-1

Oldcodger · 24th Dec 2018, 10:25 pm

A "like" and "thankyou" button on the forum software

boxdoctor · 24th Dec 2018, 10:34 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skywave

Quote:

Originally Posted by merlinmaxwell

Short-wave full of stations - like it was.

Yes, me too!
Al.

And Me!

Really miss that!
And to recover the full use of my hands again, so I can do intricate work without dropping small fiddly bits into the guts of the job in hand.....

And as asked for in post #39 above.
Merry Christmas to all, Tony..

24th Dec 2018, 4:13 pm	#21
Ian - G4JQT Octode Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Reading/Fakenham, UK. Posts: 1,323	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? Some new old stock nine-inch MW22-16, MW22-17 or MW22-18 TV tubes!

24th Dec 2018, 4:19 pm	#23
stevehertz Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 8,831	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? A Pioneer SX-1980 monster hifi receiver from 1978 and rated at 270 watts + 270 watts, 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz with no more than 0.03% THD. I don't need the power, I just love the receiver! Thinking about it, it would weigh down Santa and his team of reindeer, so I'll just have to keep looking and hoping that someone sells me one! __________________ A digital radio is the latest thing, but a vintage wireless is forever..

24th Dec 2018, 4:26 pm	#24
Grubhead Heptode Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 539	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? More TV stations in Dolby Digital, especially Film Four!

24th Dec 2018, 5:27 pm	#25
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,998	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? Radios: A Collins R390-A (with all the fiddly old drifty resistors and leaky capacitors professionally replaced by modern reliable ones, and a full alignment). To paraphrase the ads for a certain Danish lager: "Probably the best Receiver in the World". HF station: A Collins 75A-4/KWS-1 'separates' combination (again with all the old wibbly parts replaced throughout). 1Kw PEP output, reliably...! Computers: A DEC-10 or DEC-20 (running BBN's TENEX) - along with the airconditioned space/cooling-plant/power so I could actually run it. TVs: one of the litle Panasonic "Commando 505" portables. Testgear: a R&S Polyskop-II (again restored and using modern parts for reliability). A traceably-calibrated Bird-43 and a complete set of plugins (I seriously regret selling mine for a pittance a couple of decades back). And finally, just for fun, a flight-ready English Electric Lightning (along with hangarage to dry-house it)

24th Dec 2018, 5:37 pm	#27
valveaudio Hexode Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Diss, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 386	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? Partridge KT66 output transformers. Merry Christmas Trevor

24th Dec 2018, 5:47 pm	#28
Beobloke Heptode Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southampton, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 821	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? (1) A Yamaha GT-2000x turntable (2) The part of the mechanism that is broken on my Thorens TD-224 that is stopping the auto changing from working. To be honest, I’m not sure which of the above two is less likely!

24th Dec 2018, 6:42 pm	#30
Sideband Dekatron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK. Posts: 7,570	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? A flux capacitor....been after one for ages to fit to the DeLorean.... __________________ There are lots of brilliant keyboard players and then there is Rick Wakeman.....

24th Dec 2018, 7:17 pm	#31
YoungManGW Hexode Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Oswestry, Shropshire, UK. Posts: 408	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? Someone who can repair my Wurlitzer 616. Regards, Richard

24th Dec 2018, 7:31 pm	#33
CambridgeWorks Nonode Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Spalding, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 2,858	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? The Enigma machine that I was once given to sell on commission! Rob __________________ Apprehension creeping like a tube train up your spine - Cymbaline. Film More soundtrack - Pink Floyd

24th Dec 2018, 8:10 pm	#34
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? McMurdo, if Santa doesn't come up with the goods these https://www.tester.co.uk/siglent-sdg...play-3-4inches are very good.

24th Dec 2018, 9:41 pm	#36
The General Hexode Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK. Posts: 329	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? A Seeburg V200 jukebox. I regret selling my VL200 which I'd restored many years ago.

24th Dec 2018, 9:44 pm	#38
dodgy-dxer Heptode Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newmarket, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 612	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? A Collins KWS-1

24th Dec 2018, 10:25 pm	#39
Oldcodger Nonode Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: West Midlands, UK. Posts: 2,181	Re: What would forum members ask Santa for? A "like" and "thankyou" button on the forum software