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3 Mar 2022 - TOKO Inductors by Paul G8IUG

Posted: 04 Mar 2022 02:55 AM PST
https://sadars.co.uk/wp/archives/3058

Paul explains a high quality receiver

Paul began by handing out copies of an article showing how to repurpose
Toko inductors to be read while he continued with his presentation. He then said there was a number on the reverse and that was every ones free raffle number. During other explanations about the equipment on display, he would
call out a number and award the holder an item from the table. There were several meters, an early Icom TV tuner, a tin of biscuits (un opened) and
two tins of Quality Street, also still sealed.

Paul stated he is a valve man, twenty years out of date.  He then compared some of his large sized test equipment on display and passed around the equivalent modern item which would fit in the palm of his hand. He
recounted his work at Henlow, ICL and Stevenage stating that many of the
sites have been closed or sold off and the highly qualified workers
dispersed.

On his laptop, Paul showed Circuit Wizard, a programme which can be tried
for free but a payment is required for the full working version. He
explained the usefulness of being able to try a circuit before building
it.  Pointing to a very clean looking radio from the 60s he said the man at the market said he would have to pay a fortune to get it working. But Paul bought it anyway saying it would be worth the time he would spend checking
it and replacing parts to make it work!
Paul and some of his eqipment

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