You work on transmitters every day. Have you ever removed a large tube socket for repair or replacement? It can be a daunting task. I hope you don’t have to do the job overnight when you are tired.

Microwave Power Products plans to close operations at the former Econco facility, ending its program for rebuilding tubes in ...

SEATTLE—A lot can happen in 10 years. Presidents come and go. Regimes are toppled. Cars wear out. You gain a few pounds. And if you're the chief engineer at most TV stations, you've probably replaced ...

Radio stations in the U.S. and Canada who upgrade from an older tube transmitter to a new Nautel solid state transmitter prior to January 31, 2020 are eligible for up to $10,000 in a “last tube ...

L-3 Communications, a manufacturer of transmitter output tubes for the television broadcast industry, announced that it is shipping production versions of its Constant Efficiency Amplifier (CEA) IOT ...

A standard early electronics project or kit has for many years been the construction of a small broadcast transmitter with enough power to reach the immediate area, but no further. These days that ...

[Mr. Carlson] likes electronics gear. Mostly old gear. The grayer the case, the greener the phosphors, and the more hammertone, the better. That’s why we’re not surprised to see him with a mammoth AM ...

BRIDGEPORT — WPKN’s 10,000-watt transmitter is on its last legs. “The main output tube isn’t a problem,” said Chief Engineer Dom Bordanaro. “That can be rebuilt. But the lower-stage vacuum tubes just ...