wrote:
Remember the story about the intrepid lad who gathered scrap glass and
melted it down to make his own tubes? I think I saw this in the ARRL's
"200 Meters and Down" book, but now I cant find the page. Anyone know
where in the book this gem is hidden?

I don't know, but Dr. Rudiger Walz from the Antique Radio Society has
been making handblown tubes since he was a kid.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."