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		<title>My Experiences with  Power Grid Tubes and Rebuilders</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[February 2026] With word of the upcoming closing of the Econco tube rebuilding facility, we thought it was worth looking back at an industry that grew up fast and saved stations a lot of money, but now is fading as solid-state transmitters have replaced a lot of the high-power rigs using tubes. Reid Brandon was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[December 2025] This week we saw the 124th anniversary of an event that may not have happened. The late Don Kimberlin took a deep look into what he called the myth of Marconi’s success. You may find the story interesting for several reasons. Much of today’s world is blithely ignorant about the origins of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Evolution In Broadcast Technology</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[August 2025] Anyone who has entered the broadcast industry in the past ten years sees it in a totally different way compared with those who have worked in radio and TV for decades. Some common tools were not available as recently as 20 years ago – and if you named some common tools from past [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; [July 2025] Even as we move further and further away from using tubes – especially power tubes – in transmitters in favor of solid-state products, the history of those power tubes and how their development helped the broadcast industry grow with reliable power amplifiers. Reid Brandon is back with a look, this time, at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; [July 2025] A fair number of broadcasters have recently been startled when seeking to rebuild a power tube. Solid-state transmitters are definitely the norm now. But what about those still trying to keep their tube units operating. Reid Brandon – a former Eimac engineer – has some disquieting thoughts. I was recently contacted by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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