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RE: How many of you remember the car radio vibrator tube?

It's not really a tube. It's a mechanical device that chops up DC into square wave AC, so it could be stepped up with a transformer.

The Johnson "Whiteface" CB radio comes to mind. I used to despise the buzzing sound they made.


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  • RE: How many of you remember the car radio vibrator tube? - Alpha Al 10:05:51 01/09/15 (0)

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