A little off-topic....EM4 Magic eye tube

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Nicholas Stock

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Jul 19, 2015, 9:36:49 PM7/19/15
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I'm restoring an old Loewe-Opta Meteor radio and need a new EM4 Magic eye tube....any one have one they want to sell/trade?

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Nick

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Instrument Resources of America

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Jul 19, 2015, 9:41:52 PM7/19/15
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It glows in the dark, so how is it off topic? Ira.
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Nicholas Stock

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Jul 19, 2015, 9:44:09 PM7/19/15
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:-)

Not exactly neon, but pretty damn close...

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MichaelB

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Jul 20, 2015, 1:41:09 AM7/20/15
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I'd hit up Jurgen, He's the keeper of the Magic Eye's. if he doesn't have any he can surely get you one

Dan Harboe Burer

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Jul 20, 2015, 2:48:59 AM7/20/15
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I have some EM4s in my stash. :) I will see if I can find one that looks
trustworthy/functional during this week.

Dan


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Nick

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Jul 20, 2015, 5:11:55 AM7/20/15
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EM4s (CV1434) are pretty rare and expensive and old ones are often in poor condition. The 6CD7, EM34, CV394, 6M2, and 64ME are exact equivalents. The EM4 has a German P8A locking base...

You can replace them with alternatives such as the far cheaper Russian 6E5C, e.g. http://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/replacing_the_em4_by_the_6e5c.html  

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Tidak Ada

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Jul 20, 2015, 6:14:47 AM7/20/15
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I can get here an EM4 (NOS, European make brand unknown)) for € 50,- excluding shipment, Also one with the scarse yellowish phosphor!
If necessary, I will do the efforts for you.
Consider there are two makes: one with a normal glass envelope and one with a sunken front.
Further the EM 34 is electricallt eaqual, but has an octal base istead of the 8-pin P-base.
 
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EM4s (CV1434) are pretty rare and expensive and old ones are often in poor condition. The 6CD7, EM34, CV394, 6M2, and 64ME are exact equivalents. The EM4 has a German P8A locking base...

You can replace them with alternatives such as the far cheaper Russian 6E5C, e.g. http://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/replacing_the_em4_by_the_6e5c.html  

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Nick

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Jul 20, 2015, 10:33:03 AM7/20/15
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Jan Wüsten has EM34s from 6 euros but EM4s (new) at 110 euros!

Nick

Nicholas Stock

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Jul 20, 2015, 10:43:47 AM7/20/15
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Thanks to everyone for the very helpful comments! This is my first radio restoration (have really fallen in love with the design of 50's/v early 60's tube radios...) and it's more a cosmetic restoration as the internals still appear to work well (except the EM4). This particular radio has an adjustable mount for the EM4, so different tolerances should be fine.

Thanks to Nick for the equivalents. Thanks to Dan for looking in his stash and thanks to Eric for the kind offer of sourcing one for me. I'll PM people to pursue..

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Nick

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Nick <ni...@desmith.net> wrote:
Jan Wüsten has EM34s from 6 euros but EM4s (new) at 110 euros!

Nick

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Jul 20, 2015, 11:58:24 AM7/20/15
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If you go for the EM-34 and change the socket, you may then be able to use the 6CD7, CV394, 6M2 or a 64ME which I have as equivalent numbers for the EM-34. Good luck with whatever you do. Radio and television restoration can be quite rewarding,  Ira.
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