Dean,
Good description of the Tektronix cleaning process, but obviously needs to be organised on an industrial scale.
I too would recommend that compressed air be used to blow the dirt away. I don't much like the idea of a vacuum cleaner as it's more of a "contact-oriented" system where a wand could damage an old, frail component where the air is more of a "hands-off" method.
I disagree with you on this point.
1 Having blown away the dust with compressed air, where is is going to go? All over the place!
2 When using the vacuum cleaner, I am not advocating giving everything a good rub with the wand like I was trying to get something out of the carpet.
What I have in mind is gently brushing the dusty stuff with a soft 1" paint brush while holding the vacuum nozzle an inch or so away to suck out the airborne dust.
AudioCynic said:
It has vacuum tubes so it must be very old.
Where will you find replacement vacuum tubes when they wear out? Did a Soviet jet fighter plane crash near you?
Does it sound as bad as its age?
Have you heard how wonderful a new radio sounds?
Well wouldn't you know it, I was wondering when these comments would arrive.
Yes AG, it is probably at least 25 years old, made around the time you were developing a grumpy old man complex.
Some of the old vacuum tubes are a bit rare and expensive now, but they are still available.
Yes it does sound as bad as its age and the equivalent new radio is no better.
It is SSB, remember? Like quacking ducks, all horrible, distorted and with the frequency response of a deaf person.
JimB