Need road map for Olson Tube receiver

[Richard D]

Hello again, I am still trying to find a schematic for an Olson RA-809 receiver. I did get a responce from Irving Olson himself, he said he would ask around. Now that's what I call customer service, after forty years the founder of the company tries to help the non-original customer. As I mentioned this receiver uses two 6GW8s for output tubes for each channel. I have new tubes and the new caps should be here this week. And I thought the tubes were expensive, but that is the cost of keeping rare items in stock then thats fine with me. My Pace $850.00 solder/desolder station broke 2 of the carbon vanes in the vacuum pump and I was told that my model has not been made in 10 years and the new pumps are not compatible. A new station would only cost $885.00 For a piece of carbon the size of your finger nail. :thumbsdn: Sorry for the rant.
Richard.

 

[mhardy6647]

I am sure the Olson was made by someone else (most likely Pioneer, like the Allieds of the same era)... I'd search for a lookalike, e.g., on eBAY, then find a schematic for THAT.

If you can post a photo, we might be in a better position to help (although Tom Bavis may well have a line on a schematic...)

Did you check the Sams website? They do have a searchable database (although the paper index usually works better for me).

Speaking of 6GW8's... I just bought 4 of 'em for my Heathkit AA-32 from Dick Bergeron (Electron Tube Enterprises). IIRC they were $8 a pop, which didn't strike me as too bad for a tube that I don't think was made in huge numbers.

 

[Richard D]

Some of the original HV caps are marked Olson and others LILY and others RIKEN. And the ones someone else got to ELNA. It will speak again! I will have spent 5 times it's value but that's not imporant now. On the fifteenth of next month it will be important But not now!
Richard.

 

[Richard D]

Please. No one mention the Turk&y word again. I am so tried of trky sandwiches, sliced trky,deep fried trky. urp.