[ARC5] R-392 B+

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Sun Mar 10 14:35:57 EDT 2013


On 10 Mar 2013 at 12:41, Meir WF2U wrote:

> On the other hand, some R-392 owners feed the filaments and the plates
> separately, because some claim that the receiver performs better with
> around 36 VDC on the plates, instead of the specified 28 VDC.

Yes. I have read of that.

> I
> haven't seen any performance measurement result with 36 V plate
> voltage, and I'd never inflict that on my R-392's...

Good on ya. An excellent thing to do, in my opinion. Why on earth would 
someone want to "fix" something that ain't broke? I never could understand 
that sort of thinking...

It seems like you will always find someone who will "push" things without 
thinking about possible bad consequences.

Maybe they just don't care.

Ken W7EKB


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