[ARC5] BC-453 Current Draw

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Phillip,

Do you have an example of any of the command receivers? Some of them 
that are listed on eBay seem a little high priced but sometimes if you 
express a desire for one you can shake one out of the bushes on this 
list often at more modest prices. Those will be receivers that have 
already been modified. The guys who want radios that are all original 
and already have those original radios will more easily part with the 
"hacked" ones. They will probably need cleaning, some new caps, and some 
new resistors but are useable. You could run your own voltage/current 
measurements. I bought my 40 meter receiver from a list member already 
recapped and ready to rock n roll. The 80 meter radio came from another 
list member and cleaned up nicely. That one is wired for 12 volts on the 
heaters but the B+ is still the same.

Meanwhile I have an 80 meter and a 40 meter command receiver that I can 
check. With the same tube lineup and similar circuitry I would be 
surprised if they are very much different. It will be a couple of days 
at least and probably into the weekend before I can do that. In 
addition, I can check the current draw at 135 and 180 volts (twenty 
9-volt batteries) too, and there is no reason why I can't check them at 
24 or 27 volts B+. 12 volts B+? Gosh - I even have a 6 volt lead-acid 
battery. I wonder...

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 01/20/2015 07:05 PM, Phillip Carpenter wrote:
> Correction, data supplied so far was provided by Bill and Dennis.
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