[ARC5] Receiver Tube Substitution

Richard Knoppow 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Mon Dec 19 00:32:08 EST 2016


    I corrected this, its what happens when you go by memory even though 
I have a BC-779 and know it pretty well.

On 12/18/2016 8:58 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> For the third time tonight, the BC-779 and other SP-200 Series receivers
> used a 6L7 1st mixer, not a 6SA7 and  and not a 6K8.  The HF Osc was a
> separate 6J7.
>
> In a message dated 12/18/2016 15:58:33 PM Central Standard Time,
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com writes:
>>     The BC-779 and other Super Pro receivers used a 6K8 mixer, even
>> noisier than the 6SA7. It was about the best of a bad lot at the time.
>
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480

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