[ARC5] Just when I though I was done with the BC659...battery/batteries

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Ken,

Thanks for being the one to point that out. That's the sort of nonsense 
*I* would do but then I am a Michigan Hillbilly. Sometimes I catch 
enough flak for that so you took the heat off me. I use those 9 volt 
batteries for a ~90 volt or ~45 volt B+ in receivers. I don't buy the 
five dollar ones. I get the cheaper, no-name alkalines for around or a 
little less than a dollar each. Unless you want auditorium filling audio 
they last a long time (weeks to months) and I use cans so they are 
reasonable. Some hams use them for the plate supply in vacuum tube QRP 
transmitters where they give reasonable service. I think I am going 
there, too.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 06/10/2016 11:14 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> On 10 Jun 2016 at 4:41, J Mcvey via ARC5 wrote:
>
>> I meant BC659 of coarse, it's late... but this thing has a multi-voltage battery
>> inside which is pure unobtainium these days, soI've got to figure something out if I
>> want the transmitter to work.
>> It's 4.5v,
> 3 ea "A", "C", or "D" cells in series = 4.5 VDC
>
>> 25.5V
> 3 ea 9 V "transistor" batteries in series = 27 VDC: close enough.
>
>> and 80V
> 9 ea 9 V "transistor" batteries in series = 81 VDC...also close enough.
>
> No sweat. Works a treat.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
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