[ARC5] Transistorized ARC-5 Receiver

[Phillip Carpenter]

I'll ask him (eea101) if he can make octal replacements for the Command receiver tubes.

I'll let all know his reply.

Phillip W4RTX 

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> On Jan 1, 2017, at 1:53 PM, Dave Merrill <r390a.urr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Try seller eea101
> 
>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017, 12:49 PM Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>> There is a fellow who sells reguarly on eBay, offering solid-state versions of the 1L6 to
>> Zenith Transoceanic owners.
>> 
>> He builds his 1L6s within a glass minature (9 or 7 pin) tube envelope.
>> 
>> I have bought one of his 1L6s for my AN/GRC-109 receiver (R-1004) in order to preserve
>> my 1L6s (I have two). I can attest that his solid-state version works far better than the 1L6
>> tube ever did!
>> 
>> I then asked him to make me a solid-state version of the 1T4 for use in the RF amplifier
>> stage of my R-1004. He did so, and that, too, made a huge difference in how well the
>> receiver operates.
>> 
>> For one thing, keying the T-784 no longer overloads the receiver, nor pulls the HFO any
>> more. In addition, the receiver sounds far quieter and more "responsive" to signals than
>> before.
>> 
>> Both of his solid-state equivalents required NO changes to the circuitry: one simply plugs
>> them in in place of the vacuum tubes.
>> 
>> If a quick search on eBay does not turn up his name or e-mail address, I'll dig into my files
>> and find that for anyone who might be interested.
>> 
>> From what little I learned of him, he is, apparently, an electrical engineer and knows exactly
>> what he is doing.
>> 
>> His products most certainly bear this out.
>> 
>> From his responses to me, I would think that we may be able to talk him into making
>> solid-state versions of the octal tubes used in our receivers. I am very curious about the
>> results of such.
>> 
>> Ken W7EKB
>> 
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