[ARC5] Transistorized ARC-5 Receiver

[Bill Cromwell]

Ha!

That occurred to me too, Dennis. Great minds think alike. Alas...so do 
weak minds. So we are back to square one - evil grin. Go directly to 
"Jail". Do not pass "Go". Do not pass "Payday".

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 01/01/2017 02:53 PM, Dennis Monticelli wrote:
> The 12SK7 is widely used in other gear so I would think doing that 
> tube would be the easiest decision for him.
>
> Dennis AE6C
>
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Phillip Carpenter 
> <carpenterpa at tds.net <mailto:carpenterpa at tds.net>> wrote:
>
>     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
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>     On Jan 1, 2017, at 1:53 PM, Dave Merrill <r390a.urr at gmail.com
>     <mailto:r390a.urr at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>     Try seller eea101
>>
>>     On Sun, Jan 1, 2017, 12:49 PM Kenneth G. Gordon
>>     <kgordon2006 at frontier.com <mailto: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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