[ARC5] Transistorized ARC-5 Receiver

[Tim]

I've not played with one of those SS 1L6's but the design and packaging
looks to me to be well engineered.  I think he even included a tiny LED to
simulate the filament!

Tim
N6CC

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 10:48 AM, 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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