[ARC5] 24vdc power

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

That may have been true 40 years ago when I bought parts from stores such as PolyPaks which sold out of spec parts but this is not true today.

Mike N2MS
> 
> From:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf OfBrian Clarke
> Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 8:42 AM
> To: 'Tom Lee' <tomlee at ee.stanford.edu>; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] 24vdc power
> 
> For newly minted silicon diodes, you may well be correct, Tom.
> However, radio amateurs usually have deep pockets and short arms and hence, attend ham fests and swap meets to pick up components whose provenance may not aspire to the Guinness book of records.
> 73 de Brian, VK2GCE