[Hallicrafters] Re: [Boatanchors] Replacing rect tubeswithdiodesquestion

[Misic, George J.]

In general, directly heated rectifier tubes heat up and begin conducting
much faster than indirectly heated tubes like most of the tubes in most
receivers. 73.

George KE8RN

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> forgot one other item. With solid state rectifiers you will be 
> applying the B+ almost instantaneously to the tube plates, well before

> they have had a chance to heat up.
>
> I am not a tube expert