[Boatanchors] Replacing 866s with 3B28s

[Tony W4FOA]

Hi Bill,
My only thoughts are nostalgic and non-technical, hi.
In the early 60's, I lived in Monrovia, Liberia right on the Atlantic Ocean.
My home/shack (about 300 ft ASL) looked right down on the beach and across
the Atlantic.  At that time I had a homebrew amplifier (4-400A) and the
power supply used 4 866A rectifiers.  I would often shut off the shack
lights and was more or less mesmerized by the glow of the 866's in the dark
room.  I ran the amp in Class C, so only ran CW.  What fun!!!!  I'd love to
have those tubes glowing in my shack today.
I guess, to each his own, but if I had that Valiant, I'd be putting it
somewhere so I could see the "glow", hi.
Good luck with your endeavors Bill.  Sorry that I don't have any technical
thoughts to share with you.
73 and Happy New Year.
Tony, W4FOA  (ex EL2AD 62-65. ex 7Q7AA 69-72, ex PY1ZBA (73-75).
Chickamauga, GA


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[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of bill kipping
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 3:22 PM
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Boatanchors] Replacing 866s with 3B28s

Hi to the group.  I want to replace the 866 rectifiers in the Johnson
Valiant with 3B28s (blue tubes are scary!). Any thoughts or experiences pro
or con. TNX Bill






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