[Boatanchors] Mercury Rectifiers

[rbethman]

Folks,

They figured this problem out with the BC-610s.

Only the E model originally came with 872s.  Since these were mobile, 
they had the problem in the '40s. So even Uncle Sam moved to 3B28s.

I wonder how many BC-610s had to get re-built from the flash-over 
problem before they got smart?

Bob - N0DGN



On 4/23/2012 4:59 PM, Jim wrote:
> I miss the pulsing blue glow of 866's in a darkened room. The slight 
> buzz served as a side-tone..... The radio seemed to breath and be 
> alive.......... Alas, solid state rectifiers are more efficient and 
> don't "flash back" but I miss the pulsing blue glow.... Jim