[Boatanchors] Mercury Rectifiers

[Sheldon Daitch]

Geoff,

Yep, put 'em in a BC-1T back in the early 1970s,
soon after they came out on the market.

Sheldon


On 4/24/2012 5:27 PM, Geoff wrote:
> Yep, I have a pair of both from a parted out BC-1T that I took the PS 
> and mod iron and a few other parts.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheldon Daitch" <sdaitch at kuw.ibb.gov>
> To: "Geoff" <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com>
> Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <boatanchors at puck.nether.net>; 
> <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Mercury Rectifiers
>
>
>> Ah, yep.  Wilkinson was one company making rectifier stacks
>> to replace the 866A and 8008 mercury vapor rectifiers popular
>> in the Gates 1kW tube transmitters.
>>
>> We'd have problems with winter morning sign ons with the
>> tubes, and cured some of that by leaving the rectifier filaments
>> on over night.  Decided to replace the tubes with the rectifier
>> stacks and only had to change out a diode every now and then.
>>
>> 73
>> Sheldon
>> WA4MZZ
>>
>> On 4/23/2012 10:21 PM, Geoff wrote:
>>> And when all else fails use the 1N2637 plug in direct replacement. I 
>>> refuse
>>> to use those tubes.
>>>
>>> The 3B28 is OK but I found several NOS diodes for cheap when I 
>>> picked up
>>> the1KW Gates iron at a defunct AM station
>>>
>>> Carl
>