[Boatanchors] TCS Receiver: No More CW "Ear-Popping"

[Rob Atkinson]

he wrote zeners in parallel but in _opposite directions_.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Jacques Fortin <jacques.f at videotron.ca> wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Excuse me if I'm wrong, but if you are actually using two 5.6V zeners IN
> PARALLEL, the effect is the same than using, say, two 1N4004 in parallel.
> Your clipping level will be about 0.6-0.7V across the headphones.
> However, using two zeners IN SERIES and opposite directions will create a
> limiter having the Zener rating plus about 0.6V (6.2V in your case).
> Is that what you meant in the first place ?
>
>