[Drake] Sub For #47:

[dbuska at wi.rr.com]

Hi Gary and all,

You slay me, hi hi.  Now I have to add a small 3mm Green LED to my 
lamps to get that original green Drake look hi hi.

73

Don N9OO

----- Original Message -----
From: Garey Barrell <k4oah at mindspring.com>
Date: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [Drake] Sub For #47:
To: drake at mailman.qth.net

> 
> 
> Edmund H. Ramm wrote:
> > Paul Christensen writes:
> >
> >   
> >> Or...eliminate the incandescent lamp altogether and replace it 
> with a Blue 
> >> LED mounted in a #47 base
> >> [...]
> >>     
> >
> >    Eek! Introducing semiconductors to a wonderful 100% valved -
> and thereby
> > EMP-proof- receiver? Buerklin's 33G202 7v/100mA with BA9S socket 
> is my
> > favourite #47 replacement.
> >
> >    73, Eddi ._._.
> >   
> 
> Uhhh, Every R-4/A/B/C & T-4X/B/C has already been "introduced" to 
> semiconductors..........  :-)
> 
> That aside, the 755 IS a great replacement for the 47.  It has an 
> expected lifetime of almost seven times that of the 47, and the 
> slightly 
> lower light output is hard to spot unless you have a 47 in one 
> unit and 
> a 755 in another sitting next to it.  The 755 also reduces the 
> fading of 
> the original blue-green filter, and more importantly the yellowing 
> of 
> the diffuser.  It's the yellowing of the diffuser that imparts 
> that 
> greenish hue rather than fading of the "blue".
> 
> Now all we need is for Don, N9OO to put blue AND green LEDs into 
> his 
> replacement units to more closely match the "real" Drake dial 
> color!!!!!
> By the way, I have been using 755 bulbs in MANY Drake units for 
> over 20 
> years, and have yet to replace one.
> 
> 73, Garey - K4OAH
> Atlanta
> 
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> <www.k4oah.com>
> 
> 
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