[Hallicrafters] Solid state rectifier and matching 6V6s

[Bob Young]

I agree although I can't see most of mine, I do appreciate the heat in the 
winter however, there is nothing like sitting in front of a radio with about 
20 tubes in it on a cold winter night, also I like to show off my DX-100 to 
my wife who thrills at the prospect of looking at the 6293 power tubes glow 
almost as much as she likes handing me wrenches when I change the oil in my 
car, hi!

Electric Radio sells soft start devices with built in voltmeters and they 
have about a 6 V voltage drop, all my radios gradually warm up now over a 
period of one to two minutes and run at about 115 V, (normal voltage here is 
approx 121 V) the power transformers run noticeably cooler, they are well 
worth the price. I got 5 of the 300 watt models and always use them now,

Bob
KB1OKL

>
>The whole purpose of  restoring a 60 or 70 year old radio is to  experience
>the glow and warmth of a thermionic vacuum tube  !! If you want  to use 
>solid
>state replacements then you might as well remove all of the tubes  and 
>insert
>transistors in all the sockets(of course with the proper voltage  dropping
>resistors !) that would defintely reduce ALL heating and load on the  power
>transformer !!
>I like  to open the top lid on my SX-28 or SX-17 to  enjoy the warm orange
>glow to comes of all the tubes including the rectifier  tube when it's 
>pulling
>signals from a distant station.
>My 2  cents
>Nick
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