[Hallicrafters] Ref: 12DQ6

[Carl]

Ive found NIB 6883's at $5-10 each on various ham for sale sites and have 
rewired my TS-830's which use series wired 6146's. The 8032 is the Motorola 
desigination.

Richardson has always been a rip off and has single handedly destroyed US 
tube manufacturing

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Everette" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>
To: "Walt Cates" <cateswa at msn.com>; "hallicrafters" 
<Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Ref: 12DQ6


> The SR-150 and 160 work very well with 6883/8032 tubes subbed for the 
> 12DQ6s.
> The 6883 is a 6146 with a 12 volt filament.  About all you need to do is 
> change
> the socket wiring a bit, change the plate cars as the ones for the 6883 
> are
> larger, and reset the bias.  The current new price for 6883s is around 
> $21-$22
> each from Richardson Electronics.
>
> Given the relative scarcity of sweep tubes, since there's no longer 
> anything for
> them to sweep, this conversion makes a lot of sense.  The radio works 
> better
> too.
>
> 73
>
> Mike
> W4DSE
>
>
>
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