[Milsurplus] Low B+ receiver operation

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Zeranski" <ezeran at concentric.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Low B+ receiver operation


> 
> >It's true that the R-808/GRC-14 uses low voltage tubes similar to the
> R-392,
> >but the actual weight of the R-808 is 71 pounds.
> 
> The MANUAL is heavy too!  The '808 has its own TTY driver.
> 
> EdZ

The manual sez because of the low gain at this plate voltage, 21 volts (yes, that's 
correct ) there are more gain stages needed than usual. But it's not the extra tubes
or the TTY demod that add the weight - it's probably the bulletproof case!
-Hue Miller