[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] Mercury Rectifiers

[Sheldon Daitch]

Ah, yep.  Wilkinson was one company making rectifier stacks
to replace the 866A and 8008 mercury vapor rectifiers popular
in the Gates 1kW tube transmitters.

We'd have problems with winter morning sign ons with the
tubes, and cured some of that by leaving the rectifier filaments
on over night.  Decided to replace the tubes with the rectifier
stacks and only had to change out a diode every now and then.

73
Sheldon
WA4MZZ

On 4/23/2012 10:21 PM, Geoff wrote:
> And when all else fails use the 1N2637 plug in direct replacement. I refuse
> to use those tubes.
>
> The 3B28 is OK but I found several NOS diodes for cheap when I picked up
> the1KW Gates iron at a defunct AM station
>
> Carl
> KM1H
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