[Milsurplus] GO-6 with Parasitic Suppressors

[Hubert Miller]

The 1000 volt requirement kind of takes it to "the next level", i mean as far as complications over a 500 volt supply. 
I have not looked at the manual for a long long time, but at one time i was thinking, replace the 814s with 1625s, or even just one 1625. I think the socket is same for both tube types.

There ARE a few, very few, military radios with the circuits you prefer. The Japanese 94-5 comes to mind. Also the U.S. set BC-156, which is the same basic circuit as the loop set BC-148
( SCR-131 ), which has a single tube #10 transmitter. Oh yeah - also the U.S.N. type CMS. Not much else comes to mind other than a few $py radio types.

I had since the 1960s both admired and was appalled at the ARRL's Novice Pair radios - because of the extent of metal work required to build this simple 2-tube receiver, 1-tube transmitter
pair. I last year found a pair built from the ARRL booklet and felt very luck to at last have the set but without a lot of finding chassis stock, drilling and cutting, etc.  The sets need some 
dress up but they are quite true to the original drawings. I hope someday i'll be able to complete the dream and actually have them on the air.
-Hue 

>Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] GO-6 with Parasitic Suppressors

I also only have the HF transmitter.  I haven't put it on yet (if ever) because one needs separate 500 and 1000 volt (from memory) power supplies to accommodate metering.  Yes, the colors are nice.

I am regressing toward regenerative receivers and single tube transmitters.  Regenerative receivers seem to have better clarity than big box receivers in which signals often sound slightly "cooked."  A regen will also hear down to the noise floor, sometimes hearing signals inaudible in a big box because big boxes are sometimes slightly deaf.

Richard, AA1P