[Milsurplus] Transmitter transformers - save or toss ?

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 1 Nov 2018 at 19:37, Hubert Miller wrote:

>     Are ( some ) high voltage, transmitter type power transformers worth saving, or not really ?

Yes. Definitely. Have you checked on prices for new transformers? They are astronomical.

> The main power transformer puts out in SSB 
>     service,
>     700 volts at 400 mA ( that´s what the manual says to tune the linear final for ),

Works perfectly for most semi-modern SSB transceivers, like the Heathkit SB/HW series 
and for the Collins KWM series. Heathkits work "best" with about 820 VDC to the finals, a 
pair of 6146s.

>     I think the number of people building tube transmitters today is vanishingly small

Not so. Read ER Magazine. Construction articles on transmitters in almost every issue of 
late.

>     So, thumbs up or thumbs down ?

Save 'em.

Ken W7EKB