[Milsurplus] Marconi R1155: Replacing the VR103 Eye Tube

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Another good source for low voltage AC are the transformers in old clock radios, digital clocks and old wallwarts.

I find them at my recycling center. I've also seen them at goodwill.

Mike n2MS
> On 03/02/2023 6:02 AM David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Marconi R1155: Replacing the VR103 Eye Tube
> 
> If one can find it, a replacement for the
> "tuning eye" valve/tube, VR103 has gotten
> expensive. I hear that many which have been
> purchased from places like India arrive in
> NOS boxes, but are in fact used-up duds.
> Good luck with that refund.
> 
> The easily-found 12V filament 1629 is a
> pin-for-pin replacement, save that the R1155's
> filament buss is 6V.