[R-390] Modded my R-390A...

[John Kolb]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Philip Atchley wrote:

> Hello all.
> Today I did a couple things that I've been wanting to do to the R-390A.
> First I put solid state rectifiers in it (3 "fast" 400 piv series diodes in
> each leg as I had em) for two reasons.  Less heat and I suspect more
> reliability (though I had two "pulled" spares that I've had for a couple
> years).   Yes, I put a 220 Ohm 25 Watt (I had the 25W) resistor in the power
> supply to "compensate" for the diodes smaller Voltage drop.
>

Gosh, and I took your previous msg saying you had "solid stated" your
R-390A to mean you had replaced ALL the tubes with trans****rs - I
was just waiting for the firestorm to start  :)

John