[R-390] R-390/URR heater circuits.

[Fred Moore]

Jim, 

Just yesterday I was working on this part of the IF unit.  I will give this
some thought.  There must be a reason.  Hang on.  

-Fred

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Received: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:17:01 PM GMT
From: Jim Whartenby via R-390 <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
To: reflector R-390 <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [R-390] R-390/URR heater circuits.

The tube heater supply is 25 volts and change in the original R-390.  So
there are several series heater strings that add up to 25 volts or so. 
Interesting that the two 12AU7s, V507 and V510, have a 120 ohm resistor
connected from pin 9 to pin 4 while the other two 12AU7s, V601 and V602, do
not have this resistor but they do have a series 27 ohm resistor to drop the
heater voltage a tad.  

I have checked the tube manuals and did not see any reason given for this 120
ohm resistor.  Does anyone know why Collins added this resistor?  One triode
then has about 150 mils flowing through the heater and 100 mils through the
other.  Why?

On the same heater string topic, I notice that some heaters in a string are
capacitive bypassed to ground while other strings are not.  I have the
feeling that the physical size of the capacitor dictated this decision.  I
would think that a cap across each heater would be most effective in removing
line noise since it would offer the lowest possible impedance to anything much
greater then 60 cycles.

Regards,
Jim
Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with
confidence.  Murphy
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