----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Deuel" > Larry's tongue in cheek comment employing 866's as a linear amplifier tube > prompted me to contribute the following: Certain full-wave rectifiers can be > configured to amplify or oscillate. I have built audio, Hartley and Simpson > oscillators using only 6AX5GT's full-wave rectifiers as the sole active > device. These were displayed at 2004 Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club Meet > and actually won a Blue Ribbon.
Could you get me a copy of the article or point me to a place where I could get it. That is MOST interesting. I have seen vacuum tube diodes used as noise generators (the 5722 comes to mind here), but I have never seen them used as amplifiers or oscillators. Phil K2PG
