Bob,
I tried those 4-65's because I had them at the time. I got the B+ up by making the same power supply filter capacitor input instead of choke input. The power tranny protested by getting hot quickly, so this approach was not for 'old buzzard transmissions'. I switched out the 809's for a pair of 808's and added a 7.5 VCT @ 8a filament transformer. I recall beefing up the 6AQ5 audio driver to something like a 6V6. The AX9909's are indirectly heated, and take 12 volts whereas the 4-65 are directly heated, and take 6 volts.An external 6v filament tranny with a CT would have been better, or I suppose you could use DC and make a balanced center with 100 ohm resistors. That rig went on to Dr. John in Arkansas (WB5NTO). I heard he ended up in Florence Alabama with a new call. As for that rig, I wonder whatever became of it. Another worthy option is a single 7094, or maybe two. Hoisy Hoisington, W4CJL, Founder of SPAM, used a single 7094 in his Globe Champ. Regards, Jim ----- Original Message ---- From: RJ Mattson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2007 7:46:10 PM Subject: Globe 350 Re: [AMRadio] 4-65's Hi Jim I am always looking for substitutes for my Champs AX9909's. The top of the list are two 5894's with the plates wired in parallel. I believe there was a article in ER with is conversion? How did you get the HV up to 1500v? Would an additional fil xmfr resolve cathode modulation or could a DC fil ckt and cap decoupling be the solution? I have a stock of both 4-65s and 5894/7854s bob...w2ami ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
