On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:14:33 -0500, Tom NÃJMY wrote: >On a little different subject, I was thinking that someone told me that >Drake had some units that were designed to use an 8-volt tube with 6 >volts to the heater, for some arcane reason. Am I imagining this?
You weren't imagining it. I asked that question here, and I got this answer from good old "Welcome Back Garey": http://www.wb4hfn.com/DRAKE/DrakeArticles/Why_8BN8-2B.htm -Jim (Welcome back, Garey!) -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://radiojim.exofire.net http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
