12-05-2021, 06:03 PM
Well, the cost to rewind the interstage transformer and a new filter choke isn’t in the cards for now, so I came up with a temporary (maybe permanent) solution-
As 4 of the 6 filter caps on the power supply were not original, I restuffed the 2 originals and replaced one of the others with a multi section cap, along with a discrete axial cap- this got the power supply handled and left 3 can cap holes, 2 of which I filled with dead caps (leads clipped) for visual purposes.
I then made an adapter to install another octal socket were the last cap was. I fully disconnected the interstage transformer and bundled the leads out of the way, in case I decide to have it rewound. I wired the additional octal for a 6SN7 split load phase inverter, with a DC coupled driver. I installed a single ended output transformer on the 6F6 to drive the tweeters.
Now I have a functional on all bands 38-690, with no permanent modifications.
As 4 of the 6 filter caps on the power supply were not original, I restuffed the 2 originals and replaced one of the others with a multi section cap, along with a discrete axial cap- this got the power supply handled and left 3 can cap holes, 2 of which I filled with dead caps (leads clipped) for visual purposes.
I then made an adapter to install another octal socket were the last cap was. I fully disconnected the interstage transformer and bundled the leads out of the way, in case I decide to have it rewound. I wired the additional octal for a 6SN7 split load phase inverter, with a DC coupled driver. I installed a single ended output transformer on the 6F6 to drive the tweeters.
Now I have a functional on all bands 38-690, with no permanent modifications.