[SBE] Anyone have an 857B rectifier for display purposes available for sale?

[Lionel Shurtleff]

Hi

 

I have a box of old merc vapor rectifier tubes out of a vintage fifties RCA 5 kw AM Xmtr.  It was a six-phase power supply so there was lots of blue glow when it operated...a fair amount of exciting arcing sometimes too.  I don't know if they were 857Bs or not but that was pretty common I think.  I can check when I am next at the plant.  I've got a bunch of other stuff there too...vintage parts of all sorts.  call me.

 

Lonnie Shurtleff CE

Capps Broadcast Group

541.969.9805 cell


 


From: mlangner at swcp.com
To: sbe at sbe.org
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:22:42 -0600
Subject: [SBE] Anyone have an 857B rectifier for display purposes available for sale?


Hello everyone !
 
I've received a request on one of the Ham Radio Boatanchor Reflectors (folks who collect old tube-type equipment and restore it) by one of the participants to locate an old 857B mercury-vapor rectifier he'd like to display.
 
Anyone got one lying around who'd like to sell it to this guy ?  Please let me know and I'll forward your contact info. Yeah, I know -- lots of mercury, delicate, and hazardous!  But all of us "grey hairs" used 'em -- and we survived!
 
Thanks !
 
Mike/
 
Mike Langner, CPBE
Albuquerque, NM
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