AMRAD LF Active Antenna Question

[Nan and Sandy Sanders]

Mouser P# 606-A9A  it is an NE-2E.
Digikey P# 595-1055-ND is the power transformer (was hard to find for a while).
      Sandy
     WB5MMB


At 03:59 PM 11/2/2014, Rob Seastrom wrote:

>Yep, that's the one.  You need it.  :)
>
>-r
>
>"Mark Fancher" <mark.fancher at twc.com> writes:
>
> > Its DS1 in Figure 6.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Seastrom [mailto:rs at seastrom.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 4:53 PM
> > To: Mark Fancher
> > Cc: Tacos
> > Subject: Re: AMRAD LF Active Antenna Question
> >
> >
> > On Nov 2, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Mark Fancher <mark.fancher at twc.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Looks like the LED specified for the antenna 
> (not the power supply) isn’t offered by 
> Radioshack anymore.  Will this thing work without that LED or is it required?
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > I just looked at the schematic and I don't 
> see an LED in the antenna amplifier schematic.
> >
> > Attention to 
> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/0109031.pdf
> >
> > Are you perchance referring to "DS1NE-2 
> neon lamp (272-1102)" in the schematic on page 34?
> >
> > If so, that's actually a neon indicator bulb 
> and at a guess it's there to provide a static 
> discharge path so that the first thunderstorm 
> within 10 miles doesn't send Q1 to the great parts bin in the sky.
> >
> > There seem to be NOS NE-2 neon bulbs on 
> eBay.  Guess those are one of those things that 
> used to be super common and are now hard to find.
> >
> > The original authors are around and 
> subscribed to the list; perhaps they will chime in.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > de AI4UC
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