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Old 01-29-2011, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by wa2ise View Post
The 1st generation of radio technology was probably similar to the 1st generation of automobiles. Many small makers, eventually narrowed down to just several major companies. Which probably means that you may not be able to find a schematic. But odds are Daven followed a conventional design, likely a reference design created by the tube companies. Here, a "reference design" was a design created by the tube engineers to demonstrate circuits that would make the tubes work well, to help their customers like Daven get the most out of the tubes. The tube manufacturer wants happy customers.
It has already been pointed out that this is not a Daven, I just wanted to add that, to complicate WA2ISE's post, Daven made their own tubes, with their own numbering system!

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