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Old 05-16-2012, 01:26 PM
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Strange that they would bother rebasing the 5U4 into a novar type. By the time the novar base was introduced, selenium and silicon diodes had already replaced tube LV rectifiers in most equipment.

An interesting tube, though. I had never heard of a 5BC3 before. Might have to snag one off eBay for my oddball tube collection.
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