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I guess any way I go it just doesn't seem worth the time or money to cobble or buy supply which I will never use except to verify whether or not this thing works. If it were one of the beautiful old T.R.F.s I have seen or just beautiful I might do it, but I don't really even like the thing that much. The output stages were evidently weak in these things. Just too many cons.

The pro is that this has been a very informative thread. I never even knew what the A and B supplies in these old things did. If I ever run into one that I really like, instead of automatically walking away I can consider these options. I noticed nobody talked about multivibrators. Perhaps because we were (for the most part) talking about AC based supplies.

Maybe I'll drag out all two tons of Lambda DC supply that I have thus far had absolutely no use for and see what it will do. I should be able to dial in most any voltage within it's limitations which are much higher than we have mentioned. I have wanted to use the rather industrial looking Lamda for some time, so maybe all of this is meant to be. I still don't like the looks of this FARM radio! LOL!