Kathy,
I'd advise replacing the diode string in your SB-200 with 1N4007 diodes
instead of 1N5408. Not that there's anything wrong with the 1N5408, but the
holes in the circuit board will have to be drilled out to make them fit. The
1N4007 will be a perfect fit, and with a 1A/1000V rating, will be more than
adequate for an SB-200. You should probably also replace the elderly
electrolytics in the amplifier while you have it apart.
73,
Jim W8ZR
> From: Kathy Bookmiller <wb2aio@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Amps] SB200 diodes
> To: amps@contesting.com
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> Thanks to everyone for their replies. I'm going to order them from Mouser
and replace them
> all as that is the consensus of the replies I received both on-list and
off. Did take a run over
> to my local RS store and they had some that were close to the 1n5408s in
spec, but only a 3
> pack of them, so will order them all from Mouser.? That seems to be the
norm for RS. It
> seems about every time I go in there for some parts, they'll have them in
those drawers in
> the back, but only one or none is inside the compartment.
> While waiting for them to show, maybe I'll finally get into my old NCL2000
that is loosing
> it's drive and has been sitting on the repair bench for a year:) That is
how I ended up buying
> the SB200 when it showed up on Craigslist here last summer, while waiting
for a new set of
> tubes to show up.
> So I'll spend the weekend looking for the odd band fill in the WPX contest
and checking the
> capacitors in the SB200 and cleaning off the board of the old diodes.
> 73,
> Kathy
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