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Old 16th May 2021, 11:42 pm   #11
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Default Re: Wartime civilian receiver what to replace Westector with ??

flyingtech wrote: "Anyone any idea why a Westector was used rather than a thermionic type detector in the original design?"
That's right, I would have thought the Westector was something quite exotic in 1944. Or, perhaps the device was more plentiful than say, an EA50 thermionic diode. To use the EBL31 double-diode-pentode would have limited the choice of maker to only Mullard.

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