Farmers Unite!!

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Was tinkering around today and put together a simple power supply for the forgotten farm radio. I'm sure a us lot of have one or two of these set that haven't been turned on in years, lots of years. One of mine is a Crosely 2V Fiver I got back in the '70s. Back then it had a few problems including a bad osc coil. Fixed it all up and it's been sitting since. Thought I'd take her for a spin hence the power supply. The HV is a typical AC/DC design.Was able to get 130V under load. The A voltage is provided by a 6.3v transformer, bridge rectifier and adj ic regulator. It will deliver up to 8v @ 1.5A which is adjustable down to 1.2V. A lot of the parts I scrounged from some old computer p/s and from the junk box. Most of them are not very critical.

Let's make January farm radio month. Dust one off or if you don't had one get one. And get her going!
Terry