Replacement of nuvistors with JFET's (specifically, MPF102 JFETs) in the
422 scope vertical amplifiers has been accomplished by "Kurt" and was
documented several years ago in his blog. I believe this is also
described at www.w140.com, under the "422" scope webpage. However, the
plate voltage in the 422 scopes is about +25 volts. The plate voltage
of the nuvistors in the vertical preamps of the 453 scopes (early S/N's)
is about +75 volts, so I suspect this would likely zap a MPF102. There
might be other JFETs that have adequate drain-to-source voltage rating
to serve as replacement for the nuvistors in the 453 (early S/N) scopes.
Mike Dinolfo N4MWP
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On 04/28/2018 05:24 PM, 搁别苍é别 wrote:
I believe the replacement is MPF102, pin for pin. less filament of course.
搁别苍é别
On 2018-04-27 08:46 PM, Dale H. Cook wrote:
At 06:50 PM 4/27/2018, Jeff Urban wrote:
Now that I think about it I bet some of these triodes could be
replaced with depletion mode N channel FETs.
Tek replaced the front-end, sweep generator, and trigger generator
Nuvistors (all 8393) with FETs in the 453 beginning with serial 20,000.
Dale H. Cook, GR/HP/Tek Collector, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA