Your participation is very interesting because I am in the process of putting a Drake L-7 back into service. I understand very well the electrical problem that you mention and the original diagram also worried me (open cathode circuit).
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I am French and it is already difficult to get a correct translation. Could you explain the abbreviations that you use and which do not seem universal to me:
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·???????? HV
·???????? B+
·???????? B-
·???????? MOF
·???????? CT
·???????? xfmr
·???????? millen(s)
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Could you send us a diagram
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On this L-7 do you know why the grids are not directly grounded (RFC 1)