[HAM] Converting to a SS rectifier

[Brad Baker]

On 1/23/07, Ted Thompson <ted at speakeasyvintagemusic.com> wrote:
> Interesting, yet another item that I am unfamiliar with.  Would you have
> any technical data on this "Transorb"?  All I found was info related to
> power protection for avionics, and that frankly looks like nothing more
> then a zener diode.

Ted it is more like back-to-back zeners.  They are used in shunt on
exposed inputs that you wish to protect from HERF (high energy
radiated fields - like lightning strikes).

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