Have you started to lay out the CCS? I ran into a concern last night the way I have things on the PC board. The output to the coupling cap and the power (B+ from MOSFETs) are pretty close together, about 1/2". I'm hopeing I'm not going to run into any problems with noise. I think this is where the shielded cable is really going to come in handy......Colin

PC board is not the correct term. I used the plastic breadboards, the ones with lots of holes. You can get them at Rat Shack for a couple of bucks.

I got the LED from Parts Express. Rated at 1.7V and 20mA.

The L-beam has the 5687 heater parts and the CCS bread board.

RCA ins and outs will be mounted on the top plate ala Forepaly.

I'm having a bitch of a time placing all three caps under the hood. I wanted to mount the PS cap through a hole and out the top, but I decided against it. I think this is something I'm going to regreat later on.

My hook-up and bus wires were sent to day, so I should be up and running by the weekend (now there's some famous last words!)

What do you think of the new Tx? Now you can imagine my surprise when I picked my box up expecting only one to be in there. The spare Heyboer is sitting here. I'll hang on to it for as long as you like - no rush AT ALL........Colin

There is one more thing y'all may want to do. Prepare for adding a second 9-pin socket so that you can run the 12B4 with its lower gain.

The mods are simple: 6 LED's instead of two.

and of course the second socket. Heater current for two at 12.6 is .6A instead of .45 for the 5687. Minor tweaks of the supply *MIGHT* be required if you want to hit the heater voltage +/- 1%
regards,
Douglas

Please refer to Damir's drawing, I have to look closely at a built up one before I solder a new string together. It is basically long leg to short, but I can't remember if the long or the short goes to the cathode( and the other to ground ).
regards,
Douglas