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1. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: RMead100@aol.com (RMead100@aol.com); Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 20:51:03 EST; What is the origin of the B+ term in amp/radio/power supply terminology. I understand it to be the high voltage supply, but I do not know the origin of the designation and that has finally bothered m; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00445.html (7,497 bytes)
2. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: vk6apk@eon.net.au (Alek Petkovic); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:05:17 +0800; "B" for Battery is what I have always thought. ie Battery + and Battery -. I could be wrong but that's what I call it. 73, Alek. VK6APK; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00446.html (8,202 bytes)
3. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: wd0ct@networksplus.net (Steve M); Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 20:08:40 -0600; I believe it is from the old broadcast receivers used by thousands of families in the 20s and 30s before they had powerlines to rural areas. I remember my grandfather and my dad speaking of the B bat; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00447.html (8,590 bytes)
4. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: willy@global2000.net (Bill Russell); Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:12:24 -0500; When radios used batteries for power, the high voltage battery was called the "B" battery. Hense the term B+. I think the "A" battery was for filament power and the "C" battery was for bias voltages.; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00448.html (8,562 bytes)
5. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: kimba@sprint.ca (Bert Barry); Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:24:48 -0500; Here's a chance to show my age! Very early battery radios had separate batteries to light the filaments of the tubes, to supply the plate voltage, and to provide fixed grid bias. These were known as; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00449.html (8,636 bytes)
6. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: k4ik@subich.com (Joe Subich, K4IK); Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:18:09 -0500; The terminology came from the multiple batteries used in early equipment (particularly receivers). The B battery was the high voltage (plates), the A battery was the filament supplies (if I remember; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00450.html (9,127 bytes)
7. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: w2fca@qsl.net (Frank Ayers); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 02:17:30 -0000; Seems to me it refers to the positive plate voltage that used to come from a "B" battery, hence B+ Frank W2FCA I of me A+; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00451.html (8,185 bytes)
8. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: n8de@thepoint.net (Don Havlicek); Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:24:04 -0500; In the early days of radio, most all circuits were BATTERY powered. The delineation of A, B, C, etc ... referred to the batteries used to power such devices. The A battery was used to power the filam; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00452.html (9,339 bytes)
9. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: kc5vdj@yahoo.com (Jim Bryant); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:47:41 -0600; http://community.democrats.com/members/kc5vdj/grebe-05.jpg [1924 Grebe Synchrophase] Ya see, in the early days of radio, electricity was like scarce... You had your A battery which was usually a trac; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00455.html (10,152 bytes)
10. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: wb8jkr@juno.com (wb8jkr@juno.com); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 05:06:11 -0500; The B always stood for "B" battery or the higher voltage supply, and the "C" was the C battery was the bias source. I least that's what I remember it being, could be wrong. The "A" battery? dunno, ma; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00456.html (8,886 bytes)
11. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: carlseye@tampabay.rr.com (carl seyersdahl); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 07:28:58 -0500; Mark is correct: I remember those letters well. when I was little (long time back) many radios used batteries. They were always marked A+...A- (filament) ... B+.... B- (hi voltage supply) and C was t; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00457.html (10,035 bytes)
12. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: kimba@sprint.ca (Bert Barry); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:51:56 -0500; And the more expensive models came with a grid-leak drip pan so you didn't have to mop up the puddles on the floor... Sorry about that - couldn't resist. Bert, VE3QAA; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00460.html (8,188 bytes)
13. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: carlseye@tampabay.rr.com (carl seyersdahl); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:14:58 -0500; AAAAAhhhhh !!! yes, leaky grids, what a mess at times.How well I remember!!!!!! carl / kz5ca -- Original Message -- From: "Bert Barry" <kimba@sprint.ca> To: <kc5vdj@yahoo.com> Cc: <RMead100@aol.com>;; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00462.html (9,076 bytes)
14. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: stevek@jmr.com (Steve Katz); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:11:43 -0800; Yep, the A battery was for the filaments, the B battery for the plates, the C battery for the grids, etc. I'm sure the "B+" designation relates back to the golden days of battery powered receivers. W; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00467.html (9,616 bytes)
15. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: wy6k@yahoo.com (WYsixK); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:35:06 -0800 (PST); If I remember correctly, in early radio use: A+ was the filament voltage, B+ was the high voltage, and C- was the bias voltage. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00472.html (8,986 bytes)
16. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: w6te@pacbell.net (Dave Smith - W6TE); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:59:40 -0800; The A, B and C terms come from a time when all voltages were supplied from batteries. The term B+ was from the + side of the "B" battery, and yes, the A battery supplied the filament voltage and the; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00474.html (9,577 bytes)
17. [Amps] Terminology Question (score: 1): Author: k7ddmjb@qwest.net (Mike Baker); Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:44:24 -0700; WOOOOWWWWW! Someone give me a towel! Just to keep the drool off my keyboard! Someday when I grow up and have lots of money I'm gonna have me one of those! (Ref: 1924 Grebe Synchrophase below.) OH YEA; /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00496.html (11,501 bytes)

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