/diy/ - Do It Yourself

i built a Trotsky drive yesterday.
very simple, but i like it.

however, i found the germaniums to cut too much, making the gain almost arbitrary and the output very low.

solution; double the diodes(in series) to double the headroom before clipping.

i used aa132 germaniums with a switch to have aaz17(slightly lower voltage) on one phase for asyncronus distortion.

i got the kt132, but i also tried with a regular 2n2222. not a very big differance. bit it is noticable.

still a prototype obviously.