"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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exray wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote:

01A should be substitutable with a big zener diode. It'll have to be
able
to handle the current, of course, but you can get a string of lower
voltage
higher current ones to get the correct regulator drop. Should be no
big deal.
Scott, you're usually a sensible poster but the usenet censors are all
over themselves trying to figger out the "big zener" approach. I have
it on personal authority that 'they' will allow you another stab at this
question. I think they want to see the term "RF" in the answer.

Well, if you're using the 01A as a reference voltage for a regulator, I
don't see any difference between it and the zeners.

Of course, you could be using it as a noise source... and the 01A does
spew out huge amounts of RF trash. Even more than the zeners will,
and the zeners are noisy as hell.
--scott

According to RCA and GE an 01A is a triode used as an amplifier or a
detector diode. They were around before dirt.