Gonset 3001 Noise Clipper

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

Gonset 3001 "Noise Clipper"

Description

Noise Limiter Module

Category

Other

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Gonset

Date made

1954 - 1958

Valuations

Value

$9.25

General Notes

Note

QST, May 1954, p.135. Allied Radio catalog 1957 (issued 1956), p. 246. Allied Radio catalog 1958 (copyright 1957), p. 272. Gonset’s outboard noise clipper reduced impulse-type noise when hooked to the broadcast receiver in a typical converter setup. The noise clipper used a 9006 seven-pin miniature diode. Its single control was an In/Out switch.