Hello Pete, must comment on all, as I have most of these. I do not
have a Central Electronic 100V, a friend however, refurbished one, it
was a basket case, he said it was a SOB to fix, but he eventually
got it, he said it it a great rig. Always a preasure to get a tuff
fixer working. I had a similar problem with a 5100. Took a while to
figure out but, worth the trouble. Viking II- great radio- easy
to work on. Apache- real good, needs rework in speech amp, then great
rig- love the comments on mine. " thats no scratchy apache". DX-100-
real good-
minor audio fixes. 100B is better with continuous loading. I have not
been in Valliants, but like the Apache, needs audio help.
73s Russ.
From: Peter A Markavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] B&W 5100 Possibly the best built ham transmitter?
(imho)
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 14:51:20 -0500
B&W 5100B was a much better transmitter when it was introduced into the
market. B&W took all the 5100 fixes, corrections, updates, etc. and made
a much better and more reliable transmitter. Although I have a 5100B, I
rarely use it. Much prefer the Central Electronics 100V or my Heath
Apache for over all performance, ease of use, easily repairable,
functionality, and cosmetics. The most reliable rig in my shack is the
Johnson Viking II. Since 1958, it has never required a tube or part
replacement.
Pete. WA2CWA
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 10:47:09 -0800 (PST) Mark Foltarz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just finished cleaning up the B&W 5100 I picked up
> at the Butler meet last Summer.
>
> I don't know what prompted me to buy it , but now I am
> sure glad I did. Maybe it was all the great food (
> including Russ's fabulous baked beans of mass
> destruction HI!)
>
> What strikes me the most about this radio is how well
> it is designed and constructed. My only complaint
> about the design is that the mode switch intereferes
> with access to one of the audio input shield screws -
> boo hoo.
>
> Other than that, this is by far the best built radio I
> own in terms of construction, ease of servicing and
> overall engineering. Better than my Collins,
> Halicrafters, WRL, Drake, Eldico etc. The only thing
> that comes close is my TMC gear or the T-368 - but
> these were obviously not for the amateur market.
>
> Modular construction allowed for easy replacement of a
> few parts in the modulator. I essentially replaced
> several .001 with some .02 and two out of spec
> resistors.
>
> The use of an oil filled cap in the filter was a nice
> change. Typically one has to take a small loan for
> direct replacements or cobble up a string of
> electrolytics with eq. resistors. In fact I only had
> to replace three electrolytics - the double 20 @ 450v
> and a 20 @150v.
>
> A wire brush was very useful cleaning up the milled
> edges on the knobs.
>
> I plugged all the interconnects and applied power
> through a variac. No problems at all in ramping up to
> 120v. Soon I had 150w CW and 100 phone output.
>
> I am really impressed how well the B&W 5100 is built
> and how easy it is to work on and put back on the
> air.
>
> I'll lug it upstairs and put it on the air for the
> DX-60 net tomorrow.
>
> So I ask you fellow buzzard ops, what is your favorite
> "best built ham transmitter?"
>
> 73 DE KA4JVY
> Mark
>
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