"EP Swynar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Mike,
Many thanks for the FB note... I can assure you of one thing: it WAS tedious work! Thirty-two sockets equals 96 holes...I get tired just thinking about it, Hi Hi! ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ********************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] What I Did With My Free Time Last Week... > > "Mike Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > That is one heck of a crystal pack! Nice work..... > > 73 de W4DL Mike > Pompano Beach, FL USA > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "EP Swynar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 1:45 PM > Subject: [drakelist] What I Did With My Free Time Last Week... > > > > > > "EP Swynar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Good Afternoon,All, > > > > If you want to have a peak at what may surely prove to be "...the smile of > > the day" for many of you, please click onto the following web site... > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/?saved=1 > > > > Now, after having seen my handiwork therein --- and before you go laughing > > out TOO loudly! --- be advised that there IS method to my madness, as I > > shall endaevour to explain. > > > > Someone, sometime ago on this Reflector, proposed building an outboard > > accessory crystal selector for use with the R-4 series of receiver, in > > order > > to enhance its "frequency agility": after giving this notion some thought > > here, I came to the conclusion that the idea certainly had merit. An extra > > "peripheral" switching arrangement like this would dramatically reduce the > > wear & tear of the normal crystal select switch on the R-4. > > Additionally --- > > a HUGE plus, IMHO --- an add-on switch would afford one the "luxury" of > > having far more than just the usual ten positions that come "stock" with > > the > > Drake... > > > > The more crystals, the more the SWL'ing possibilities with the rig...! > > > > A quick audit of the junque box here revealed that I had a near bag full > > of > > HC-6/U crystal sockets, half of an aluminum "handy case", as well as a > > 2-pole / SIXTEEN-position(!) rotary switch (really two separate > > single-pole > > / 16-throw wafers, mounted on a single shaft). Combined with a single-pole > > / > > double-throw toggle switch, I had all I needed for the addition / > > inclusion > > of an outboard extra THIRTY- TWO crystals for use with my venerable R-4 > > receiver. > > > > I use low-C RG-62 coaxial cable to connect the switch assembly to crystal > > socket #1 at the back of the rig; the "plug" at the end of this cable is > > little more than the salvaged "innards" of a defunct HC-6/U crystal. > > > > Best of all, the doggone thing works --- and it works quite well (doesn't > > look too bad mounted alongside the rig, too, IMHO!). > > > > I've been soliciting Hams for any & all excess unused HC-6/U crystals that > > they might have available for swapping purposes, and have had a very nice > > response from a LOT of helpful Amateurs. Of course, hardly any of the > > frequencies that I've collected here end in "0.6", or "0.1", as the R-4 > > prefers to see --- but this is little hardship, considering that I can at > > least listen to different parts of the spectrum whilst working on other > > things in the shack, that I might otherwise not have been able to do > > before. > > It's not perfect, but neither was it meant to be. > > > > I continue to be on the look-out for any & all potential new additions to > > the "rock collection", such that I might eventually have near-complete > > coverage of all of the popular SWL BC bands, as well as other segments of > > HF > > spectrum that are of interest. > > > > I have many crystals that are excess to my needs here in this regard, and > > I'd be more than happy to engage in a possible trade with you, if such a > > swap might be of mutual benefit...just let me know what you have there, > > and > > what you're looking for, with my thanks in advance...! > > > > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body > > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message > > Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message > Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
