At 08:42 PM 3/16/2007 +0000, you wrote: >Charlie, > >If you could come up with something on the R8B to help hearing 9 kc >splits, it would be much appreciated here. Right now I use the JRC to >find the carriers and the R8B to listen for audio while switching back and >forth between the two receivers.
Dennis, I took a good look at the service manual, and it looks as though you may have a problem with the synthesizer/microprocessor board. I gather that the your receivers's BFO is not being switched on. The BFO should turn on when you press the LSB, USB, CW or RTTY keys on the front panel of the receiver. Also, the same indicator lamps should light up (the ones located in the top right corner of the frequency/function display board). Otherwise, you just have to go 2.3 kHz bandwidth and see of you hear a change in noise level as you tune through a 9-kHz channel. At 6-kHz bandwidth, you should be able to hear a het of a 9-kHz split against the nearest 10-kHz. That's what I do. >When did the VOA shut-down their transmitter in Okinawa? Just found my >VOA QSL card for October 17, 1969 on 1178 kcs. Wonder what they did with >the 1,000 kw transmitter? I think it was in 1972 when Okinawa jurisdiction reverted to Japan. Before then, the local stations used KS-- calls. The FEBC station on 1360 was KSBU, but it had to shut down at reversion. There was a local FEBC station on 1250 kHz, and it became JOTF-1250 and became commercial. It continued to call itself "Kyokuto Hoso" (Far East Station). I can think of another Okinawa station, KSBK. I think maybe this became JOTF. What became of the old Continental 106E? It was "parted out." I installed some replacement modules on one of the 500-kW Continental 420A SW transmitters at the Greenville (NC) Transmitter Station. The stuff I put in (15-kV diode stacks) were labeled "VOA Okinawa." I just had to comment on it, having been stationed in Okinawa myself. Let me know on what you find on the R8B. 73, Charles My Transmitter Plant Supervisor at the time also had been stationed at VOA-1180. >Dennis, >Vancouver, WA >_______________________________________________ >IRCA mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > >To Post a message: [email protected] ----- Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
