... of course, you 'could' ask on here if anyone might have those coils with cores in a junk receiver board and then send them to you. Would seem to be much simpler for me ... Neil
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 9:02 am Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Stuck cores > In a message dated 12/6/2006 9:47:03 AM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Of course, you need extra cores! > > Ken > I'm not sure about the Micor core composition but my first > commercial two way > radio was an almost new Regency BTH301 30w high band radio. The > tech that > gave it to me said he replaced the tripler transistor and a > cracked core. Never > worked after that. The tripler would not tune. This was my first > crack at > fixing a transmitter. After messing with this thing off and on for > 2 months I > cracked the tripler core from messing with it too much. I went > back to the shop and > found another one just like it and got the core from the tripler > coil and > screwed it in to my project radio. It screamed to life putting out > 40w without > any serious metering. I then tried other cores from the same > radio, none worked. > Thats when I learned a little about core composition. If your > stage wont tune > after you replace the cores make sure you got the right stuff. > > Chris > N9LLO >
