RE: [AMRadio] Belton April 13/14

2007-04-11 Thread George
John, are you going to this one? 


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Subject: [AMRadio] Belton April 13/14

Hi All...Belton week is here. Most of us are going down Friday AM..AM
dinner get together at 1900
At the OXBOW restaurant. Have reserved twenty seats. Also reserved lots
of racks of ribs... Show up about 1845 for fun and food. I have three
tables reserved at Belton so if you need room feel free to bring your
stuff...

Look forward to seeing all of you there...


Very Best 73's
Bob W1PE
The Voice of Mesquite
www.w1pe.com

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RE: [AMRadio] Belton April 13/14

2007-04-11 Thread George
John, you sent this one back?  

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John, are you going to this one? 


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Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 3:33 PM
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Subject: [AMRadio] Belton April 13/14

Hi All...Belton week is here. Most of us are going down Friday AM..AM
dinner get together at 1900
At the OXBOW restaurant. Have reserved twenty seats. Also reserved lots
of racks of ribs... Show up about 1845 for fun and food. I have three
tables reserved at Belton so if you need room feel free to bring your
stuff...

Look forward to seeing all of you there...


Very Best 73's
Bob W1PE
The Voice of Mesquite
www.w1pe.com

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RE: [AMRadio] Belton April 13/14

2007-04-11 Thread John E. Coleman (ARS WA5BXO)
George
If you asking to me, WA5BXO/John, then no. I will not be going to Belton.
Sorry, I have Boy Scout stuff to deal with but thanks for asking.

John Coleman
WA5BXO


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RE: ***SPAM*** RE: [AMRadio] Belton April 13/14

2007-04-11 Thread George
John, I wasn't asking you to go but I did return it to you by mistake.  Your
name being John also was a coincidence, it seems as though everything was
working against me as I was asking John WR5L if he was going.  Sorry for the
mix-up.

George  KC5WBV


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Subject: ***SPAM*** RE: [AMRadio] Belton April 13/14

George
If you asking to me, WA5BXO/John, then no. I will not be going to Belton.
Sorry, I have Boy Scout stuff to deal with but thanks for asking.

John Coleman
WA5BXO


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RE: ***SPAM*** RE: [AMRadio] Belton April 13/14

2007-04-11 Thread John E. Coleman (ARS WA5BXO)
No Problem George, hope you all have a great time.

John, WA5BXO

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John, I wasn't asking you to go but I did return it to you by mistake.  Your
name being John also was a coincidence, it seems as though everything was
working against me as I was asking John WR5L if he was going.  Sorry for the
mix-up.

George  KC5WBV


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[AMRadio] wireless

2007-04-11 Thread John Lyles
Confession time? 

I had a Laf-a-Lot (Lafayette) 2 tube wireless broadcaster, hot chassis and all, 
which I connected to a wire and made it out to one block away. I had a junky 
turntable, a really old Mike, and a couple of toggle switches as my mixer. Only 
had a few 45 rpm records back then, so my programming was rather limited. 
Everything was fine until I connected the input jack of the transmitter to the 
speaker jack of my Knight Kit Star Roamer, trying to rebroadcast shortwave over 
medium wave. The sparks flew as i grounded the chassis of the transmitter, not 
having correctly polarized outlets in my parents 100 year old house. 

Next I tried ham radio, that seemed to be the ticket
73
John 
K5PRO


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[AMRadio] Parasitic Suppressors (or lack thereof) in the Olden Days

2007-04-11 Thread ne1s
Olden Days being pre-WWII, that is. 

I've noticed most (if not all) if the PP-triode RF PAs of that period don't 
show the use of any parasitic suppressors in the grid or plate leads. Also a 
deck I have (exact vintage unknown) using PP triodes doesn't include them. 

How did they get away with this? 

I've never put power to the above-mentioned deck, but have another one where 
I tried to follow the same practice (I just used copper strap for the plate 
leads) and I appear to have an intermittent parasitic, so will be 
incorporating some suppressors in the plate leads. 

-Larry/NE1S 


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RE: [AMRadio] wireless

2007-04-11 Thread Bob Peters
CONFESSION TIME 

I LOVE IT John...When I was 16 I was a Ham Radio Instructor at a Boys
Camp in Maine. The owner wanted to make a Radio Station and I used the
same Lafayette transmitter as you did except I had it on a 175 foot
longwire. It covered the whole camp no problem...Had two turntables a
Mike and a sorta mixer. Everyday from 11AM till 2 PM WZAK was on the
air. We had a visit from a CE from a local Radio station that we were
making it 10 miles away and he came to the camp to find out who did
this. Man I thought he was going to turn me in to the FCC but he just
warned me to take the big antenna off and keep it in the camp. WZAK was
on the air for 5 years that I know of. I thought for sure I would loose
my Ham Ticket...

Bob W1PE

By the way That CE gave us an old Western Electric Console to use

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Confession time? 

I had a Laf-a-Lot (Lafayette) 2 tube wireless broadcaster, hot chassis
and all, which I connected to a wire and made it out to one block away.
I had a junky turntable, a really old Mike, and a couple of toggle
switches as my mixer. Only had a few 45 rpm records back then, so my
programming was rather limited. Everything was fine until I connected
the input jack of the transmitter to the speaker jack of my Knight Kit
Star Roamer, trying to rebroadcast shortwave over medium wave. The
sparks flew as i grounded the chassis of the transmitter, not having
correctly polarized outlets in my parents 100 year old house. 

Next I tried ham radio, that seemed to be the ticket
73
John 
K5PRO


  Coverage, coverage, coverage!   What memories you had me remember.
  Anyone else do the Cutting Edge in the AM bands?
  
  73 Robert W4RL

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Re: [AMRadio] wireless

2007-04-11 Thread Peter Markavage
We sold lots of those wireless broadcaster's over the years. Lots of
strange stories when some were returned for blowing house fuses, tripping
circuit breakers, some nasty jolts, etc.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:31:43 -0600 John Lyles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Confession time? 
 
 I had a Laf-a-Lot (Lafayette) 2 tube wireless broadcaster, hot 
 chassis and all, which I connected to a wire and made it out to one 
 block away. I had a junky turntable, a really old Mike, and a couple 
 of toggle switches as my mixer. Only had a few 45 rpm records back 
 then, so my programming was rather limited. Everything was fine 
 until I connected the input jack of the transmitter to the speaker 
 jack of my Knight Kit Star Roamer, trying to rebroadcast shortwave 
 over medium wave. The sparks flew as i grounded the chassis of the 
 transmitter, not having correctly polarized outlets in my parents 
 100 year old house. 
 
 Next I tried ham radio, that seemed to be the ticket
 73
 John 
 K5PRO
 
 
   Coverage, coverage, coverage!   What memories you had me 
 remember.
   Anyone else do the Cutting Edge in the AM bands?  
   
   73 Robert W4RL
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RE: [AMRadio] wireless

2007-04-11 Thread Brett gazdzinski
 I had a two tube kit, 6aq5 output and a 12ax7 speech amp
in screen modulation I suppose, it was really low parts count.
Got out good with a 100 foot wire though, blocks!

Used to play the cassette deck of my favorite tunes over it
and ride around with a transistor radio.

When the girls next door had a radio station blaring,
I would zero beat and put opera on...

Brett
N2DTS




 Confession time? 
 
 I had a Laf-a-Lot (Lafayette) 2 tube wireless broadcaster, 
 hot chassis and all, which I connected to a wire and made it 
 out to one block away. I had a junky turntable, a really old 
 Mike, and a couple of toggle switches as my mixer. Only had a 
 few 45 rpm records back then, so my programming was rather 
 limited. Everything was fine until I connected the input jack 
 of the transmitter to the speaker jack of my Knight Kit Star 
 Roamer, trying to rebroadcast shortwave over medium wave. The 
 sparks flew as i grounded the chassis of the transmitter, not 
 having correctly polarized outlets in my parents 100 year old house. 
 
 Next I tried ham radio, that seemed to be the ticket
 73
 John 
 K5PRO
 
 
   Coverage, coverage, coverage!   What memories you had me remember.
   Anyone else do the Cutting Edge in the AM bands?  
   
   73 Robert W4RL
 
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[AMRadio] Parasitic suppressors

2007-04-11 Thread charles L.
Think the obvious reason for lack of these devices
pre-WW II is there was nothing important on the VHF
range to interfere with. 

Charlie in NC


   

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RE: [AMRadio] antenna tuners...

2007-04-11 Thread Brett gazdzinski
My heathkit antenna tuner has worn out I think,
I built it 20 years ago or more, and I think its shot.

All the silver plating has worn off the roller bar, which
sometimes results in an open which blows
the diodes out in the swr bridge.

I took it apart and cleaned things up, but I think
its time for a new tuner.
I would also like to be able to bypass the tuner without
moving coax, so the rigs with built in tuners can
do their automatic thing.


For unbalanced antenna's, what is available that can handle say
3000 watts pep?

Some headroom is a good thing, no?

I know better then to buy anything MFJ...

Anything out there that holds up to AM?

Brett
N2DTS
 

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Re: [AMRadio] antenna tuners...

2007-04-11 Thread Stevan A. White
Take a look at Palstar.  http://www.palstar.com  Then take a look at 
your bank account.  :-)


Best Regards,
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SW Commercial Electronics
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Amarillo, Texas 79102
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Brett gazdzinski wrote:

My heathkit antenna tuner has worn out I think,
I built it 20 years ago or more, and I think its shot.

All the silver plating has worn off the roller bar, which
sometimes results in an open which blows
the diodes out in the swr bridge.

I took it apart and cleaned things up, but I think
its time for a new tuner.
I would also like to be able to bypass the tuner without
moving coax, so the rigs with built in tuners can
do their automatic thing.


For unbalanced antenna's, what is available that can handle say
3000 watts pep?

Some headroom is a good thing, no?

I know better then to buy anything MFJ...

Anything out there that holds up to AM?

Brett
N2DTS
 


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RE: [AMRadio] antenna tuners...

2007-04-11 Thread Brett gazdzinski
Yes, well...

At those prices, I suppose one could build a
nice tuner from parts. 

$1195.00 plus shipping for the 3500, I think the
most expensive part would be a big edge wound roller
inductor.

I wonder if a tapped coil (copper tubing) would be good enough,
I have seen some units that have a band switch for the inductor.

I think you would have less problems with a big copper coil and a 
massive switch, and my heathkit tuner seems to want the same
roller inductor setting (roughly) no matter what antenna,
121 on 80, 68 on 40 and it does not seem to change much from that.

Or maybe I should just get a Johnson KW matchbox
You can do balanced or unbalanced with them, right?


Brett
N2DTS




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 Take a look at Palstar.  http://www.palstar.com  Then take a look at 
 your bank account.  :-)
 
 Best Regards,
 Stevan A. White, W5SAW
 SW Commercial Electronics
 928 South Crockett Street
 Amarillo, Texas 79102
 Phone 806-681-7228
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 others than you 
 can by what others say about him. -- Leo Aikman, Writer and 
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 Editor
 
 
 
 Brett gazdzinski wrote:
  My heathkit antenna tuner has worn out I think,
  I built it 20 years ago or more, and I think its shot.
 
  All the silver plating has worn off the roller bar, which
  sometimes results in an open which blows
  the diodes out in the swr bridge.
 
  I took it apart and cleaned things up, but I think
  its time for a new tuner.
  I would also like to be able to bypass the tuner without
  moving coax, so the rigs with built in tuners can
  do their automatic thing.
 
 
  For unbalanced antenna's, what is available that can handle say
  3000 watts pep?
 
  Some headroom is a good thing, no?
 
  I know better then to buy anything MFJ...
 
  Anything out there that holds up to AM?
 
  Brett
  N2DTS
   
 
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Re: [AMRadio] antenna tuners...

2007-04-11 Thread Barrie Smith
Nye Viking MBV-A  comes to mind as a good, sturdy tuner that will handle a
good deal of power without complaint.

I've had such good luck with my HB link-coupled tuner that I have not used
my MBV-A for a couple of years, but for coax feed I certainly would use it.

I've seen these tuners for sale several times recently for a good deal less
money than some other tuners go for.

73, Barrie, W7ALW


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[AMRadio] Volumax 4300

2007-04-11 Thread Bob Peters
Anyone got the rear apron pinout??? Do not have a manual...Thanks...

Very Best 73's
Bob W1PE
The Voice of Mesquite
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RE: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300

2007-04-11 Thread Phil LaMarche

Hey,

Got a 58.3K$ spice order today from The Fresh Market.  Shippable next week. 


 
Philip LaMarche
LaMarche Enterprises, Inc.
www.instantgourmetspices.com
www.W9DVM.com
727-944-3226
800-395-7795 pin 02
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NASFT # 30210
W9DVM

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To: AM
Subject: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300

Anyone got the rear apron pinout??? Do not have a manual...Thanks...

Very Best 73's
Bob W1PE
The Voice of Mesquite
www.w1pe.com


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Re: [AMRadio] antenna tuners...

2007-04-11 Thread cemilton

Brett...

How about an EF Johnson Matchbox?  Not a bad tuner at all.  Functional 
and versatile.  Vitually plug-n-play.


Better still, find a c.1950's Handbook or W6SAI's book(s) and design 
one.  Troll ebay using the ham radio search and parts as your 
subject.  A good RF switch wil handle the bypass requirement.  Choose a 
T or Pi design that fits ur needs and cobble it together.  I'd 
predict you'll have a great tuner.   I happen to be watching a local 
ham buddie putting one together that will easily handle 5kw.  Vacuum 
variable caps and a nice variable inductor.  He plans on tuning from 
2-30mc with it with no more than 1kw.  Plenty of headroom.


73 de W4MIL
Chuck



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: amradio@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 2:42 PM
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] antenna tuners...

 My heathkit antenna tuner has worn out I think,
I built it 20 years ago or more, and I think its shot.

All the silver plating has worn off the roller bar, which
sometimes results in an open which blows
the diodes out in the swr bridge.

I took it apart and cleaned things up, but I think
its time for a new tuner.
I would also like to be able to bypass the tuner without
moving coax, so the rigs with built in tuners can
do their automatic thing.


For unbalanced antenna's, what is available that can handle say
3000 watts pep?

Some headroom is a good thing, no?

I know better then to buy anything MFJ...

Anything out there that holds up to AM?

Brett
N2DTS


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Re: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300

2007-04-11 Thread kenw2dtc
W9DVM said:  Got a 58.3K$ spice order today from The Fresh Market. as part 
of the 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'


I feel like a novice trying to understand this stuff.

73,
Ken W2DTC




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Re: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300

2007-04-11 Thread John Lawson



On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, kenw2dtc wrote:

W9DVM said:  Got a 58.3K$ spice order today from The Fresh Market. as part 
of the 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'


I feel like a novice trying to understand this stuff.



  That's what you get for reading mail not meant for The List...  shame, 
shame!!


   ;}



Cheers

John
KB6S

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[AMRadio] EV-664

2007-04-11 Thread Bob Peters
Hi Guys...I have an EV-664 that has a great element and connector with
cable but the mike itself is rough..This would be a great replacement
with a mike that has a bad element...Yours for $50.00...
Price the connectors and elements are hard to find...Any takers



Very Best 73's
Bob W1PE
The Voice of Mesquite
www.w1pe.com



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[AMRadio] Source of very nice inductor and variometer for ATN

2007-04-11 Thread John Lyles
A classic balanced line antenna tuning network can be built from the output 
components of a Raytheon RA1000 1 kW transmitter. It was one of the few that 
used push pull 833As in the RF, and had a symmetric tank with a huge inductor 
having a small motorized variometer (link coil) in the center for the antenna 
connection, and a split variable capacitor. The inductor was for AM band, so it 
has enough L to work down to 160 as well. Keep an eye open for RA1000s getting 
dumped, not too many left. 
73
John 
K5PRO
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RE: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300

2007-04-11 Thread Ed Sieb
Yeah! Mind yer own bizness!  Sheesh!   ;-)

Ed, VA3ES
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John, KB6S wrote:
That's what you get for reading mail not meant for The List...  shame,
shame!!

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, kenw2dtc wrote:

 W9DVM said:  Got a 58.3K$ spice order today from The Fresh Market. as
part
 of the 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'

 I feel like a novice trying to understand this stuff.




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Re: [AMRadio] Source of very nice inductor and variometer for ATN

2007-04-11 Thread Bill Smith
What a horrible thing to do to a RA1000.  :-(

Better to put up a tuned antenna, and restore the RA1000 to service.  :-)

73 de Bill, AB6MT
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- Original Message - 
From: John Lyles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: amradio@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:32 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] Source of very nice inductor and variometer for ATN


 A classic balanced line antenna tuning network can be built from the
output components of a Raytheon RA1000 1 kW transmitter. It was one of the
few that used push pull 833As in the RF, and had a symmetric tank with a
huge inductor having a small motorized variometer (link coil) in the center
for the antenna connection, and a split variable capacitor. The inductor was
for AM band, so it has enough L to work down to 160 as well. Keep an eye
open for RA1000s getting dumped, not too many left.
 73
 John
 K5PRO
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Re: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300

2007-04-11 Thread RBethman

Seems that someone made an OOPS and hit the WRONG reply button.

Sound like this has happened before???

Bob - N0DGN

Yeah! Mind yer own bizness!  Sheesh!;-) 


Ed, VA3ES
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That's what you get for reading mail not meant for The List...  shame,
shame!!

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, kenw2dtc wrote:


 W9DVM said:  Got a 58.3K$ spice order today from The Fresh Market. as

part

 of the 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'

 I feel like a novice trying to understand this stuff.

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Re: [AMRadio] AM - characteristics

2007-04-11 Thread Geoff/W5OMR

Bry Carling wrote:

Coverage, coverage, coverage!   What memories you had me remember.
Anyone else do the Cutting Edge in the AM bands?  


73 Robert W4RL



Robert et al,
I confess to an 807 driven BC610 tuning unit exciter, and 
cathode modulated with the signal from a K-mart plastic 
turntable. It carried a mile or so with a strong,  but 
poorly-modulated signal on the AM dial...


  
I ran the 250TH rig into a dummy load with Bob Wills music playing 
(checking out the new modulator, reactor choke combo) at 100w, and out 
of curiosity, drove around the neighborhood listening to it, with the 
mobile rig.  I was hurrying back to shut the thing off, when I was still 
hearing it S-9, 2 miles away, but relieved when a signal in Oklahoma 
covered it up, when he came on and called CQ at 3pm.  *whew*.


--
73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR

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RE: [AMRadio] Source of very nice inductor and variometer for ATN

2007-04-11 Thread Rick Brashear
Thanks for saying that, Bill.  I was about to cry at the thought of it.
Rick


What a horrible thing to do to a RA1000.  :-(

Better to put up a tuned antenna, and restore the RA1000 to service.  :-)

73 de Bill, AB6MT
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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:32 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] Source of very nice inductor and variometer for ATN


 A classic balanced line antenna tuning network can be built from the
output components of a Raytheon RA1000 1 kW transmitter. It was one of the
few that used push pull 833As...

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Re: [AMRadio] antenna tuners...

2007-04-11 Thread crawfish
The W1IA homebrew tuner would hold up to 3 kW.
   Joe W4AAB
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From: Brett gazdzinski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'
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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:42 PM
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] antenna tuners...


 My heathkit antenna tuner has worn out I think,
 I built it 20 years ago or more, and I think its shot.

 All the silver plating has worn off the roller bar, which
 sometimes results in an open which blows
 the diodes out in the swr bridge.

 I took it apart and cleaned things up, but I think
 its time for a new tuner.
 I would also like to be able to bypass the tuner without
 moving coax, so the rigs with built in tuners can
 do their automatic thing.


 For unbalanced antenna's, what is available that can handle say
 3000 watts pep?

 Some headroom is a good thing, no?

 I know better then to buy anything MFJ...

 Anything out there that holds up to AM?

 Brett
 N2DTS


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Re: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300

2007-04-11 Thread Larry WA9VRH
Hi Bob,

I have a 4300 and I believe I have already scanned the manual. alet me dig
it up
and I will mail you a CD. Is your address ok on QRZ?

Larry WA9VRH

- Original Message -
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Subject: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300


Anyone got the rear apron pinout??? Do not have a manual...Thanks...

Very Best 73's
Bob W1PE
The Voice of Mesquite
www.w1pe.com


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Re: [AMRadio] Parasitic Suppressors (or lack thereof)

2007-04-11 Thread D. Chester
I've noticed most (if not all) if the PP-triode RF PAs of that period 
don't
show the use of any parasitic suppressors in the grid or plate leads. Also 
a

deck I have (exact vintage unknown) using PP triodes doesn't include them.

How did they get away with this?

I've never put power to the above-mentioned deck, but have another one 
where
I tried to follow the same practice (I just used copper strap for the 
plate

leads) and I appear to have an intermittent parasitic, so will be
incorporating some suppressors in the plate leads.

-Larry/NE1S


I think they just tolerated the parasitics, and used a lot of  trial and 
error, not really knowing why their transmitters were so squirrely.  There 
was no TV or VHF radio communication to interfere with at the time, and  few 
hams had any capability of measuring the power output of their transmitter, 
so if it ran at 30% efficiency with loads of parasitics they were none the 
wiser.  I read a story about a Collins mid-30's transmitter, don't remember 
the model, but I believe it was the one that used a 211 in the rf final.  It 
was one of the very f irst commercial rigs that had the now familiar 
parasitic chokes consisting of a resistor wrapped with wire.  It was reputed 
to be exceptionally smooth and easy to tune up.  This  was considered a 
major advance in transmitter design at  the time. Art Collins had figured 
out the parasitic problem and how to cure it, and his transmitter was noted 
for its exceptional performance.


Don k4kyv

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[AMRadio] FS: HQ-100AC, BA Test Gear, Accessories

2007-04-11 Thread Don Merz
For Sale: HQ-100, Test Gear, Manuals

Hammarlund HQ-100AC with clock. Nice small HF
receiver. This one is all original. The front panel
looks excellent. It has some scratches, scrapes and
scuffs around the front panel trim ring edges and on
the cabinet, but basically looks very good. I believe
this has the optional XC-455 BFO Kit Installed. With
original manual. Untested. $129

Littelfuse clear plastic, wall-mount display rack with
cardboard back. Holds 60 tiny tins of 3AG fuses in a
space about 14 inches tall by 8 inches wide. The slots
are sloped slightly downward to keep the tins from
falling out. 49 of the slots are filled with a nice
selection of fuses from 1/4 amp up to 20A, mostly
concentrated in the 1/4A to 5A range. About half the
fuse tins are Littelfuse--the rest are other brands.
Ready to mount on your wall and save a long search the
next time you need a fuse. $15 plus $8.60 priority
flat rate box mailing with tracking.

Ohmite “Little Devils” resistor cabinets--four of
them. You’ve probably seen these. They have black
plastic bodies and red plastic drawers with long
compartments in each drawer. Each compartment is
labeled and sized to hold a few resistors of one
specific  value. The cabinets stack neatly and look
pretty classy on the workbench. These four cabinets
are in nice shape with an occasional small chip here
and there. Some drawers have resistors in them, some
have capacitors and a range of miscellaneous whatever.
A few drawers are empty. About half of the drawer
labels are intact but the other half has been torn off
or taped over. But it would be simple to create new
labels on the PC in any word processor. Time to get
organized? $22

Western Electric F-1 handset. The cap over the ear
piece has a big chip out of it. Otherwise good. $6

Original Manuals

Triplett 630 VOM original manual. $8 including mailing
Leader LTC-905 curve tracer original manual. $6
including mailing
Eico 1060 Low Ripple Battery Eliminator  Charger. $7
including mailing
Jackson 640 Test Oscillator, no covers. $6 including
mailing
Simpson (Motorola) 407 Remote Aligner. $6 including
mailing
General Radio 1644-A Megohm Bridge original manual,
$10 including mailing

Other Literature. All prices plus $2 media mailing.

1001 Uses for the Simpson 260 VOM, Simpson, 965, 80
page paperback, excellent. $10
GE Essential Characteristics Tube Manual, 1973,
excellent. $6
GE Essential Characteristics Tube Manual, 1963,
comb-bound, very good. $9
RCA RC-22 Receiving Tube Manual, very good. $10
John Lenk, Handbook of Electronic test Equipment,
Prentice-Hall Hardback, 1971, 450 
   pages. $9
John Lenk, Understanding Electronic Schematics,
Prentice-Hall hardback with dust 
   jacket, 1981, 275 pages. This relates schematic
symbols to the physical part, the theory 
   of their operation and typical circuits they would
be found in. It’s the most thorough 
   treatment of this subject that I’ve ever seen. $9
Derek Cameron, Advanced Oscilloscope Handbook, Reston
Hardback with dust jacket, 
   1977, 200 pages. Good sections on scope functions
and how to use them, including 
   storage scopes. It also has 2 good sections on
using the scope to test audio and RF 
   amplifiers. But a lot of the book is related to
video testing. $8

Greenlee 5/8 inch Round Radio Chassis punch, very good
in box. $10
Greenlee 3/4 inch Round Radio Chassis punch, very good
in box. $10
Pomona Model 1447 7-pin tall miniature tube test
socket adapter. $10
Pomona Model 1449 9-pin tall miniature tube test
socket adapter. $10
Elenco XP-450 13.8VDC 4A regulated power supply, good.
$14 plus $8.60 priority flat 
   rate box mailing with tracking.

Micronta 22-183 DMM. Small, modern handheld unit with
test leads. Not auto ranging. Fused input. Nice LCD
readout. Has a stand to sit is at an angle on the
workbench. Nice meter, working perfectly. Uses 4 AA
batteries. $11

BK Precision Model 2901 R/C Pak. Small, modern R and
C substitution box that can also sub for some
electrolytics up to 450V. Built in leads. $8

Shure Model 98-108 high-impedance ceramic mic. Short
mic element with XLR male plug. Nice looking
condition. Untested. $12

RCA WR-50B RF Signal Generator. This is slightly
larger than an old VTVM. It covers 85-1700khz in 3
bands and 1.5 to 45Mhz in 3 more bands. It has fixed
frequency outputs at 455khz and 10.7Mhz plus a crystal
socket, presumably for the fixed frequency of your
choice. It has provisions for sweeping 455khz and
10.7Mhz, but I don’t see how the sweep width is
set--maybe it is fixed. It has internal or external
modulation, switch-selected. Output attenuation is
uncalibrated and output is not metered. But otherwise,
this is a down-and-dirty practical workbench signal
gen. Working as designed. I did not test any of the
fixed frequency output. $45

Eico 950B Resistance Capacitance Comparator Bridge.
Typical R/C Bridge with tuning eye. With original
operating manual. Very good condition. $22

Eico 147A Signal Tracer. Typical workbench signal
tracer with 

[AMRadio] Re: Audiophools vs guitar players

2007-04-11 Thread D. Chester

All these guitar players and audiophools have done it to drive the cost of
tubes to rediculous hights. Other than that, they are totally useless!

73,

John,  W4AWM


You can bet your oxygen-free copper against my $600 a.c. power cord that the 
culprit is the audiophools.  The guitar players have suffered the same fate 
with their tube type amplifiers as the hams with our triode tube rigs.  Ever 
view the web sites with the $80,000 stereo amplifiers running triode 
transmitting tubes?  Not many electric guitar players or delta blues 
musicians who actually work for a living can afford to play around with that 
kind of money.


Don k4kyv


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RE: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300

2007-04-11 Thread Bob Peters
Larry it is good...Can you give me the input and output terminals
please...
That way I can get it up and going...The balance of the terminals I
don't think are used... I am assuming 1 and 2 and 9 and 10 are input
output but not sure...Thanks  Bob

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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:57 PM
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300


Hi Bob,

I have a 4300 and I believe I have already scanned the manual. alet me
dig it up and I will mail you a CD. Is your address ok on QRZ?

Larry WA9VRH

- Original Message -
From: Bob Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: AM amradio@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:53 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] Volumax 4300


Anyone got the rear apron pinout??? Do not have a manual...Thanks...

Very Best 73's
Bob W1PE
The Voice of Mesquite
www.w1pe.com


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Re: [AMRadio] FS: HQ-100AC, BA Test Gear, Accessories

2007-04-11 Thread Greg Miller

Hi Don,
   Can you guess or tell me how many fuses are in the Littelfuse display 
rack and how many resistors in the resistor rack?


Thanks and 73,
- Greg K2GTM

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From: Don Merz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; BASWAPLIST [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 
AM Radio List amradio@mailman.qth.net; Glowbugs 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:31 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] FS: HQ-100AC, BA Test Gear, Accessories



For Sale: HQ-100, Test Gear, Manuals

Hammarlund HQ-100AC with clock. Nice small HF
receiver. This one is all original. The front panel
looks excellent. It has some scratches, scrapes and
scuffs around the front panel trim ring edges and on
the cabinet, but basically looks very good. I believe
this has the optional XC-455 BFO Kit Installed. With
original manual. Untested. $129

Littelfuse clear plastic, wall-mount display rack with
cardboard back. Holds 60 tiny tins of 3AG fuses in a
space about 14 inches tall by 8 inches wide. The slots
are sloped slightly downward to keep the tins from
falling out. 49 of the slots are filled with a nice
selection of fuses from 1/4 amp up to 20A, mostly
concentrated in the 1/4A to 5A range. About half the
fuse tins are Littelfuse--the rest are other brands.
Ready to mount on your wall and save a long search the
next time you need a fuse. $15 plus $8.60 priority
flat rate box mailing with tracking.

Ohmite Little Devils resistor cabinets--four of
them. You've probably seen these. They have black
plastic bodies and red plastic drawers with long
compartments in each drawer. Each compartment is
labeled and sized to hold a few resistors of one
specific  value. The cabinets stack neatly and look
pretty classy on the workbench. These four cabinets
are in nice shape with an occasional small chip here
and there. Some drawers have resistors in them, some
have capacitors and a range of miscellaneous whatever.
A few drawers are empty. About half of the drawer
labels are intact but the other half has been torn off
or taped over. But it would be simple to create new
labels on the PC in any word processor. Time to get
organized? $22

Western Electric F-1 handset. The cap over the ear
piece has a big chip out of it. Otherwise good. $6

Original Manuals

Triplett 630 VOM original manual. $8 including mailing
Leader LTC-905 curve tracer original manual. $6
including mailing
Eico 1060 Low Ripple Battery Eliminator  Charger. $7
including mailing
Jackson 640 Test Oscillator, no covers. $6 including
mailing
Simpson (Motorola) 407 Remote Aligner. $6 including
mailing
General Radio 1644-A Megohm Bridge original manual,
$10 including mailing

Other Literature. All prices plus $2 media mailing.

1001 Uses for the Simpson 260 VOM, Simpson, 965, 80
page paperback, excellent. $10
GE Essential Characteristics Tube Manual, 1973,
excellent. $6
GE Essential Characteristics Tube Manual, 1963,
comb-bound, very good. $9
RCA RC-22 Receiving Tube Manual, very good. $10
John Lenk, Handbook of Electronic test Equipment,
Prentice-Hall Hardback, 1971, 450
  pages. $9
John Lenk, Understanding Electronic Schematics,
Prentice-Hall hardback with dust
  jacket, 1981, 275 pages. This relates schematic
symbols to the physical part, the theory
  of their operation and typical circuits they would
be found in. It's the most thorough
  treatment of this subject that I've ever seen. $9
Derek Cameron, Advanced Oscilloscope Handbook, Reston
Hardback with dust jacket,
  1977, 200 pages. Good sections on scope functions
and how to use them, including
  storage scopes. It also has 2 good sections on
using the scope to test audio and RF
  amplifiers. But a lot of the book is related to
video testing. $8

Greenlee 5/8 inch Round Radio Chassis punch, very good
in box. $10
Greenlee 3/4 inch Round Radio Chassis punch, very good
in box. $10
Pomona Model 1447 7-pin tall miniature tube test
socket adapter. $10
Pomona Model 1449 9-pin tall miniature tube test
socket adapter. $10
Elenco XP-450 13.8VDC 4A regulated power supply, good.
$14 plus $8.60 priority flat
  rate box mailing with tracking.

Micronta 22-183 DMM. Small, modern handheld unit with
test leads. Not auto ranging. Fused input. Nice LCD
readout. Has a stand to sit is at an angle on the
workbench. Nice meter, working perfectly. Uses 4 AA
batteries. $11

BK Precision Model 2901 R/C Pak. Small, modern R and
C substitution box that can also sub for some
electrolytics up to 450V. Built in leads. $8

Shure Model 98-108 high-impedance ceramic mic. Short
mic element with XLR male plug. Nice looking
condition. Untested. $12

RCA WR-50B RF Signal Generator. This is slightly
larger than an old VTVM. It covers 85-1700khz in 3
bands and 1.5 to 45Mhz in 3 more bands. It has fixed
frequency outputs at 455khz and 10.7Mhz plus a crystal
socket, presumably for the fixed frequency of your
choice. It has provisions for sweeping 455khz and
10.7Mhz, but I don't see how the sweep width is
set--maybe it is fixed. It has internal or external
modulation, 

Re: [AMRadio] Re: Audiophools vs guitar players

2007-04-11 Thread Vince Werber
TNX Don... you are totally correct...  Don't be putting the guitar guys 
like me in with the audio phools...  I can't afford to use the 6L6GC or 
5881's I use for my amps...


As for the audio phools... they didn't drop out of the sky...  they think 
such and such tube is better because some jerk with a hoard of tubes wants 
to make a pile of bux and THAT AIN'T ME or any of the guys I know... 
allot of guys gave up on their tube amps because of the price of retubing 
their amps...


TNX agn Don...

73
vince
ka1iic


On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, D. Chester wrote:


All these guitar players and audiophools have done it to drive the cost of
tubes to rediculous hights. Other than that, they are totally useless!

73,

John,  W4AWM


You can bet your oxygen-free copper against my $600 a.c. power cord that the 
culprit is the audiophools.  The guitar players have suffered the same fate 
with their tube type amplifiers as the hams with our triode tube rigs.  Ever 
view the web sites with the $80,000 stereo amplifiers running triode 
transmitting tubes?  Not many electric guitar players or delta blues 
musicians who actually work for a living can afford to play around with that 
kind of money.


Don k4kyv


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RE: [AMRadio] Re: Audiophools vs guitar players

2007-04-11 Thread Bow
I resemble that remark as well!

I don't know too many guitar players that can afford to drive up the price
of anything!

Bow

W5EFR


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vince Werber
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 20:43
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: Audiophools vs guitar players

TNX Don... you are totally correct...  Don't be putting the guitar guys like
me in with the audio phools...  I can't afford to use the 6L6GC or 5881's I
use for my amps...

As for the audio phools... they didn't drop out of the sky...  they think
such and such tube is better because some jerk with a hoard of tubes wants
to make a pile of bux and THAT AIN'T ME or any of the guys I know... 
allot of guys gave up on their tube amps because of the price of retubing
their amps...

TNX agn Don...

73
vince
ka1iic


On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, D. Chester wrote:

 All these guitar players and audiophools have done it to drive the 
 cost of tubes to rediculous hights. Other than that, they are totally
useless!
 
 73,
 
 John,  W4AWM

 You can bet your oxygen-free copper against my $600 a.c. power cord 
 that the culprit is the audiophools.  The guitar players have suffered 
 the same fate with their tube type amplifiers as the hams with our 
 triode tube rigs.  Ever view the web sites with the $80,000 stereo 
 amplifiers running triode transmitting tubes?  Not many electric 
 guitar players or delta blues musicians who actually work for a living 
 can afford to play around with that kind of money.

 Don k4kyv


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RE: [AMRadio] Re: Audiophools vs guitar players

2007-04-11 Thread Rick Brashear
AMEN!
Rick


 All these guitar players and audiophools have done it to drive the cost of
 tubes to rediculous hights. Other than that, they are totally useless!

 73,

 John,  W4AWM

You can bet your oxygen-free copper against my $600 a.c. power cord that the

culprit is the audiophools.  The guitar players have suffered the same fate 
with their tube type amplifiers as the hams with our triode tube rigs.  Ever

view the web sites with the $80,000 stereo amplifiers running triode 
transmitting tubes?  Not many electric guitar players or delta blues 
musicians who actually work for a living can afford to play around with that

kind of money.

Don k4kyv

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Re: [AMRadio] FS: HQ-100AC, BA Test Gear, Accessories

2007-04-11 Thread Greg Miller

Whoops - sorry for the private post everyone...

73,
- Greg K2GTM

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From: Greg Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service 
amradio@mailman.qth.net

Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FS: HQ-100AC, BA Test Gear, Accessories



Hi Don,
   Can you guess or tell me how many fuses are in the Littelfuse display 
rack and how many resistors in the resistor rack?


Thanks and 73,
- Greg K2GTM

- Original Message - 
From: Don Merz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; BASWAPLIST 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; AM Radio List amradio@mailman.qth.net; 
Glowbugs [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:31 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] FS: HQ-100AC, BA Test Gear, Accessories



For Sale: HQ-100, Test Gear, Manuals

Hammarlund HQ-100AC with clock. Nice small HF
receiver. This one is all original. The front panel
looks excellent. It has some scratches, scrapes and
scuffs around the front panel trim ring edges and on
the cabinet, but basically looks very good. I believe
this has the optional XC-455 BFO Kit Installed. With
original manual. Untested. $129

Littelfuse clear plastic, wall-mount display rack with
cardboard back. Holds 60 tiny tins of 3AG fuses in a
space about 14 inches tall by 8 inches wide. The slots
are sloped slightly downward to keep the tins from
falling out. 49 of the slots are filled with a nice
selection of fuses from 1/4 amp up to 20A, mostly
concentrated in the 1/4A to 5A range. About half the
fuse tins are Littelfuse--the rest are other brands.
Ready to mount on your wall and save a long search the
next time you need a fuse. $15 plus $8.60 priority
flat rate box mailing with tracking.

Ohmite Little Devils resistor cabinets--four of
them. You've probably seen these. They have black
plastic bodies and red plastic drawers with long
compartments in each drawer. Each compartment is
labeled and sized to hold a few resistors of one
specific  value. The cabinets stack neatly and look
pretty classy on the workbench. These four cabinets
are in nice shape with an occasional small chip here
and there. Some drawers have resistors in them, some
have capacitors and a range of miscellaneous whatever.
A few drawers are empty. About half of the drawer
labels are intact but the other half has been torn off
or taped over. But it would be simple to create new
labels on the PC in any word processor. Time to get
organized? $22

Western Electric F-1 handset. The cap over the ear
piece has a big chip out of it. Otherwise good. $6

Original Manuals

Triplett 630 VOM original manual. $8 including mailing
Leader LTC-905 curve tracer original manual. $6
including mailing
Eico 1060 Low Ripple Battery Eliminator  Charger. $7
including mailing
Jackson 640 Test Oscillator, no covers. $6 including
mailing
Simpson (Motorola) 407 Remote Aligner. $6 including
mailing
General Radio 1644-A Megohm Bridge original manual,
$10 including mailing

Other Literature. All prices plus $2 media mailing.

1001 Uses for the Simpson 260 VOM, Simpson, 965, 80
page paperback, excellent. $10
GE Essential Characteristics Tube Manual, 1973,
excellent. $6
GE Essential Characteristics Tube Manual, 1963,
comb-bound, very good. $9
RCA RC-22 Receiving Tube Manual, very good. $10
John Lenk, Handbook of Electronic test Equipment,
Prentice-Hall Hardback, 1971, 450
  pages. $9
John Lenk, Understanding Electronic Schematics,
Prentice-Hall hardback with dust
  jacket, 1981, 275 pages. This relates schematic
symbols to the physical part, the theory
  of their operation and typical circuits they would
be found in. It's the most thorough
  treatment of this subject that I've ever seen. $9
Derek Cameron, Advanced Oscilloscope Handbook, Reston
Hardback with dust jacket,
  1977, 200 pages. Good sections on scope functions
and how to use them, including
  storage scopes. It also has 2 good sections on
using the scope to test audio and RF
  amplifiers. But a lot of the book is related to
video testing. $8

Greenlee 5/8 inch Round Radio Chassis punch, very good
in box. $10
Greenlee 3/4 inch Round Radio Chassis punch, very good
in box. $10
Pomona Model 1447 7-pin tall miniature tube test
socket adapter. $10
Pomona Model 1449 9-pin tall miniature tube test
socket adapter. $10
Elenco XP-450 13.8VDC 4A regulated power supply, good.
$14 plus $8.60 priority flat
  rate box mailing with tracking.

Micronta 22-183 DMM. Small, modern handheld unit with
test leads. Not auto ranging. Fused input. Nice LCD
readout. Has a stand to sit is at an angle on the
workbench. Nice meter, working perfectly. Uses 4 AA
batteries. $11

BK Precision Model 2901 R/C Pak. Small, modern R and
C substitution box that can also sub for some
electrolytics up to 450V. Built in leads. $8

Shure Model 98-108 high-impedance ceramic mic. Short
mic element with XLR male plug. Nice looking
condition. Untested. $12

RCA WR-50B RF Signal Generator. This is slightly
larger than an old VTVM. It covers 85-1700khz in 3
bands and 

[AMRadio] $80,000 stereo amplifiers

2007-04-11 Thread Zengmeiste
Don k4kyv posted
-  Ever view the web sites with the $80,000 stereo amplifiers running triode 
 transmitting tubes? -

 Er, no, Don.  Would those be the ones that have tubes with gold-plated pins?
If not, I wouldn't pay a cent more than $40,000. Nup.

  Terry, KC9KEL

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Re: [AMRadio] $80,000 stereo amplifiers

2007-04-11 Thread Geoff/W5OMR

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Don k4kyv posted
-  Ever view the web sites with the $80,000 stereo amplifiers running triode 
 transmitting tubes? -


 Er, no, Don.  Would those be the ones that have tubes with gold-plated pins?
If not, I wouldn't pay a cent more than $40,000. Nup.


do a google search for single-ended Class A triode amplifiers.

There was one, that used a single 833, that was selling for somewhere in 
the $triple-digit,000.oo range.



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Re: [AMRadio] $80,000 stereo amplifiers

2007-04-11 Thread Don Buska

Here is your $350,000 a pair 833 audio amps:

http://stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/704wavac/

73

Don N9OO

Geoff/W5OMR wrote:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Don k4kyv posted
-  Ever view the web sites with the $80,000 stereo amplifiers 
running triode  transmitting tubes? -


 Er, no, Don.  Would those be the ones that have tubes with 
gold-plated pins?

If not, I wouldn't pay a cent more than $40,000. Nup.


do a google search for single-ended Class A triode amplifiers.

There was one, that used a single 833, that was selling for somewhere 
in the $triple-digit,000.oo range.



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Re: [AMRadio] FS: HQ-100AC, BA Test Gear, Accessories

2007-04-11 Thread kc7hkp
hi Don'
I would like both Greenlee  Chassis Punches,   5/8 and 3/4 inch


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[EMAIL PROTECTED]

-- Original message -- 
From: Don Merz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

 For Sale: HQ-100, Test Gear, Manuals 
 
 Hammarlund HQ-100AC with clock. Nice small HF 
 receiver. This one is all original. The front panel 
 looks excellent. It has some scratches, scrapes and 
 scuffs around the front panel trim ring edges and on 
 the cabinet, but basically looks very good. I believe 
 this has the optional XC-455 BFO Kit Installed. With 
 original manual. Untested. $129 
 
 Littelfuse clear plastic, wall-mount display rack with 
 cardboard back. Holds 60 tiny tins of 3AG fuses in a 
 space about 14 inches tall by 8 inches wide. The slots 
 are sloped slightly downward to keep the tins from 
 falling out. 49 of the slots are filled with a nice 
 selection of fuses from 1/4 amp up to 20A, mostly 
 concentrated in the 1/4A to 5A range. About half the 
 fuse tins are Littelfuse--the rest are other brands. 
 Ready to mount on your wall and save a long search the 
 next time you need a fuse. $15 plus $8.60 priority 
 flat rate box mailing with tracking. 
 
 Ohmite “Little Devils” resistor cabinets--four of 
 them. You’ve probably seen these. They have black 
 plastic bodies and red plastic drawers with long 
 compartments in each drawer. Each compartment is 
 labeled and sized to hold a few resistors of one 
 specific value. The cabinets stack neatly and look 
 pretty classy on the workbench. These four cabinets 
 are in nice shape with an occasional small chip here 
 and there. Some drawers have resistors in them, some 
 have capacitors and a range of miscellaneous whatever. 
 A few drawers are empty. About half of the drawer 
 labels are intact but the other half has been torn off 
 or taped over. But it would be simple to create new 
 labels on the PC in any word processor. Time to get 
 organized? $22 
 
 Western Electric F-1 handset. The cap over the ear 
 piece has a big chip out of it. Otherwise good. $6 
 
 Original Manuals 
 
 Triplett 630 VOM original manual. $8 including mailing 
 Leader LTC-905 curve tracer original manual. $6 
 including mailing 
 Eico 1060 Low Ripple Battery Eliminator  Charger. $7 
 including mailing 
 Jackson 640 Test Oscillator, no covers. $6 including 
 mailing 
 Simpson (Motorola) 407 Remote Aligner. $6 including 
 mailing 
 General Radio 1644-A Megohm Bridge original manual, 
 $10 including mailing 
 
 Other Literature. All prices plus $2 media mailing. 
 
 1001 Uses for the Simpson 260 VOM, Simpson, 965, 80 
 page paperback, excellent. $10 
 GE Essential Characteristics Tube Manual, 1973, 
 excellent. $6 
 GE Essential Characteristics Tube Manual, 1963, 
 comb-bound, very good. $9 
 RCA RC-22 Receiving Tube Manual, very good. $10 
 John Lenk, Handbook of Electronic test Equipment, 
 Prentice-Hall Hardback, 1971, 450 
 pages. $9 
 John Lenk, Understanding Electronic Schematics, 
 Prentice-Hall hardback with dust 
 jacket, 1981, 275 pages. This relates schematic 
 symbols to the physical part, the theory 
 of their operation and typical circuits they would 
 be found in. It’s the most thorough 
 treatment of this subject that I’ve ever seen. $9 
 Derek Cameron, Advanced Oscilloscope Handbook, Reston 
 Hardback with dust jacket, 
 1977, 200 pages. Good sections on scope functions 
 and how to use them, including 
 storage scopes. It also has 2 good sections on 
 using the scope to test audio and RF 
 amplifiers. But a lot of the book is related to 
 video testing. $8 
 
 Greenlee 5/8 inch Round Radio Chassis punch, very good 
 in box. $10 
 Greenlee 3/4 inch Round Radio Chassis punch, very good 
 in box. $10 
 Pomona Model 1447 7-pin tall miniature tube test 
 socket adapter. $10 
 Pomona Model 1449 9-pin tall miniature tube test 
 socket adapter. $10 
 Elenco XP-450 13.8VDC 4A regulated power supply, good. 
 $14 plus $8.60 priority flat 
 rate box mailing with tracking. 
 
 Micronta 22-183 DMM. Small, modern handheld unit with 
 test leads. Not auto ranging. Fused input. Nice LCD 
 readout. Has a stand to sit is at an angle on the 
 workbench. Nice meter, working perfectly. Uses 4 AA 
 batteries. $11 
 
 BK Precision Model 2901 R/C Pak. Small, modern R and 
 C substitution box that can also sub for some 
 electrolytics up to 450V. Built in leads. $8 
 
 Shure Model 98-108 high-impedance ceramic mic. Short 
 mic element with XLR male plug. Nice looking 
 condition. Untested. $12 
 
 RCA WR-50B RF Signal Generator. This is slightly 
 larger than an old VTVM. It covers 85-1700khz in 3 
 bands and 1.5 to 45Mhz in 3 more bands. It has fixed 
 frequency outputs at 455khz and 10.7Mhz plus a crystal 
 socket, presumably for the fixed frequency of your 
 choice. It has provisions for sweeping 455khz and 
 10.7Mhz, but I don’t see how the sweep width is 
 set--maybe it is fixed. It has internal or external 

[AMRadio] early parasitic suppression

2007-04-11 Thread John Lyles
Another source of early information on 'Stopper' networks in transmitters was 
the original 500 kW WLW report in Proc of IRE by Fyler of GE (1930s). They had 
large flames caused by parasitic oscillations and had to stop them to prevent 
distruction. 
73
John K5PRO


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 Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:25:24 -0500
 From: D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Parasitic Suppressors (or lack thereof) 
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  I've noticed most (if not all) if the PP-triode RF PAs of that period 
  don't
  show the use of any parasitic suppressors in the grid or plate leads. Also 
  a
  deck I have (exact vintage unknown) using PP triodes doesn't include them.
 
  How did they get away with this?
 
  I've never put power to the above-mentioned deck, but have another one 
  where
  I tried to follow the same practice (I just used copper strap for the 
  plate
  leads) and I appear to have an intermittent parasitic, so will be
  incorporating some suppressors in the plate leads.
 
  -Larry/NE1S
 
 I think they just tolerated the parasitics, and used a lot of  trial and 
 error, not really knowing why their transmitters were so squirrely.  There 
 was no TV or VHF radio communication to interfere with at the time, and  few 
 hams had any capability of measuring the power output of their transmitter, 
 so if it ran at 30% efficiency with loads of parasitics they were none the 
 wiser.  I read a story about a Collins mid-30's transmitter, don't remember 
 the model, but I believe it was the one that used a 211 in the rf final.  It 
 was one of the very f irst commercial rigs that had the now familiar 
 parasitic chokes consisting of a resistor wrapped with wire.  It was reputed 
 to be exceptionally smooth and easy to tune up.  This  was considered a 
 major advance in transmitter design at  the time. Art Collins had figured 
 out the parasitic problem and how to cure it, and his transmitter was noted 
 for its exceptional performance.
 
 Don k4kyv
 
 
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