On the White Face Johnson, that's cool you found one
NIB. I'm sure you'll save all those packing materials
and the literature.
On selecting a handful of crystals, yes, 29.010, 020,
030 are good starts. Never heard much on 29.000, no
particular reason, and there was an Australian station
who
Paul,
Your excellent recording sounded like a 'closed circuit' connection. What
antenna were you using and when do you expect conditions to return to that
level of contact?
73,
Ken W2DTC
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International AM was a few hours before that to
Europe, the UK, and
All I can say is WOW... Looking forward...to getting it on the air...
Bob
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On the White Face
Bob Peters wrote:
All I can say is WOW... Looking forward...to getting it on the air...
Hi Bob,
Now you can start looking for a Johnson PA/85 amplifier, which was
designed to work with the later vintage Messenger AM business radios.
It runs a 6883 final with solid state plate modulator and
That reminds me Bob; somewhere around here I have one Polycomm's business
band amplifiers still wrapped in plastic that came out of a walk-in
dumpster when they were junking a bunch of stuff from a closed NJ
location.
Pete, wa2cwa
On Sat, 27 May 2006 12:43:33 -0500 Robert Nickels [EMAIL
On a good sporadic E opening, you can have solid audio and strong
signal levels. The key is being there when it happening. Since we're at
the bottom of the sunspot cycle, consistent and/or long term great
conditions, can only be a dream.
Pete, wa2cwa
On Sat, 27 May 2006 09:16:26 -0400 kenw2dtc
Peter Markavage wrote:
That reminds me Bob; somewhere around here I have one Polycomm's business
band amplifiers still wrapped in plastic that came out of a walk-in
dumpster when they were junking a bunch of stuff from a closed NJ
location.
I didn't know Polycom made one, Pete but it sounds
Pfft! How DARE anyone get excited about band openings?
QUICK, throw water on them! LOL
On a good sporadic E opening, you can have solid audio and strong
signal levels. The key is being there when it happening. Since we're at
the bottom of the sunspot cycle, consistent and/or long term great
All this talk about the White Face Johnson, has me thinking more about
restoring the one I acquired about 5 years ago. The first thing it needs is
a good bath!
Like Pete, I have an HA410, plus a 40 channel solid state converted Sharp
rig, but it would be neat to convert the Messenger back to
I am sort of surprised at the discussion of this radio. The whiteface was
much better built than some of their amateur gear. In it's inception, the
Citizen's Band as it was dubbed, required type certified radios. In
actually it was Class D business band and created for an inexpensive way for
Richard, Mike, Pete etc.
Thinks... I'll tell 'em where to put their Johnsons! - LOL
Mike wrote...
I still, however, think it would be fun to put one on 15 meters since that
band will wake up before 10. As someone indicated, that would take a bit
more work, but probably not as much as putting
Jim Wilhite says:
I suppose there is a type of magic using a converted CB, but I would
probably find a Ranger, AF-67 or such to use. It does have a bit more
power
but that is a bit of a plus with the propagation of today. One can also
move to 15 meters with them which the CB would not
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