Re: [time-nuts] Looking for information on Brightline oscillator

2020-08-05 Thread ed breya
One thing I've noticed in old mystery oscillators and other RF modules, is that they often use 3-terminal or other regulators inside. If you gradually increase the supply voltage, the current goes up rapidly, then levels off as sufficient overhead is reached. That gives some idea of where they

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for information on Brightline oscillator

2020-08-05 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi In that era, 12 and 24V are the two candidate supply voltages. Assuming there are no wires to the other pins, no need to supply power to them. What to do: Try 12V and see what happens. If you get a stable output at > +7 dbm and good ( = low ) harmonics. That’s the supply. If not, slowly in

[time-nuts] Looking for information on Brightline oscillator

2020-08-05 Thread Skip Withrow
Hello Time-Nuts, OK, have one for the old timers out there. Does anyone have pinout or voltage input information on a Brightline oscillator? This company was founded by Charles S. Stone in Cedar Park, TX. His company was soon purchased by Frequency Electronics and he went to work for them. The