[Boatanchors] Wanted: R45/ARR-7
I'm looking for a Hallicrafters R45/ARR-7 receiver to either purchase of I have a Hallicrafters R274/SX-73 that I can trade. The unit can be in any condition. It does not need to have the motor drive or power supply. If anyone has one please reply to my direct email. Thank you in advance to any who respond. Respectfully, Phillip Sent from my iPhone ___ Boatanchors mailing list Boatanchors@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
Re: [Boatanchors] Another Parts Store Closes...
I agree with Bill, there will always be people who invest in history and antique technology. The key to helping these folks, who in the future will maintain our past, is to provide discussion of: 1) How to substitute new components for unobtainable parts. This should include specific specifications and where to buy. Part numbers, etc. uH/mH values for inductors should be included with the wire size, number of turns, and core. Some folks would rather buy the correct value inductor than wind one. 2) How to make better. Yes there are certain modifications, however minor, that most of us make to improve our radios. Be it better filter capacitors, tube substitutions, recapping, ensuring good chassis grounding, etc. that make the radios perform better. 3) Locate and tell others about online sources for parts: Such as Richard at Leeds, Antique Radio Supply, Gary at Play Things of Past, Dan at Dan's Small Parts, Gary at Boat Anchor Parts, Mike at SND Tube Sales, John at Radio Daze, etc. There will always be parts guys out there to supply antique parts as long as there is a demand. These guys offer a valuable service to collectors and enthusiasts but they need to pay the bills and eat so we need to give them business and encourage others to purchase from them so they can continue to offer needed parts. 4) Continue to sponsor Boat Anchor Forums and discussion groups to talk about specific radio units and how to keep them going. 5) Recognition that the cost of the hobby goes up over time. Fewer antique parts being available, fewer sources, and required use of new replacement components will all drive up costs. This is an unavoidable fact. Audiophiles are driving up the cost of tubes. Perhaps we need to focus on collecting fewer units. Specializing in one one brand or line rather than many. Whatever it takes to keep the hobby going within our economic limits. I collect Hallicrafters, Heathkits, and a few Military radios. I focus on specific series so I'm not spreading myself too thin. I've found this helps to contain costs. 6) Encourage each other. Maybe hold homebrew contests, restoration contests, mods contests. Something similar to what auto enthusiasts do where you have awards for best stock restoration, best mods/performance improvements, best homebuilt/innovative, etc. The radio hobby will not die but will evolve as the future unfolds. Those that follow the evolution and seek out the new sources will keep it going. I'm constantly looking for a new source of parts beyond eBay or the normal known suppliers. They're out there, you've just got to take the time to search them out. Respectfully, Phillip W4RTX Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Bill Carns wca...@austin.rr.com wrote: As past president of the Collins Collectors Association I will add a comment and suggest a slight modification. Re: Part of your good comments. . . When we are gone and others like us no longer exist, the large solderable parts will be gone as well. Our ranks have never been bigger and growing. Contrary to our (and many others) fears that as the oldsters die off, so will the collecting and repair of old radio, we are seeing quite the opposite. Many young hams and collectors of things antiquated are joining our ranks and buying their first piece of Collins. They are just asking different questions - more fundamental ones - like how does a tube work or even what is a tube. These are neophyte questions, but coming from motivated and intelligent people. So, the market (and the collector or maintainer) is not disappearing but just shrinking maybe and changing nature. The market is certainly getting smaller, but it does still exist and will remain even after we are all gone. Our challenge is to leave a trail of understandable educational material aimed at that market and the hope is that these hordes of radio parts will wind up somewhere where they can still be foundalbeit probably at increasing cost. The Collins Collectors Association is working hard to leave a resource of Experience and educational material so that the next generations can pick up where we left off. Bill Bill Carns, N7OTQ (Trustee K0CXX) Past President, Collins Collectors Association Founding Board, Collins Radio Heritage Group Editor, Signal Magazine Wimberley, TX 512 618 2762 (Cell) 512 847 7010 (Home) -Original Message- From: Boatanchors [mailto:boatanchors-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Van Lincoln Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 9:51 AM To: William w_b_mor...@hotmail.com Cc: boatanchors@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Another Parts Store Closes... Good Morning William: This is Van Lincoln. I read your message and felt your pain. All I can add to your note, is that the market is changing, and a large chunk of the OLD electronics business is going away due to the digital age, and that it will never return, except
Re: [Boatanchors] Another Parts Store Closes...
I forgot to mention one very big wild card, 3D Printing. The wave of the future in manufacturing is 3D Printing. At some point in the future anyone with a computer, 3D printer, special software and a little design knowledge will be able to print up and build the components they need. Already 3D can print plastic and some metal components. There are now available desk top microwave casting furnaces that can melt metals for casting into parts (yes you can easily melt almost any metal in a standard microwave oven using a silicon carbide crucible with high temperature ceramic insulation surrounding it). Check out Hadron Technologies website. A 3D printer can print out the casting mold. Someday, way out in the future, you'll be able to print the parts you need on demand. Just like on Star Trek or how Robby the Robot did on Forbidden Planet. Those days are coming sooner than later... Phillip W4RTX Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2015, at 2:42 PM, Phillip Carpenter carpente...@tds.net wrote: I agree with Bill, there will always be people who invest in history and antique technology. The key to helping these folks, who in the future will maintain our past, is to provide discussion of: 1) How to substitute new components for unobtainable parts. This should include specific specifications and where to buy. Part numbers, etc. uH/mH values for inductors should be included with the wire size, number of turns, and core. Some folks would rather buy the correct value inductor than wind one. 2) How to make better. Yes there are certain modifications, however minor, that most of us make to improve our radios. Be it better filter capacitors, tube substitutions, recapping, ensuring good chassis grounding, etc. that make the radios perform better. 3) Locate and tell others about online sources for parts: Such as Richard at Leeds, Antique Radio Supply, Gary at Play Things of Past, Dan at Dan's Small Parts, Gary at Boat Anchor Parts, Mike at SND Tube Sales, John at Radio Daze, etc. There will always be parts guys out there to supply antique parts as long as there is a demand. These guys offer a valuable service to collectors and enthusiasts but they need to pay the bills and eat so we need to give them business and encourage others to purchase from them so they can continue to offer needed parts. 4) Continue to sponsor Boat Anchor Forums and discussion groups to talk about specific radio units and how to keep them going. 5) Recognition that the cost of the hobby goes up over time. Fewer antique parts being available, fewer sources, and required use of new replacement components will all drive up costs. This is an unavoidable fact. Audiophiles are driving up the cost of tubes. Perhaps we need to focus on collecting fewer units. Specializing in one one brand or line rather than many. Whatever it takes to keep the hobby going within our economic limits. I collect Hallicrafters, Heathkits, and a few Military radios. I focus on specific series so I'm not spreading myself too thin. I've found this helps to contain costs. 6) Encourage each other. Maybe hold homebrew contests, restoration contests, mods contests. Something similar to what auto enthusiasts do where you have awards for best stock restoration, best mods/performance improvements, best homebuilt/innovative, etc. The radio hobby will not die but will evolve as the future unfolds. Those that follow the evolution and seek out the new sources will keep it going. I'm constantly looking for a new source of parts beyond eBay or the normal known suppliers. They're out there, you've just got to take the time to search them out. Respectfully, Phillip W4RTX Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Bill Carns wca...@austin.rr.com wrote: As past president of the Collins Collectors Association I will add a comment and suggest a slight modification. Re: Part of your good comments. . . When we are gone and others like us no longer exist, the large solderable parts will be gone as well. Our ranks have never been bigger and growing. Contrary to our (and many others) fears that as the oldsters die off, so will the collecting and repair of old radio, we are seeing quite the opposite. Many young hams and collectors of things antiquated are joining our ranks and buying their first piece of Collins. They are just asking different questions - more fundamental ones - like how does a tube work or even what is a tube. These are neophyte questions, but coming from motivated and intelligent people. So, the market (and the collector or maintainer) is not disappearing but just shrinking maybe and changing nature. The market is certainly getting smaller, but it does still exist and will remain even after we are all gone. Our challenge is to leave a trail of understandable educational material aimed at that market and the hope is that these hordes
Re: [Boatanchors] Getting out of the hobby,selling everything
I'm looking for a Heathkit HW-104 transceiver. It does not necessarily need to have the matching speaker or power supply. If anyone has one collecting dust or knows of a fellow Amateur who has one not being used please contact me via direct reply. Thank you in advance to all who respond. 73s, Phillip W4RTX Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2015, at 4:12 PM, mark depaepe n5...@live.com wrote: I have decided to get out of Amateur radio since I seldom have time for it. I would like to sell everything as a package at a reduced cost. I estimate the value of everything to be around $14,000 98 percent of the equipment is in good to very good condition physically. Most of the equipment is in working order, a few items are projects. All of this is located in East Texas close to Longview. $12,000 for everything. I would like to sell everything as one lot so at this time I am not going to sell any individual pieces. I will provide photos to interested parties. Here is a list of the bulk of it. HealthKit sa2060 tuner Alinco 40 amp 12v power supply T4xb-4 2 working 2 need attention R4b-2 Tr4-3 Tr4 non working Tr4c T4x Tr4c Rv4c L4b like new, Harbach power supply rebuild R4a Ms4 with ps-3-3 Gonset g76 with power supply and spare txcvr Ranger 1 Hallicrafters sx-28 Hallicrafters sx-146 ht-46 Gonset super converter 12-2 Pal vfo-2 Palomar vfo HealthKit Pawnee-untested HealthKit commanche/Cheyenne -2-need attention Hp-23 power supplies-2 National speaker National nc-300 National nc-98 Hallicrafters sx-140 National nc121 Hallicrafters s-107 Hallicrafters ncx-5 National power supplies-2 Galaxy gt550 with power supply-project National ncx-3 -2 Home brew 75m AM transmitter 2 811a driving two 4-65 needs mod transformer Clegg VHF receiver WRL duo bander II WRL duobander 64 One WRL power supply HealthKit dx-40-project HealthKit dx-60 HealthKit 75m mono band transceiver Viking challenger Globe Chief Elmac AF-67-2 One Elmac power supply Galaxy 5 with power supply-project Ameco tx-62 National nc-173-project Rme 45 receiver-project Sommerkamp fr-100b-project Gonset gsb-100 Hallicrafters ht-32 Several sets of tubes for Drake radios Set of tubes for ranger 1 Spare set of 3-500's Icom 737 Icom 751 Force 12 40m rotatable dipole Hustler btv-4 Hygain th7 Dx engineering speech processor for drake A few external speech processors. All sorts of misc. Several 100' runs of 7/8 helix Several 250' runs of 1/2 super flex Several helix connectors CP 70cm satellite beam ___ Boatanchors mailing list Boatanchors@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors ___ Boatanchors mailing list Boatanchors@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
Re: [Boatanchors] Transceivers, Tubes, SWR Bridge, and more FS
I'm looking for a Heathkit HW-104 transceiver. Power supply and matching speaker are not necessarily needed. Anyone who may have one collecting dust or know of a fellow Amateur who has one not being used please contact me via direct reply. Thanks to all who respond! Respectfully, Phillip W4RTX Sent from my iPhone On Aug 4, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Ken, W8EK kenw...@gmail.com wrote: Boatanchor Items For Sale: Gonset 2 meter Communicator IV Transceiver, Drake UV-3 transceiver, Micro Match SWR Bridge, various tubes, Low Pass TVI Filters, Power Supplies, and more Gonset 2 meter Communicator IV: This vintage unit is in extremely nice condition. I brought it up slow on a variac, and all is well. No hum evident! The receiver works as it should. I listened to a local net using a dummy load. The transmitter puts out just under 15 watts. Cosmetically, the unit is extremely nice. No major defects, although I will guarantee you will find some dust. This one includes the 120 V AC power cord, paper work, and a spare final tube (remember when we all kept a spare final just in case?). Only $125. Pick up near Ocala FL would be great, but it can be shipped if needed, which is obviously not included for $125. Classic Drake UV-3, 2 meter/440 MHz FM Transceiver: The UV-3 was manufactured by the R.L.Drake Company in Miamisburg Ohio in the late 1970's. It is a classic! It is one of the first fully synthesized rigs covering both the 2 meter and 440 MHz bands, and optionally 220 MHz. Frequency coverage is 144-148 MHz and 440-450 MHz. It has exceptional adjacent channel and intermodulation rejection due to having a six pole crystal filter and eight pole ceramic filters. Sub-audible CTCSS PL tones were not originally included with the UV-3, but this unit has a Comm Specs TE-32 mounted on top of it to produce all of the tones, selectable by a switch. This transceiver works 100% as best I can determine on 2 m and 440 MHz and is in extremely good cosmetic condition. It has the 220 MHz option, which does not appear to work. It includes the original Drake hand mic, power cord, and paper work for $350. M C Jones Micro Match MM-1: The Micro Match is one of the very, very early SWR bridges. It is made by M C Jones Electronics of Bristol, Conn. I do not know the exact vintage, but would guess in the 1940's or 50's. The MM-1 is certainly related to the more common Model 261, 262, and 263 units. Paper work from them is included, since they are similar. This unit has both SO-239 and BNC connectors on each side, in parallel, so that either can be used. A toggle switch is on top (for forward/reflected power, I assume), with a range switch on the left, and SWR adjust control on the right, and the meter in the middle. Own this vintage piece of equipment for only $25. Homebrew 3 to 150 MHz SWR Bridge: This unit will cover the HF bands (not including 160 meters), and also 2 meters and 6 meters. It is a well constructed homebrew unit measuring about 4 x 4 by 2 1/2 inches (plus knob and connectors). SO-239 connectors are on the side. It works fine and looks fine as well. $12 Transmitting Tubes and related items: All of the following are NOS (New, old stock) to the best of my knowledge. The silver plating on some items is dark due to normal oxidation. Johnson 124-110 socket For 4CX150, 250, 300, 350, etc. $25 Eimac 4X150 A tube - $15 Eimac 4-250 tube - $40 Fits same socket as 4-400, 3-400, 3-500, etc. Set of four Sweep Tubes for linear amplifiers: I have a set of four 6MJ6 / 6LQ6 / 6JE6 sweep tubes. These tubes are used in many linear amplifiers, such as the Dentron GLA-1000 and the Ameritron AL-84, among others. These tubes are getting harder and harder to find! $100 Solid State 5U4 Rectifiers: These are solid state replacements for 5U4 vacuum tube rectifiers. Basically it is a glob of epoxy with an octal base to plug into the original 5U4 socket. The silk screen on the base says S-5U4 Silicon Rectifier Tube Replacement. Two are available for $15 each. Low Pass TVI Filters: A low pass TVI filter is added to the transmitter to reduce harmonic interference. All of these have SO-239 connectors in and out, and are 50 ohm filters. Johnson 250-20 This cylindrical low pass filter has a cut off frequency of 45 MHz, 75 db attenuation, and is adjustable. Rated at 1000 W AM, or 5000 W PEP SSB. It is adjustable so you can get rid of more TVI, and is rated to handle higher power. A real win-win situation. $30 B W 425 (same as FL-10/1500) Cuts off just above 10 meters, and handles 1500 Watts. Newer case style, $30. Older, more rugged copper style case, painted gray. $35 Drake TV-1000-LP This filter may also be used on the low end of six meters, as well as on HF. It is good for 1000 W below 30 MHz, and about 200 W up to 52 MHz. $30 Avanti AV-800 It says that the 3 db cutoff
