Re: [AMRadio] Re: 500 Transformer

2003-02-13 Thread Geoff Edmonson
John E. Coleman wrote: Here is a story that I'm sure some of you have heard but others may enjoy. In 1994 a flood came to the Spring, Texas area, just north of Houston, and water was over the top of the building that our business was in. In addition, the ham shack was a trailer that was

Re: [AMRadio] Re: 500 Transformer

2003-02-13 Thread russ dworakowski
I have an old stove in the basement- used to be used for canning etc. the oven is never used for cooking food here, so- perfect for baking transformers and paint hi. Russ. From: Eddy Swynar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: amradio@mailman.qth.net To: amradio@mailman.qth.net

Re: [AMRadio] Re: 500 Transformer

2003-02-13 Thread Diane Swynar
Hi Russ, You're a lucky guy! But you've STILL gotta watch it when baking paint---the odours are something else... ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ I have an old stove in the basement- used to be used for canning etc. the oven is never used for cooking food here, so- perfect for baking

[AMRadio] WANTED: HT-41 Murch Parts, Info

2003-02-13 Thread Merz Donald S
WANTED I picked up an HT-41 amplifier that has been converted to use 572B tubes. Does anyone know a published source of such a conversion? Does anyone have a manual or copy available for sale? (Don't say BAMA--I have no FTP access...and that site is just too doggone slow anyway). The HT-41 is

Re: [AMRadio] WANTED: HT-41 Murch Parts, Info

2003-02-13 Thread Steve Fitzgerald
Don, I am sure that I have the documentation for the conversion. I believe that it is from an article that was published in QST many years back. I will look tonight in my file cabinet and see what I can scare up. Steve Fitzgerald N4KQR Tampa FL

Re: [AMRadio] Re: 500 Transformer

2003-02-13 Thread Donald Chester
I have an old stove in the basement- used to be used for canning etc. the oven is never used for cooking food here, so- perfect for baking transformers and paint hi. Russ. I have never had any problem using an oven for baking stuff like that. Just try to avoid spilling tar

Re: [AMRadio] Re: 500 Transformer

2003-02-13 Thread Donald Chester
From: Geoff Edmonson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...This doesn't mention that the whole rig was under water, and that the 250TH's survived (if I recall correctly [IIRC]) without damage. Reminds me of the time W9WT Bob Parmentier's XYL called Roger N4IBF (SK) and me to come get all his radio

Re: [AMRadio] WANTED: HT-41 Murch Parts, Info

2003-02-13 Thread SBJohnston
Don - I recently had great success retrofitting my Murch 2000A tuner with a right-angle drive and a Veeder-Root turns counter. The existing rectangular dial window was exactly the right size to frame the digital readout... looks great! I understand the original turns counter was pretty

RE: [AMRadio] Re: 500 Transformer

2003-02-13 Thread John E. Coleman
I think most of mine just floated away. They may some day, wash to shore in Southern California or Florida and become useful there. HIHI -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donald Chester Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:11 PM To: