Re: [AMRadio] R-388

2006-08-08 Thread Rick Brashear
Thanks Peter. I really appreciate the info. I am not able to calibrate all of the frequencies, so I guess I'll need to investigate it further. Thanks for the name and link. Rick Peter Wittenberg wrote: Rick, it sounds like the PTO is no longer tracking as it should. These are very old

[AMRadio] Collins 300J-2 Broadcast Transmitter

2006-08-08 Thread Philip Leonard WVØT
I rescued a 300J-2 this past weekend from a small station in Kansas. The engineer only had a partial manual for it. Does anyone happen to have a copy? I am missing part of chapter 6 (illustrations) and all of chapter 7 (diagrams). Chapter seven has the schematics.

RE: [AMRadio] Collins 300J-2 Broadcast Transmitter

2006-08-08 Thread Dino Darling
When will these things pop up in CA?! AW! Dino - K6RIX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Subject: [AMRadio] Collins 300J-2 Broadcast Transmitter From: Philip Leonard WVØT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, August 08, 2006 12:03 pm To: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net I

Re: [AMRadio] Collins 300J-2 Broadcast Transmitter

2006-08-08 Thread Larry WA9VRH
Hi Philip, I have a scanned manual of the 300J however it is missing two pages of the schematic. I also have a scanned manual of the 21E-21M which is the 5KW and 10KW version that uses the 300J as an exciter. I believe the schematic in the 21E-21M manual will give you enough information to

Re: [AMRadio] R-388

2006-08-08 Thread k0ng
Ric: NO the PTO runout is not normal. I own 2 R-388 and they are roughl the same as yours. I have also owned R-388's when they were brand new. In new condition, even at the band edges, the correction was only a Kc or 2. This means we have work to do to correct the runout. I am too lazy so I just

Re: [AMRadio] R-388

2006-08-08 Thread Rick Brashear
Hi Charlie... thanks for the info. I've received several replies saying basically the same thing you have. It seems there is an end adjustment that can be made to the PTO to correct this fairly common problem. I plan to dive into this one soon and get my feet wet. This is my first 388, so