[AMRadio] Radio fun at the Boatanchors Web Ring

2007-10-10 Thread Bry Carling
Radio fun at the Boatanchors Web Ring Have you heard about this radio ring? You can find a load of interesting sites that you may not have run across before. Each web page has a link to others. You just look for the ANCHOR symbol and click on NEXT to see another site, OR you can start at the

[AMRadio] Re: IARU bandplan

2007-10-10 Thread SBJohnston
A number of folks who found the IARU bandplan OK, and support restrictive band plans, have written to me saying the bands are so crowded we've got to do something! I must disagree. I passively listen to the MF and HF bands at least ten hours a week, and actively operate about an additional

[AMRadio] Re: IARU bandplan

2007-10-10 Thread SBJohnston
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's just not the best plan. IARU can do better. I urge you to tell that to the ARRL - they need the feedback! When I offered my views, Dave Sumner wrote back that I was wrong, the plan was not restrictive and limiting, and anyway it is voluntary. He implied

[AMRadio] Panasonic microwave oven parts for radio

2007-10-10 Thread John Lyles
The light Panasonic ovens that say something like Inverter on the logo are switchers. No heavy transformer anymore. They provide negative polarity hot and operate in a current limit mode, not voltage regulation. There is a website on them, if you search for it, that talks about dissection of

Re: [AMRadio] Panasonic microwave oven parts for radio

2007-10-10 Thread WE0H
That's interesting to hear on the switcher HV supplies. Definitely useful at 1/2a. If it is noisy a guy could filter it more and have a nice compact HV supply. Now I have to go find one...hi hi... Just think of the possibilities of a small HV switcher hidden under a chassis of a radio that

RE: [AMRadio] Panasonic microwave oven parts for radio

2007-10-10 Thread Rick Brashear
Thanks John. Great info. Rick/K5IAR The light Panasonic ovens that say something like Inverter on the logo are switchers. No heavy transformer anymore. They provide negative polarity hot and operate in a current limit mode, not voltage regulation. There is a website on them, if you search for

Re: [AMRadio] Panasonic microwave oven parts for radio

2007-10-10 Thread WE0H
I found this link for a 2700v 1a supply using microwave transformers. http://web.archive.org/web/20030627162157/http://www.vaxxine.com/phil/QEX_HV_Power_Supply.pdf http://tinyurl.com/yoa7cb use the short link if this doesn't post properly. Mike WE0H John Lyles wrote: The light Panasonic

RE: [AMRadio] Panasonic microwave oven parts for radio

2007-10-10 Thread John Coleman
About switching power supplies: I have found that computer power supplies are pretty cool as well. I buy two identical supplies and remove the transformer out of one of them. Then I manufacture some sort of mount such as another pc board for the second XFMR. I connect the low voltage

[AMRadio] HV - low current rectifiers

2007-10-10 Thread John Coleman
I have a small box of HV low current rectifiers for TV service. 1V2's 1X2's 1B3's 3A3's 2X2's etc also some HV regulator triodes (the highest gain tube in the TV) 6BK4's Does anyone have a use for these? I was thinking of an over-modulation detection circuit for big rigs. Not enough current

[AMRadio] Electronics sale - Saturday - CNJ

2007-10-10 Thread Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis
please email direct for more info. damn spam filters :-| Thank You, Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis Universal Life Ministries http://www.ulc.org Moderator Hunterdonfree http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hunterdonfree Moderator NeighborhoodInformer NJ/PA