> Someday I'll tell the story of the 300-watt guitar amp and the metal
> screwdriver...it went to 11, alright...
Listen to the substain, man...
Steve WD8DAS
sbjohns...@aol.com
http://www.wd8das.net/
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Radio is your best entertainment valu
I lived in a coastal canyon for many years. Right after I got my ticket,
I amassed the typical 'impossible dream of electronic childhood' - a nice
Collins S-Line set-up.
Before I had any antenna smarts, I stretched an enormous long-wire down
to one end of my property, very nearly 500 fee
Sorry, I reversed the #1 and #2 in my story of the transmitter fire. I
just reread my own article and realized I had them backwards as I wrote
a few minutes ago.
Steve WD8DAS
sbjohns...@aol.com
http://www.wd8das.net/
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Radio is your best ent
Hey, *I* was there... It was at my "Boat Harbor" transmitter site at
WGH in Virginia.
What a hoot - the #2 of a combined FM transmitter was on fire and Fred
opened the cavity door and bent over to try to blow out the fire. But
the blower was blowing a huge amount of air on it already - how e
I too learned all about AC/DC 5 tube superhets the hard way, and thanks to a
Dynaco power amp that had been sitting unpowered for several days, about
the lightning that lurketh in non bleeder resistor equiped filter caps.
But the most embarrasing shock I ever got was when I was in college and wo
Steve
This isn't going to mean a thing to the rest of the list, but your story
reminded me of the tim Fred Greaves got his picture taken when he opened the PA
cavity door of a FM transmitter that was off, but the cavity was still hot with
RF from another transmitter getting back through the com
Way to go Steveo!
Bill AD5OL
- Original Message
From: "sbjohns...@aol.com"
To: amradio@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 9:31:46 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] A special day today
This evening, after a couple small repairs and alignment, the Galaxy
300 seems to be working f
This evening, after a couple small repairs and alignment, the Galaxy
300 seems to be working fine. The first time I spun the dial with an
antenna connected what do I hear? - the distinctive WB9GKZ laugh from a
couple kcs away. I tuned him in and found that Pat was spieling on or
about 3820 kHz
Hello,
Sometimes known as "one hand for the ship, one hand for yourself."
73, Bruce WA8TNC
=
sbjohns...@aol.com wrote:
> The shock I experienced did not deter me - it just made me more
> careful. And now I have over 25 years as a broadcast engineer working
> with plenty
I see this fear of voltage and current prevalent among the "board-swapper"
type techs that have never worked on anything with more than 12 VDC. Jim
W5JO hit the nail on the head, there just isn't a lot of common sense around
these days.When fooling with HV, put one hand in the pocket and be sure
Here are the two electrical shocks that I will remember forever.
The first came from an "All American 5 tube" design BC radio when I was
about 10 years old. I had gotten inside it, connected a pig tail to one end
of the ferrite antenna, and stuck it through one of the vent slots in the
back of
I never bore any ill feeling toward WRL - it was *my* careless mistake.
Note that when homebrewing I generally do not provide easy-open,
wide-mouth, flip-top lids on any gear with more than 120 VAC inside.
Safer to have to unscrew a panel before getting to the goodies...
Steve WD8DAS
sbjo
Yeah, but I would still like to know why he used AX9909's in the Globe Chump
300 and why the T-1 transformer was wimpy. I'm still negotiating for the one
I toasted.
Mod-U-Lator,
Mike(y)
W3SLK
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From:
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
; "Jim Wilhite"
>To prove that Steve knows what he is talking about:
>"Did you know? The State of Ohio recognized Martin Luther King Day as
a
>legal holiday, effective Aug. 1, 1975.
Thank you, Bruce. I'm very glad to hear your confirmation that I am
not losing my mind (at least on this point).
Steve WD8DAS
The shock I experienced did not deter me - it just made me more
careful. And now I have over 25 years as a broadcast engineer working
with plenty of high, low and indifferent voltages. I've been shocked
a few more times, too. But I still have the good habit of only using
one hand on live
Anyone who knows Leo Meyerson knows what a gentleman he is and if there had
been some concern over the issues mentioned at the time of manufacture of the
WRL/Galaxy, they would have been addressed at that time. After all, should
anyone be injured by a bad design, that would probably spell the end
Then that means it is "Lee/Jackson/Neal Newman Day!" ;>)
Happy 47 Neal.
Mod-U-Lator,
Mike(y)
W3SLK
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From: "neal Newman"
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] A Special Day??
Yes its a spe
Yes its a special day. Its my birthday I made it to 47
Neal
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I thought electric shock was a right a passage. I tried to build a Jacobs
ladder as a kid of about 10, using brazing rods, a Ford ignition coil, and a
Lionel train transformer. Yes, I knocked the stuffing out of myself, but I
learned something in the process. I had a real Gilbert Erector set
Hello,
To prove that Steve knows what he is talking about:
"Did you know? The State of Ohio recognized Martin Luther King Day as a
legal holiday, effective Aug. 1, 1975. See S.B. No. 18, 136 Laws of
Ohio, Part II, 41; ORC 1.14. The federal government did not declare
Martin Luther King Day a f
Ron Lawrence W4RON wrote:
>I hate to question your memory, but Martin Luther King Day didn't
>exist in 1977 or 1978.
.President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it
was
>first observed in 1986.
That's the *federal* holiday. I hate to correct a corrector, but it
most cert
> This is the rig that put me in the hospital on Martin Luther King Day
> 1977 or 1978.
I hate to question your memory, but Martin Luther King Day didn't
exist in 1977 or 1978.
President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was
first observed in 1986.
Now is seems like it's
Jack wrote:
>According to Wiki, the holiday did not start till 1986.
>But an interesting story non the less.
1986 is when it became a *federal* holiday.
My school system did indeed have an MLK holiday. As I recall it was a
State of Ohio mandate. I remember because it pissed me off to be
"wa
According to Wiki, the holiday did not start till 1986.
But an interesting story non the less.
I was first bit in a electronics shop class. I was checking out a
power supply I had built for a small 6L6 transmitter. Got bit by a
lytic when it was off. (oops did I forget a bleeder resister) I
People of yesteryear didn't have the "self esteem" of today's
people, therefore they found a mentor, read the book (in most cases)
and more importantly, would not find Leo guilty of anything in court
if the plaintiff did something stupid. I believe it was called
common sense, something severel
You are a jewel for sharing your story with us. Fortunately for me, I have never experienced anything other then a shock across the CW Key contactsand that was bad enough for me back in the late 60's-70's.
-- Original message from sbjohns...@aol.com: -- > > > It is
Surely half the fun of these big old radios is knowing there are thousands
of Volts, tens of Amps and lots of totally unprotected RF floating around,
to wrap them up in silly wire cages just isn't playing the game!,
73 Max M0GHQ/KJ4ISS
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From:
To:
Sent: Monday, Jan
How could GM (and others) make those dangerous cars, why when you open
the hood,
those giant fan blades and rotating pulleys are totally exposed!!
While I concur with the idea that a child could raise the lid of an
unprotected
table top radio and be harmed or worse, dismantling Big radios, ev
What I still wonder even today is how WRL/Leo Meyerson could make such death
traps and get away with it.
I still have a Galaxy V that when you life up the lid, there is the PA cage
fully exposed.
What was he thinking? Could it have been $ by shaving costs. No
interlocks on the "big boy:
It is indeed a special day today. I'm working on the restoration of my
old WRL Galaxy 300 SSB transceiver - my first SSB rig I bought as a new
General lo those many years ago. I had to pull use all my savings,
plus cash gifts from my parents and grandmother to scrape enough money
to buy it
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