Re: [AMRadio] High Voltage Wire

2007-06-05 Thread KA5MIR
for electrical noise suppression. In other words, you'll want to make sure it's actually plain copper strands of wire and not copper plated steel or something else metallic if you decide to go that route. 73', Kent/KA5MIR On Tuesday 05 June 2007 12:38:30 Tom Elmore wrote: I see Napa sells bulk

Re: [AMRadio] Globe Champion 350 HQ-170A

2007-05-13 Thread KA5MIR
modulators and run 0 volts bias. That will eliminate the negative bias rectifier for the 809's and give you heftier, easy to find modulator tubes. I like 811A's for audio tubes. Good luck getting it back on the air and let us know if you run into any problems. 73', Kent/KA5MIR On Sunday 13

Re: [AMRadio] Globe Champion 350 HQ-170A

2007-05-13 Thread KA5MIR
Good question! Does anyone know of ANYTHING else that used an AX9909? I wonder if Amperex built them for some military project that fell through and the whole lot got sold to WRL for a song? Who else would want a tube that doesn't fit anything? Kent/KA5MIR Why Leo Myerson's crew decided

Re: [AMRadio] RAH RAH RA1000

2007-04-13 Thread KA5MIR
Good craftsmanship is something to be proud of and is becoming more rare in these cost-cutting, anything to make a buck, times. I salute your efforts to reuse the Super-Heavy-Duty Made-In-USA terminal lugs! 73', Kent/KA5MIR On Friday 13 April 2007 08:51:23 am VJB wrote: Except for you

Re: [AMRadio] Re: The making of a Triode

2006-12-24 Thread KA5MIR
It's great that you have access to that stuff. Should be a lot of fun. Keep us updated. Kent/KA5MIR On Saturday 23 December 2006 17:30, uvcm inc. wrote: I am a partner in a light bulb plant, when I have time I plan to make a few custom tubes, (just for the heck of it) Brad KB7FQR

[AMRadio] The making of a Triode

2006-12-23 Thread KA5MIR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_eLO0exato This is too cool. Also, they have a Triode Festival. Bet there's some serious AM'ing going on over there. Kent/KA5MIR __ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman

[AMRadio] Re: The making of a Triode

2006-12-23 Thread KA5MIR
, it wouldn't help me any... Kent/KA5MIR On Saturday 23 December 2006 13:59, KA5MIR wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_eLO0exato This is too cool. Also, they have a Triode Festival. Bet there's some serious AM'ing going on over there. Kent/KA5MIR

Re: [AMRadio] Farnell Automatic Modulation Meter for Sale

2006-12-01 Thread KA5MIR
in until you've listed it somewhere else and not gotten any response. Whether or not a person thinks anything is wrong with that is a personal matter. Everybody's different. 73', KA5MIR On Friday 01 December 2006 09:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can consider buying the item or ignore it, but I

Re: [AMRadio] Vacuum or electronic relay

2006-12-01 Thread KA5MIR
Brian, Have you decided against a solid state relay? I'd like to try one of those to see if it will solve a high current relay sticking problem I'm having. Anyone on here used a SS relay in a high current position? Did it hold up? 73', KA5MIR On Friday 01 December 2006 10:59, A.R.S

Re: [AMRadio] 75 Meters Long Already

2006-11-27 Thread KA5MIR
I understand the first paragraph but maybe I don't know what is meant by short skip. Hello Jack, There may be some technically precise term for short skip that I'm not aware of, but in this case I'm talking about on 75 meters after dusk, from approximately 10 to 200 miles. 73', KA5MIR

Re: [AMRadio] 75 Meters Long Already

2006-11-27 Thread KA5MIR
Hello Jim, Yeah, the sunspot cycle seems the obvious culprit, but I don't remember it being so bad in 86 when I traded my 520 for a fancy new TS-440, or the 95-96 low. Maybe I'm trying not to remember the bad parts. The band conditions, I mean, not the getting a SSB rig. :) 73', KA5MIR

Re: [AMRadio] 75 Meters Long Already

2006-11-26 Thread KA5MIR Radio
for 5yrs. I don't remember it being this way back then except very infrequently. Sunspot minimum, I guess... Very disappointing. Have you guys in the N.E., East West coasts had the same lack of short skip on 75 after dark? 73', KA5MIR On 11/26/06, Mike Duke, K5XU [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: at 4

Re: [AMRadio] 75 Meters Long Already

2006-11-26 Thread KA5MIR
or night. 73', KA5MIR On Sunday 26 November 2006 21:44, Jack Schmidling wrote: In a message dated 11/26/06 3:27:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have you guys in the N.E., East West coasts had the same lack of short skip on 75 after dark? I do not understand this discussion and am not sure

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Air Check of W4DBG, K0EFJ and W5AMI

2006-11-18 Thread KA5MIR Radio
decodes in software and this was recorded direct to disk as it was being received. 73', KA5MIR On 11/18/06, VJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bartlesville transmitter sounds vy FB OM. Hey Brian, I'm always interested in knowing the band/frequency on these recordings, and maybe some other liner notes

Re: [AMRadio] Ranger Modulation

2006-11-16 Thread KA5MIR
in on the problem. Other than watching it get bigger and assuming that it remains sinusoidal, what would I look for indicated by my problem? js That's pretty much it, along with what John says here... -KA5MIR On Thursday 16 November 2006 19:07, John E. Coleman (ARS WA5BXO) wrote

Re: [AMRadio] BC610 110v using one leg of 220

2006-11-05 Thread KA5MIR
Brian, the new old transmitter was really sounding good tonight before the band dropped out. Now you've got big tubes to help keep the ham shack warm this winter. :) 73', KA5MIR __ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http

Re: [AMRadio] TS430 as VFO on a KNIGHT T60

2006-10-15 Thread KA5MIR
have to worry about being on frequency. :) 73' KA5MIR On Sunday 15 October 2006 11:42, Jack Schmidling wrote: My thoughts on an advantage of the T60 is that, as it has controlled/suppressed carrier, the idle power is a lot less than the TS430. As a consequence, I could drive a linear (SB200

Re: [AMRadio] Phone band expansion

2006-10-13 Thread KA5MIR
that would be more interesting than us old AMer's. Kent/KA5MIR ...someone who actually -LIKES- AM Radio AND talks to the same people more than once... __ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner

[AMRadio] 10M Openings after sunset

2006-08-05 Thread ars . ka5mir
, there WILL be signals there giving their locations. Then you'll know which way to point a beam if you use one. I'll frequently hear a rats nest of hetrodynes and strong signals and move up to 29mc, listen around and call CQ and hear nothing. 73, KA5MIR