Re: [AMRadio] heavy metal

2010-04-07 Thread Nick England
Receivers - AN/FRR-24 - 3000 lbs AN/FRR-60 - 1500 lbs AN/FRR-34 - 900 lbs AN/FRR-28 - 500 lbs AN/FRR-59 - 250 lbs Transmitters - AN/URT-3 -800 lbs AN/FRT-70 - 1200 lbs cheers, Nick K4NYW

Re: [AMRadio] Negative Bias Supply on Viking II

2010-03-27 Thread Nick England
I don't have a Viking II any more, but the schematic certainly shows the two negative leads of C12-C13 (dual 15uf/150v) going to either side of the bias supply choke and the positive lead to ground. In the photo in the manual it looks like this dual cap indeed has two black (negative) leads and a

Re: [AMRadio] You must see this.

2010-01-12 Thread Nick England
I am reminded of a drizzly day walking around the Shelby hamfest flea market with my buddy Fred a few years ago. We passed a table set up with embroidered aprons and other kitchen craft stuff and I started talking about why in the world people would bring such stuff to a *Ham Radio* flea market.

Re: [AMRadio] Open vs Closed QSOs

2009-10-28 Thread Nick England
FWIW - I spend the vast majority of my shack time restoring old gear - I always flip on a receiver and tune around for some AMers to listen to in the background. Whenever I have *finally* got something working on the bench, it would be nice to think folks who seem to be just passing time shooting

Re: [AMRadio] Ham mods (was Re:SP600 Question)]

2009-09-15 Thread Nick England
Maybe because the Valiant was *better* engineered. Remember the era - people were trying to get talk power out of AM, not hi-fi. So the clipping, compression, and restricted frequency range were all intended to enhance communications. Nick K4NYW, running a 4-400 modulated by 807's. On Tue, Sep

[AMRadio] Bill KB3DKS please e-mail re R-1414 rcvr

2009-03-25 Thread Nick England
Sorry for the net broadcast - Bill KB3DKS, please send me e-mail - I understand you have a Sylvania R-1414 rcvr and I'm looking for info on this rig. thanks, Nick K4NYW, Navy radio nut www.virhistory.com/navy __ Our Main Website:

Re: [AMRadio] Heathkit Daystom in England

2009-02-28 Thread Nick England
They had a factory and produced some of their own designs (mainly hi-fi I believe) and some based on Heath originals - e.g. they made a general coverage version of the American HR-10 receiver. The DX-100U and DX-40U really only differ in the power supply, I believe, but I have never seen one up

Re: [AMRadio] Getting started

2009-02-23 Thread Nick England
How about a National NC-300 or 303? - great vintage looks, excellent tuning feel, very good performance on AM, CW, and SSB. Or a Hallicrafters SX-101? also very handsome and a good performer Or if you want something that isn't 19 wide and 75 lbs, but is about the same width as the Ranger, a

Re: [AMRadio] [National] NC-303 Meter Face on the web

2009-02-18 Thread Nick England
Thanks to Bill W0NG - the file is now accessible via my NC-300 / NC-303 page http://www.virhistory.com/ham/nc300/nc300.html BLOCKED::http://www.virhistory.com/ham/nc300/nc300.html The direct file URL is BLOCKED::http://www.virhistory.com/ham/nc300/SMeter_nc303.pdf

Re: [AMRadio] Why KD5CPL hasn't been on the air for six months.

2009-01-28 Thread Nick England
73 good luck, Gary. Nick KD4CPL - I did a double take when I saw the call in the subject line :-) __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/

Re: [AMRadio] A special day today

2009-01-20 Thread Nick England
I dropped out of ham radio in the early 70's and spent several decades designing and debugging systems with 1000-2000 chips powered by a 5v 200a supply. No problem adding jumpers or scoping hot circuits (but keep your wedding ring in your pocket!). When I got back into boatanchor radios I

Re: [AMRadio] Navships catalog

2008-11-22 Thread Nick England
But wait, there's more - The 1953 follow-on manual JANAP 161 Directory of Communications-Electronic Equipment, which includes Army Signal Corps as well as Navy gear, is online thanks to K4OZY http://jptronics.org/radios/Military/JANAP161/index.html Many AM receivers and transmitters are

RE: [AMRadio] Fighting deed restrictions

2008-07-16 Thread Nick England
RTP is teeming with boatanchor guys too - glad you have found a good spot for your antenna farm and joining the gang down here! Nick KD4CPL Chapel Hill NC www.virhistory.com/navy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd, KA1KAQ Sent:

RE: [AMRadio]-AM 'contests'

2008-04-25 Thread Nick England
I have had some great times operating AM in the Classic Exchange - Sometimes the Southeast has had 10 or 12 stations in a round table with each switching between at least 4-5 different rigs - I had 15 rcvrs xmtrs going one year - the shack was nice and toasty. But I haven't heard any AM on CX in

RE: [AMRadio] My ARRL, Right or Wrong...!!!

2008-04-24 Thread Nick England
OK - just for the heck of it, try an experiment...won't cost you anything but a few seconds of your time. Instead of walking past the ARRL table at the next hamfest, make a point of saying something like - I sure wish the ARRL supported homebrewing and AM operation. Don't argue, don't get drawn