Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Jim Wilhite
I was confused, Ron... no the screen doesn't need to be resonant. It's merely a control voltage. Now, there -is- a need to modulate the screen of the final. -- -Geoff/W5OMR The best way to do that is put a choke in the screen lead. Or drop the B+ through a big resistor if you run 2

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Geoff/W5OMR
K3PID wrote: Geoff, I can't imagine why you would want a resonant screen supply. Is there any reason to? Isn't the screen supposed to be steady state? Would there be any advantage to having it vary with the plate? How would you synchronize them? 73 K3PID Ron H. I was confused, Ron... no t

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread K3PID
Geoff, I can't imagine why you would want a resonant screen supply. Is there any reason to? Isn't the screen supposed to be steady state? Would there be any advantage to having it vary with the plate? How would you synchronize them? 73 K3PID Ron H. _

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Ed Berbari
cussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc.. On 7/24/07, Peter Markavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know Todd - you seemed a lot older when I met you, but then again, I was probably suf

[AMRadio] Re: Average Age, etc.

2007-07-24 Thread D. Chester
I would get about a 50% on the current extra test... Brett N2DTS I just turned 65 in June. Retired on 24MY07. Now officially old buzzard. I need to get me a slopbucket rig now so I can get on 20m during the day and talk about colonoscopies, medications, blood pressure, social security, et

Re: [AMRadio] Re: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Geoff/W5OMR
A.R.S. - WA5AM wrote: Geoff, Don't forget Mr. Lum/K5AYD still on just about every day and late night from Cache, OK. Lum is, or will be 87 this year, born in 1920. WWII vet, etc. BTW, I think Perry IS on this list, however he hasn't posted anything yet. This thread really makes me feel like a

Re: [AMRadio] Re: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Bill Fondren
Brian I'll toss my hat in as well as K5BAI's (no computer). I'll be 76 in Oct and Jim is 78. Both of us are on AM each morning from north Texas. I well remember when I got my First Class ticket. Kansas City the day before Thanksgiving way back when. I show up and only one inspector wa

Re: [AMRadio] Re: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread KX5KW
I always enjoy listening to Lum and his World-Wide Apache - K5"A"YD! Besides, he's a fellow old tractor collector! :) 73', Kent/KX5KW On Tuesday 24 July 2007 12:02:12 pm A.R.S. - WA5AM wrote: > Geoff, > > Don't forget Mr. Lum/K5AYD still on just about every day and late > night from Cache, OK.

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Todd, KA1KAQ
On 7/24/07, Peter Markavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know Todd - you seemed a lot older when I met you, but then again, I was probably suffering from the contest/DX party time from the night before. According to the AMFone birthday announcements, I turned 107 on May 28th. 107, huh? Yo

Re: [AMRadio] Re: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread A.R.S. - WA5AM
Geoff, Don't forget Mr. Lum/K5AYD still on just about every day and late night from Cache, OK. Lum is, or will be 87 this year, born in 1920. WWII vet, etc. BTW, I think Perry IS on this list, however he hasn't posted anything yet. This thread really makes me feel like a youngster. I'll be 50

[AMRadio] Re: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread ne1s
Geoff/W5OMR writes: Because When Inductive Reactance (X(l)) equals Capacitive Reactance (X(c)) you get Resonance! At least in triodes. Pentodes need some extra work, due to screen voltages/current. As far as I know, the condition of resonance: XsubL = XsubC ; holds for the LC resonant cir

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Peter Markavage
I don't know Todd - you seemed a lot older when I met you, but then again, I was probably suffering from the contest/DX party time from the night before. According to the AMFone birthday announcements, I turned 107 on May 28th. Pete, wa2cwa On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:36:50 -0400 "Todd, KA1KAQ" <[EMAI

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Jim Wilhite
Geoff I have never seen a tuned circuit in the screen lead. Have you and if you have, I would like to see the diagram for interest's sake. Jim/W5JO From: "Geoff/W5OMR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That brings up a question... (and I'm asking because I just don't know pentodes/tetrodes) should the sc

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Geoff/W5OMR
Rick Brashear wrote: Yep! You're right, Ron. I know there was at least one schematic that had to be drawn and you certainly had to have a working knowledge of current flow and basic circuit design. I guess there were more questions then relating to the type of equipment we used in those days.

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread W4AWM
In a message dated 7/24/2007 9:37:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > John 'AWM - you just turned 70? Congrats, OM. When I saw you at > Dayton, I would've guessed late 50s/early 60s. Wow! Thanks, Todd. You made my week! 73, John, W4AWM **

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread Todd, KA1KAQ
On 7/23/07, Peter Markavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Central Electronics 100V and 200V (50's stuff) transmitters had no transmitter tuning on the front panel. Once you aligned them properly, there was no dip the dipper or peak the peaker or adjust the grid or diddle with the buffer, etc. Yes

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-24 Thread John Dilks K2TQN
At 08:30 PM 7/23/2007, kenw2dtc wrote: Since we are going down memory lane, I thought I would put in my 2 cents worth: http://w2dtc.com/w2dtc-radio-history-page.htm 73, Ken W2DTC Ken, You're fortunate to still have the photos, and so many of them. For whatever reason my parents didn't hav

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread kenw2dtc
Dave, You were very lucky to start out with good equipment. Great photos and history narritive. 73, Ken W2DTC -- http://members.cox.net/n7rk/history.html Dave N7RK __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (mus

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread David Hollander
Good evening - I have really enjoyed reading this thread. I have subscribed to this reflector for a couple of years but rarely post as I am a boatanchor collector who very rarely works AM. I do enjoy reading what's posted here. I am presently 55 and one of the younger of my local DX and boatan

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread J.D. Mac Aulay, WQ8U
Ken, Very well done - thanks for sharing the trip. I got my Novice ticket in 1954 when I was a freshman in highschool and got my First Class Radiotelephone ticket when I graduated. We had a lot of common experiences whithout ever meeting. Again, thanks for the great presentation. 73

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread Jim Wilhite
That was interesting reading Ken. Up until you started with high power, I was with you. I licensed in late 1955 and got on 80 meter CW as a Novice about 6 months later. My parents would not let me order anything until I knew I had passed the test. ARC equipment followed for about a year and

RE: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread Brett gazdzinski
current extra test... Brett N2DTS > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Brashear > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 7:42 PM > To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service' > Subject: RE: [AMRadio] RE

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread kenw2dtc
Since we are going down memory lane, I thought I would put in my 2 cents worth: http://w2dtc.com/w2dtc-radio-history-page.htm 73, Ken W2DTC __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: h

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread W4AWM
I gotta get in here, too. I turned 70 yesterday and my next project, if I ever get the time, is to recreate my old P-P 6L6 Novice rig and PS. I have all the parts ready to go, including the exact same power supply trannies that I got from an old radio store. BTW, If anyone had my original rig

Re: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread Peter Markavage
Central Electronics 100V and 200V (50's stuff) transmitters had no transmitter tuning on the front panel. Once you aligned them properly, there was no dip the dipper or peak the peaker or adjust the grid or diddle with the buffer, etc. Pete, wa2cwa On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:41:48 -0500 "Rick Brashea

RE: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread Rick Brashear
Yep! You're right, Ron. I know there was at least one schematic that had to be drawn and you certainly had to have a working knowledge of current flow and basic circuit design. I guess there were more questions then relating to the type of equipment we used in those days. When I got my General

[AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc..

2007-07-23 Thread K3PID
Hey! I'm 62 but whose counting? I seem to recall that when I upgraded my Novice license I actually had to draw a Hartley oscillator and label the component values There were some multiple guess but they were rules etc as I recall... K3PID ( was KN3PID at the time..) Ron H. This outgoing em