Re: [Drakelist] IRC Experiment

2010-12-11 Thread Brian Koontz
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 05:19:40PM -0500, Thom LaCosta wrote: > The IRC experiment was very frustrating.as far as I could tell, > less than 10 folks checked in and hardly anyone talked. What IRC experiment? Never saw mention of it; otherwise, I would have been there. Now that I'm thinking a

Re: [Drakelist] Drake Meter Question

2010-12-11 Thread Don Cunningham
Carl, Are you looking for the meter face, by any chance?? If so, look at www.ke9pq.com as he has some for sale. If you need something else, be specific and I may have it. I bought some of that kind of stuff a few years back from someone that offered and I'll take a look for you. 73, Don, WB5H

[Drakelist] Drake Meter Question

2010-12-11 Thread Gypsymt34
Hello all, Does anyone out there have JUST the meter from an MN4c, MN7, MN75, or WH70 to 300 watts. Functional or not. Carl wd8nhk___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

Re: [Drakelist] IRC Experiment

2010-12-11 Thread Thom LaCosta
At 17:08 12/11/2010, Jim Shorney wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:19:40 -0500, Thom LaCosta wrote: >The IRC experiment was very frustrating.as far as I could tell, >less than 10 folks checked in and hardly anyone talked. > >Thanks to those brave souls that gave it a try. Sorry to hear that, T

Re: [Drakelist] IRC Experiment

2010-12-11 Thread Jim Shorney
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:19:40 -0500, Thom LaCosta wrote: >The IRC experiment was very frustrating.as far as I could tell, >less than 10 folks checked in and hardly anyone talked. > >Thanks to those brave souls that gave it a try. Sorry to hear that, Thom. I enjoyed the brief chat that I had

[Drakelist] IRC Experiment

2010-12-11 Thread Thom LaCosta
The IRC experiment was very frustrating.as far as I could tell, less than 10 folks checked in and hardly anyone talked. Thanks to those brave souls that gave it a try. 73, Thom k3hrn ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailm

Re: [Drakelist] TR-7 28 MHz power falloff

2010-12-11 Thread Jim Shorney
Hi Gary, On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:34:19 -0500, Garey Barrell wrote: >PIN diodes are kinda like PA tubes. They get leaky, and start to fall >off at the highest frequencies first. They don't always short or open! That may be true, but I wouldn't expect that much in just 400 KHz. I've been tempted

Re: [Drakelist] TR-7 28 MHz power falloff

2010-12-11 Thread Garey Barrell
Jim - PIN diodes are kinda like PA tubes. They get leaky, and start to fall off at the highest frequencies first. They don't always short or open! Perhaps this is why you're not hearing much on 10 either! :-) Yes, it could be a cap in the LP filter, but I'd say diodes are much more likely

Re: [Drakelist] TR-7 28 MHz power falloff

2010-12-11 Thread Jim Shorney
I'm getting some great suggestions, thanks to everyone. However, just so we are all on the same page, I know about the PIN doides. I am discounting them at this point since the power out is OK at 28.0, but falls off by a good 35 watts by 28.4. This does not seem like PIN diode behaviour. 73 -J

Re: [Drakelist] TR-7 28 MHz power falloff

2010-12-11 Thread Jim Shorney
Thanks, Bob. Yeah, I know that those PIN diodes get blamed for lots of stuff that they don't really cause. :) I was getting a solid 90+ watts out on 10 Meters, with ALC, after I rebuilt the PA deck. Perhaps not the best it could do, but certianly adequate. The power level drop does not concern me s

[Drakelist] TR-7 28 MHz power falloff

2010-12-11 Thread Jim Shorney
Hi gang, Here's an odd one. Fired up the trusty 7-Line this weekend for the 10 Meter contest, and I noticed that I wasn't gettng any ALC action and power output was low. Further investigation revealed that the power drops from about 95 Watts CW at 28.0 to around 65 Watts at 28.4 MHz into a DL-100