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I was looking at a Drake TR-3...... I also picked up another Swan, a Swan 500CX SS-16 Special. man she sounds so smooth..... best receive on any of my radios with that 16 pole crystal filter.....
Another addition to my shack. Picked up a nice Siltronix Grey face 1011C for dirt cheap. Runs nice. I have already worked a good amount of European DX.
Obviously a short..... could be anywheres, bad final tubes 6146..... also check the red wires underneath coming from the matching loading coil going to the band switch, they had a common failure of melting and shorting together......
Yeah you have to check the solar flux then the band and see if it is active, I have a Ringo Ranger in my shed, use to use it all the time. A pretty good antenna. When the band is dead it dosent matter what antenna you have, LOL. When the band is open you should be able to work some good DX with...
Thanks, I now have another addition on it's way, I picked up a mint condition Heathkit SB-101..... cant wait to get it!!
I have also added a Swan Cygnet 260 and a Siltronix 1011D in the past couple months.
It seems like around the 20th of every moth the SF peaks, then drops.... so in another week DX will be rolling in..... this solar cycle has been weak so far....
This is a tough one.... I have used both in the last 20 years on being on radios. I see that the 5/8 wave vertical has a lower angle of radiation, but the dipole has a higher gain.... from my experience.... there are too many factors to weigh in to say one out performs the other with ease. I...
Thanks.... I know your talking about the old Hammarlunds, Collins and Hallicrafters.... let me rephrase and say "Old Classics" I like running the tube radios.
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