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Yes i know MANY years late however mine uses 100 ohm 5 watt potentiometer.

I hope this is what you are looking for https://www.logwell.com/capabilities/stock/xistors.html I also attached a PDF not sure its the full catalog as it seems small? Hope this helps.

I will tell you how i solved this problem. Last year i noticed a S9 level of noise and any of my radios and i picked up my 40 channel RS walkie talkie and started walking around my house until i found the noise was the worst at the north end of the house. I went all thru that part of the house...

I see this often on Ebay, People who have no idea of what they re talking about. I hope that if you are looking for any radio equipment you have enough information or do your research BEFORE you buy anything. Normally you can use Google to find out what is going on before you buy or bid. Happy...

As a 3D printer owner/user in most cases i believe in order to be strong enough you might find the holder to be to thick to fit?

I bought one last year it was a Duracell 175. But if you look at the picture I post you can see the factory Duracell battery is made up of button cells either a76 or lr44s.

Spring is here fire up the Blazing BBQ

To answer this question for the next person looking for a mobile tube squeal. When you run a mobile tube linear they use electronics to make the high voltage needed and as a result of this you hear this squeal. Yes i know its not the correctly explained reason but it is simple. Also when i have...

I keep hearing about people puting in the "C" versions to get more power and they keep blowing them. The standards you can get away in most of the time just replacing the Toshibas but not with the C versions they are a totally different item.

The problem i see is that the case is 3D printed and its not a good job. back maybe my first month using my printer it had lines like that but to me i would not sell a print job like that until i learned how to print with out the lines like that OR fine sand them out which is not very hard.

As with most projects I have not gotten around to putting a power supply together and do some testing. I will post results at that. Time. Of course life does get in the way of hobbies.

And it works well doing this!

First thing is the Raiders "normally" do not use 6LQ6 tubes, They normally do not have tubes that use plate caps on top. they normally use 6JR6,6JG6,6JT6 tubes or similar. I have seen a few that have been modified to use 6LQ6 or 6KM6 tubes but none of the half dozen that i have had came with...

I will do that soon. First i am replacing the OLD electrolytic capacitors before i fire it up!

And here today 2/23/2024 i just unboxed a belive it or not a NOS Sonar BR21. Its crazy its close to pristine.