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To become proficient with tuning SSB there is a bit of a learning curve, but well worth the effort. You will also find that SSB mode is also helpful in tuning in weak AM or AM stations that are plagued with interference.

I haven’t heard so many CW stations on 10 in years. Unlike the past, very little QRS operators, straight keys, bugs are being represented. 99.9% high speed keyboards equipped with CW readers. Real CW?? Makes me wonder how many of them actually know any code beyond 5 wpm. I loved the old...

After you spent that money pairing those choices together you may decide the Cobra 78X or 29GTL was a mistake. The Handic 235 rules the world of orange.

In the mid 50’s I grew up in the corn fields, 60 miles south of Chicago listening to WLS. Kids with their 7 transistor AM only radios sang along on my bus to such hits as Honeycomb and The Banana Boat Song. Later as time moved into mid 60’s, WLS played the “Chickenman” radio series. He's...

I’m curious to know what radio they are using inside that older (much larger) version. I’m assuming it’s another Uniden Model. These are some photos of a little newer version. Basically it’s a 510xl. As you can see, the channel selector has been replaced with an internal recorder board and a...

That was one of the first meters I used in the field. The meter movement went bad early on with mine, and I understand that’s a common problem with these. Fortunately Johnson sold me a replacement. Nowadays I’m sure I’ll need a parts example if it needs another one. Realizing it’s not made for...

This is the clearest schematic I have of the PC-409. Should be about the same as the base (ac) version. I wish it was better, but given a substandard scan, there’s only so much enhancement that can be accomplish. At least most parts are readable. If anyone else has a better copy, please post.

An enhanced version of the assembly manual (better than Bama) plus another PDF of improvements of that classic rig. Hope these help....

Does the 2510 have some unusual sized caps? Yes, but it’s not a necessity to replace them with exactly the same size dimensions. Doc never thought so, and neither do I. The 2510 has a number of very small caps. Depending on the circuit, Doc replaced many with larger sized ones that had a...

This is all I do...If necessary I carefully bend to size with a needlenose.

Broadbanded circuit…check No relay bypass circuit…check That leaves me with the conclusion that this was made to accompaniment a SWL listeners receiver, particularly those old school receivers that lacked sensitivity above 20 Mhz.

A word of caution that’s not mentioned about those octal plugs, always make sure the power cord is unplugged from the wall socket first before attaching the octal plug. IMO the key post on male side should have been made a little longer to avoid any pins from making contact incorrectly before...

I’ll go back to monitoring 19 whenever the skip is gone. For now 16 LSB is where it’s at.

I use an O-Ring on my Retevis RT-5. Unlike the locking methods the ring provides just enough friction to keep the knob from creeping, yet it will still maintain full function.

I'm in..."sunbulls 300" LSB...on my bearfoot rat-shack...

Scanning several local VHF and UHF repeaters, FRS Ch1, Ch19, plus the continuous Monday hype about the Buffalo Bills win. Go Bills!!...

Maybe it’s just conditions, but from my end in western NY, he doesn’t seem to have the same consistently strong signal day after day. His audio quality is still good, but has also degraded slightly. He was absent the airwaves for several months. The CB'ers at out gravel pit during that time...

I’m occasionally asked,” why do you keep maintaining all those old radios when you can move on to something new”? For me the answer is simple. “They need me”.

Just another way to provide some additional heat sink. I cut the tops and bottoms off two appropriately sized tin cans that would tightly sandwich all the resistors between them. By first laying all the resistors out like spokes on a wheel, a mark was made on the cans where each resistor lead...