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  1. Dave239

    HR2510 transmit toreceive delay problem?

    I Have a friend with a 2510 that has a problem with a slow delay after he unkeys his mic before the receive starts working( 1-2 seconds). Changed his microphone with no difference. Any ideas wheat the issue might be?
  2. Dave239

    SSB drift on a vintage Golden Eagle Mark III

    I just bought a Golden Eagle Mark III. I haven't had a chance to try it our yet but I hear these radios are poor Sideband radio's because they drift too much when transmitting. If It does is there a cure for this? A little advice from the guys with experience running tube radios would be...
  3. Dave239

    your thoughts on the dac mark X ?

    So I went to look at a Moonraker 4 today, turns out the old guy was selling his whole station. I bought his mint condition DAC 10, and all his equipment. I don't anything about them but WOW what a nice looking radio. What should I know about this rig, I've never owned a radio with tubes in it before
  4. Dave239

    I want to stack 2 PDL II's.

    I just acquired 2 brand new PDL II's and I'm considering stacking them. Does anybody know how far apart the two antenna's should be from each other? what is the best way to co-phase them as well?
  5. Dave239

    Im looking for AM swing mod for a TRC-457.

    I have a TRC-457 dead keys 4 and swings to 8 on a peak meter, I need to set the dead key at 1 watt and let it swing to its full potential. can anybody give me a rough idea how I might go about this or a link to where I could get instructions on how to do it. Any parts required and so on. Thanks.
  6. Dave239

    gamma bar dimensions for a Skip Jack

    Hey folks, I acquired a Jo Gunn Skip Jack a while back that has never been set up yet, The guy that gave it to me cant find the gamma bar and instructions for it. I found the instructions on the internet but I still need a Gamma bar. I have a few kicking around from some scrap antennas so need...
  7. Dave239

    what to use to clean your equipment?

    I recently purchased some used radio's and the finish looks like it is good shape under the years of dirt that has accumulated on the knobs and face plate, what is a safe cleaner that wont scratch the chrome finish or remove any of the lettering? thanks in advance for your suggestions.
  8. Dave239

    what isolated solder iron do you recomend?

    I used to use a regular 35 watt iron but now I'm getting back in to the tinkering hobby, I realize I should be using an isolated or ceramic iron, I only see the Hakko 600 on Ebay from Japan, is this a reliable unit or should I look else where? Are all soldering stations isolated or do I have to...
  9. Dave239

    858 PLL mosfet conversion questions

    Exit Thirteen started a thread 5 years ago, and that's what brought me to this forum, great work by the way. I have a couple of questions about this mod. I have several different versions of this board and the final area is different on some of them. the first question is on my Realistic...
  10. Dave239

    WTB Cobra 138XLR

    I'm looking for a 138xlr in decent shape working or not