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I have a stepdaughter heroin addict, currently in-recovery and over two years clean. God (through his servants in a church in TN where she now lives) stepped in. That said, she was clean several times before, always relapsed, and cost the family THOUSANDS in stolen property including priceless...

Back in the 90's, I ran some 75 ohm hardline that the local cable company took to the scrap yard. I paid $20 for 200 ft of the stuff. I made "transformers" outta 5/8" hard copper water pipe with an SO-239 soldered on the end for each end. These were adjustable by simply loosening the hose clamp...

I hate to agree with the consensus, but yep -- the coax is toast.

I don't have much to report this week. THE TRIP TO OUR 'PAINT & BODY' DEPT (my back porch); I've put the armor on the 'back burner' until now because I had too many other 'honey-do's' to complete while it's still tolerable outside.... I do DOODLY outdoors in the summer due to the brutal heat n...

Very true. He wasted no time getting back to me on this. But I'd be looking into their testing/matching dept to find out how this got past them, much less, why it didn't smoke their diagnostics gear when they plugged this puppy in. I'm sure Scott is "on it" now though hh.

I hear ya! It needs caster wheels instead of rubber feet for sure. I've kicked around the idea of installing a ceiling hoist in the shop, just to get some of this iron up on an engine stand!:sneaky: The armor ALONE on this Gonset is 2mm thick, and weighs about 11Lbs --- by itself! Overbuilt to...

CHASSIS TEAR-DOWN & CLEANING COMPLETED; I have the chassis down to the frame, minus the tank circuit up front, and EVERYTHING sticking out of the back. NAS-TEE! I pulled the power supply filter board and stripped it down. Two of the five 100K bleeders are out-of-spec. The caps all checked good...

The transformers in these old Gonsets have no provision for 240V input. Strictly 120V. I have a set of Penta 811A's en-route, but I don't plan to keep this amp. I just wanted to turn it into a daily driver for someone. I kicked-around the thought of simply "mono-banding" it, but wanted to play...

Even tho I had one of these, I no longer have the schematic, nor am I familiar with the switching network in it to begin with. Some local weenie down here in SWF "bought" it --- but never paid for it.... :mad: That said (and given your troubleshooting progress so far) I would look for a 4, or 8...

After removing the armor, I gave the innards a good visual, pulled the tubes, and checked for obvious issues. I found the relay contacts to be FUBARed, and a wire dangling at the main comp board (at least, I THINK that's where it came from). I think it's bias because it comes from the relay on a...

Gonset GSB201 Moderniziation. YEARS ago, (1995 I think), I picked this old girl up at a local tailgate, and it came with the original manual. I traded an old Kenwood TS-7500 2 meter rig for it. As you can see in the pics, this amp was very rough, but I'm just attracted to 'old iron'. And at...

Thanks, and yes, they were great rigs back in the heyday! Well this one does look nice, and werks great --- but the clock mech (which would be out-of-frame) is totally missing. I took it out to repair it, and then it mysteriously 'disappeared'. The 13-898B was my first "real plug-in" base...

"Handic 2305".... A real WTF rig if I ever saw one! ;

Seems that switchers are always a crap shoot with noise. Some will work fine where you use them, but some others may just go into crowbar somewhere else. The only thing you can do is try them and see if they'll work for you or not --- Or just keep the old Astron beast in line.

That all depends upon the "campground" one drives into. Some are a hoot, while others are where itinerant tweakers go for their meth. ;) As Codeman put it, I like the rag-chews on 40M and 80M too. I miss joining-in, but have been unable to since Hurricane Ian finished what Hurricane Irma started...

I did try it. That's why I'm knocking it. Definitely not my favorite mode.

That's exactly how I feel about FM. I never understood the attraction. Oh sure --- Once you've got the squelch set, it's quiet. But I can't receive anybody except the guy in the lane next to me. And I'm not singling-out 11M here. 2peater simplex 'draws vacuum' also.

Yes, that's the same software ("meter"). I printed-out some labeling for an old Swan MKII basket case amp using MS Paint and that 'waterslide' decal paper on my laser printer, and it works fantastic for that! Only two issues with the method: It needs to be clear-coated to keep the ink from...

I found a possible printable solution to meter scales using an app called "METER" available from tonnesoftware.com. Measure the original scale, design the scale using the "wizard" feature, then print out the meter nomenclature onto Koala's "Waterslide Decal Paper", and there ya are. The...

Very cool! Work the kinks out and mass-produce these meters as a set on Feepay, and you'll sell gajilions! I know this is an old thread, but what can I say? I did a search for "Grid+Plate+sb220" on 'duckduckgo', and this old thread popped up first. They look great too!