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858 PLL Mods and stuff
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Oh no, I just got a minty 139xlr and the site comes up blank on my browser. Anyone have the pdf?
Brandon -
Yes it is gone. I took it down because many of the links on the page were no longer active and needed updating. Also, many plagiarists were copying my info verbatim and reposting it, claiming that my COPYRIGHTED hard work was theirs. After contacting them, most took the info down. The only one that didn't was dealt with by my brother, the attorney. That guy's site is down now too. That hassle aside, I haven't decided if it is worth the time and effort to redo the site. The number of visitors has declined a lot over the past couple of years. The 858SSb chassis is 45 years old and just not that popular anymore.
So, my apologies for shutting it down. The site had over 650,000 visitors over its 16 year run, and that made me proud. There is an awful lot of content, and the hard work necessary to repost the site, and finding the time will be just too difficult.
73.
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Sorry, my browser got stuck in a loop and 100k are all me lol. J/k, but I have hit that page many many times in the last 10 years. I'm sorry to see it go but I got it printed out and neatly organized in one of my binders. Thanks for the hard work you put into it.
Knew I should have mirrored it when I had a chance. Thanks for keeping it going as long as you did.
That must be quite upsetting, sorry to hear that. My only fear is that now, with the original gone, there is no record of where that information actually came from. I admit, I mirrored it, but unless I am the only person that did so, either in part or in whole, it will probably pop up again somewhere with someone else's name on it.
Would you ever consider posting it here? Good chance this site will be here for quite a while and I think your site deserves a place in history, not to be forgotten about and then badly copied later. I hope you decide to bring it back
The Information on the page was verry valuable to me when I restored my 138xlr. I bought the rotary switch for the channel mod about 4 years ago and never used it. Look what procrastination does to you. I can't even remember what the sticky thermal stuff you talked about on the page was called. I feel lost on my vintage radio adventure.
And I almost forgot the dual clarifier mod and the filter you can add from a cobra 2000. I am trying to reconstruct the page from the cobwebs of my mind.
I started on a TRC449 today and was looking for 858 info. This post popped up.
Here's something I saved a while back. If it's not allowed let me know, I'll take it down.
Here's something I saved a while back. If it's not allowed let me know, I'll take it down.
Was going to do the controlled carrier mod after finding a failing VR8. I thought the 1K dimmer pot would be a cool spot for an adjustable carrier to use with "low drive" amps.
Also noticed that the schematic drawing doesn't match the trace illustration, C102 would (still) be on the emitter the TIP120 not on the "transformer output" line following the illustration. To be like the schematic C102 would have to be on the other side of the transformer with a new ground hole (lower right trace).
So some questions pop up. Could I leave JP5 and C102 where they are? and Would C102 hurt the modulated transformer output by smoothing it out, if it were like the schematic drawing?
If anyone has done this mod (or knows best) please chime in.
