Article: 327199 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <4pefp11rvrkp3f05r694f7fb5vk9brimt6@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Answers come from strange places Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 09:53:27 GMT What's strange is how often this type of thing happens. Remember a couple of months ago I received a radio from a 55 T-Bird -- except it's not a T-Bird radio. No model number, which is strange for Ford. It was for repair -- and was a real mess, missing components and some real Mickey Mouse treatment. The next day I received an identical radio for conversion -- in pristine condition. I was tempted to simply swap radios, but didn't -- however when stripping down the second radio for conversion, I kept a lot of the parts -- fuse holder (which I needed), IF's, and other things. Turns out the other one was from a 54 Ford, deluxe Sylvania. For whatever reason this radio does not have the model number stamped on it. That radio was so badly molested that I had to rewire about 3/4 of it. What's worse is that even from the factory, some of the wiring did not perfectly match, making me wonder if this was some Canadian version or something. I made a copy of the schematic, got a hi-liter, and got to work checking/rewiring the whole thing according to the schematic in front of me. For missing parts -- coils, terminal strips, etc., I looked in my box of goodies and found them. When finished it played perfectly. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Blacksmith" wrote in message news:4pefp11rvrkp3f05r694f7fb5vk9brimt6@4ax.com... > On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:33:25 GMT, "Gary Tayman" > wrote: > >>Okay, I've got a 62 Corvette radio that needs a fusible resistor. >>Figuring >>I'll never find a proper replacement, I installed a regular 5 watt and >>started this thread over what I should do for a fuse. >> >>Meanwhile, today I received another 62 Corvette radio, for conversion to >>stereo. Need I continue? > > Lucky. Funny how things work out. > .... > Blacksmith > > > > ... > Radio Literature on disc. > 136 issues (11 years) of SERVICE magazines on CD or DVD. > 175 issues of RADIO RETAILING magazines on CD or DVD. > Very early NRI home-study radio courses on CD. > Mallory Encyclopedia on CD. > Record Changers & Recorders by Rider (1941) on CD. > Radio Troubleshooter's Handbook > -- renovatedradiosdotcom -- Article: 327200 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: Subject: Re: Crosley success Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:12:49 GMT Mark, That's not a bad idea! The train club had flyers on a nearby table; I might do the same. Next year I need to make a couple of small cards saying something like, "Crosley Fiver, 1941 Courtesy Sarasota Antique Radio Club." I would also like to make some sort of soundtrack to be played. For some reason, the Christmas programs during the 40's didn't really have all that much Christmas music in them. Some yes, but not much. During most of the display, regular Christmas CD's were played -- which was nice, but less interesting than OTR. Since most spectators are only in the room for 5-10 minutes at best, A CD could be made from "clippings" of OTR cut and pieced. For example, Bing Crosby's show typically had about 15 minutes of singing, then either a skit or story for another 10 minutes or so, then finishing with another song. I'd leave in all the theme music and commercials, use the songs, but cut out the skits. Then immediately afterward I would have something like Fibber McGee, playing the music portions with only a few lines of skit, then enough Jack Benny to have Phil Harris or Dennis Day to do the music, then on to the next program, etc. This would be infinitely more interesting than playing "Feliz Navidad" over and over. Of course Bing's show was sponsored by Philco, but if anyone comments I'll tell them that Crosley cars had Philco radios in them! -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:goKdnToAeZBDMwreRVn-rw@comcast.com... > Great, now, put a nice little info take away card with the radios, not > only promoting you but maybe the club meets and collecting in general! > > I always include this quote... "Antique radios combine the style and > technology of their era like no other household possession." Also, I > usually state that most any antique radio can be made to play .. that > family > heirlooms can be brought back to life again. > > Mark Oppat > > > "Gary Tayman" wrote in message > news:IFMlf.607$n1.239@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> Today was the last day of the display at the Crosley mansion, so this >> afternoon I pulled out my radios. >> >> I did this as an experiment; it appears there was a lot of interest in > these >> radios (it always makes a difference to HEAR one rather than just look at >> it), and I've been asked to bring them back next year. Cool! >> >> >> >> -- >> Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical >> Sound Solutions For Classic Cars >> http://www.taymanelectrical.com >> >> >> > > > Article: 327201 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Daniele" References: Subject: Re: My Christmas wish list. Siemans K32-GWB parts. Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:38:46 GMT Jeffrey D Angus wrote: > Some of those Telefunken "snap lock" (is that the correct name?) > tubes. DAF11, DCH11, DF11, DL11 and UY11. One black bakelite socket > for them. I'd also be happy to buy about 5 duds expressly for > making adaptors to use american 7 or 9 pin miniatures. I suppose > I should throw out at least one un-obtanium part. The dial pulley > on the main tuning capacitor. > > Jeff Jeff, did you had my email with schematic? (i have the sockets, i will ship you a couple and i can give you a dud tube). Daniele Article: 327202 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Larry Fowkes" References: <11pf110lu7v3110@corp.supernews.com> <4837f$4397950b$4232be30$682@COQUI.NET> Subject: Re: ATTENTION MIDWEST CONSOLE RESCUE PERSONNEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <1XUlf.28051$dO2.26390@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:38:37 GMT I'm all over it Mark !!! "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:gpqdnabOXOlpMQrenZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@comcast.com... > That town is about 35 mins from me. Larry Fowkes, this is yours, man! > > Mark Oppat > > > "Gary Tayman" wrote in message > news:qCMlf.606$n1.221@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> Yes, that got me at first. He means "console rescue personnel who live >> in >> the midwest." >> >> I too was wondering how this Philco got confused with being a Midwest. >> >> >> -- >> Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical >> Sound Solutions For Classic Cars >> http://www.taymanelectrical.com >> >> >> "Bill" wrote in message >> news:4837f$4397950b$4232be30$682@COQUI.NET... >> > Hagstar wrote: >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1934-Philco-Model-16X_W0QQitemZ6586319351 >> >> >> >> JOHN H. >> >> >> > Looks like a Philco console, not a Midwest console >> > >> > :) >> > >> > Ducking... >> > -ex >> >> >> > > > Article: 327203 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Hagstar Subject: Re: What Effect Does Diff. Size Vol. Ctrl. Have? Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 07:51:35 -0500 Message-ID: <11pgb2lp8b7n088@corp.supernews.com> References: <3m0dp1tmn9jb4el18lbrk9lihh4r7ou8e0@4ax.com> <9238a$4397dd18$4232bd35$15893@COQUI.NET> Bill wrote: > > Hmmm....having followed 'Blackmith's posts here.....I don't think he is > THAT clueless... ARE you kidding ? I ask YOU, Radio Sage of Vieques, obvious questions too. And I HOPE you'd ask me. Just to make sure, I mean we all neglect the obvious and not so obvious occasionally. John H. Article: 327204 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Bill Morris" References: <1133959869.144990.119620@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134004225.600178.81640@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: QUESTION: WHAT IS THE BEST RADIO REPAIR BOOK TO GET? Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:17:22 -0500 Message-ID: <43983275$0$3762$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net> There's one by John Frye called "Radio Receiver Servicing". It's written in a matter-of-fact style. One of the best books I've ever read. You can find a copy at bookfinder dot com. "Bill" wrote in message news:d654e$4397b9ab$4232be30$9850@COQUI.NET... > Bret Ludwig wrote: > >> Daniele wrote: >> >>>SHOCKLEY wrote: >>> >>> >>>> If you are a newbie such as myself, what is the best book to buy in >>>>order to learn how to repair tube radios??? How/where can I order >>>>it??? >> >> >> >> Troubleshooting, Servicing, and Theory of Am, Fm, and Fm Stereo >> Receivers >> Clarence R. Green, Robert M. Bourque >> >> The classic volume for Technicians and Hobbyists >> >> This book, which was commonly used as a textbook in technician-level >> electronics programs and introductory engineering courses, > > For a newbie-newbie my recommendation would be How to Repair Old-Time > Radios by Clayton Hallmark. From there one can continue moving upwards to > all the other fine texts mentioned. > > -Bill Article: 327205 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: szekeres@pitt.edu (GregS) Subject: Re: Best glue for bakelite? Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:48:23 GMT Message-ID: References: <4397CC53.F666B1B6@earthlink.net> <14250-4397D8CF-100@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> In article <14250-4397D8CF-100@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net>, cuhulin@webtv.net wrote: >I haven't ever tried Gorilla Glue www.gorillaglue.com but they >advertise it will glue most anything together.Epoxy glue and fiberglass >resin is always good to use.About eight years ago,I had a couple of >pinhole leaks on the bottom of my van's gas tank.I repaired them with >firerglass cloth and epoxy resin.No leaks yet.Home Depot stores sell >Gorilla Glue and fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin.Marine supply stores >and Sears stores also sell fibglass cloth and epoxy resin. >cuhulin > I think this is mostly for wood. It requires water for it to work right. As I mentioned before, I did use Bakelite glue some years ago. For most all of my heavy duty applications now, I use Plummers Goop. Its very tough, and sticks to most things. Its takes at least a couple of days to cure. greg Article: 327206 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Hagstar Subject: Re: ATTENTION MIDWEST CONSOLE RESCUE PERSONNEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:49:56 -0500 Message-ID: <11pgeg28iugph67@corp.supernews.com> References: <11pf110lu7v3110@corp.supernews.com> <4837f$4397950b$4232be30$682@COQUI.NET> <11pfbq5c694tv15@corp.supernews.com> <15704$4397ba67$4232be30$9850@COQUI.NET> Midwest radios never seem to need rescuing unless they are postwar. One with no changer all taken apart went for many hundreds in Conn. on the 'Bay recently. John H. Article: 327207 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Larry Fowkes" References: <7i9ep1hk4hk59sulqbd4ml0gdlecd0d7p1@4ax.com> <024fp19egk4g1u7umoktb6n1g4v42kb9gq@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Freed Eisman NR-6 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:59:10 GMT "Alan Douglas" wrote in message news:024fp19egk4g1u7umoktb6n1g4v42kb9gq@4ax.com... > Hi, > > Shameless plug: Radio Manufacturers of the 1920s, vol.2, has a > 20-page chapter on Freed-Eisemann. > > Alan, Any word on another print run for vol 2 or making it available on disk for a fee? I would love to plug the hole between Vol 1 and Vol 3. Larry Fowkes Article: 327208 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Best glue for bakelite? Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 06:54:47 -0700 Message-ID: <20000-43983B27-177@storefull-3253.bay.webtv.net> References: <4uWdndPCk5CewhneRVn-qQ@comcast.com> Then why are several of my superglued 10+ years ago bakelite radios still perfectly glued then ? Even the ones under stress where they had to be clamped together are still fine . The best glue seems to be the glue each person chooses for themselves . Article: 327209 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439841A1.6020302@socal.rr.com> From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: My Christmas wish list. Siemans K32-GWB parts. References: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:22:58 GMT Daniele wrote: > Jeff, > did you had my email with schematic? > (i have the sockets, i will ship you a couple > and i can give you a dud tube). > Daniele Yes, thank you. The schematic is perfectly readable. And yes a couple of sockets and a dud will work fine. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327210 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attic antenna question From: Larry References: <4397CFAB.62DBC5D9@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:23:42 -0500 "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in news:4397CFAB.62DBC5D9@earthlink.net: > We had a spark gap lightning > arrestor where it entered the electronics lab but more than one guy got > a nice shock, just before the gap arced over. > Ours was a spark plug, but we often forgot to put it back "online", so to speak, because we also used the wire for transmitting and on some freqs it would flashover with such a small gap if the spark plug happened to be on a voltage node on that frequency. We had some serious rhombic diamonds and, because the railroad tracks went behind their house about 100 yards away, we loaded the rails or used them for counterpoise and, after we found out the old telegraph lines weren't being used for anything any more, cut them at the nearest telephone pole along the tracks and had a glass-insulated, heavy dipole that was probably over 100 miles wide and 25' off the ground. Attempts to walk the tracks and find out how long it really was proved useless, but fun for teenaged boys. It made a helluva great transmitting antenna. Even the tracks, themselves, when shunt fed in a big delta feedpoint, made a great transmitting antenna for our little Novice station. This was all in the early 1960s. I went back "home" in the 1990s and made it a point to see if any of our "stuff" was still around. Lots of the wires, though broken by storms, was still in the air. We had placed a kid's metal lunchbox, nailed to a stump right next to the upper guy wire where the town's main high voltage power feeder turned a corner at the top of the 800' hill. It was still there, too, and working! Inside the lunchbox was a crystal receiver I had made when I was about 12, about 1958. INside the rusty lunch box was an old set of Army headphones and the crystal set with its connecting wires. I tried it out and it still could pick up lots of AM stations when you tuned across the coil. The box was pretty rusty so it might be history, now...(c; Article: 327211 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: More great manuals on usenet From: Larry Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:26:39 -0500 The posting of radio manuals continues over on alt.binaries.ebook.technical and there are now Collins, Hammarlund, Military, etc. to choose from. Got an ARC that needs a tuneup? The tuning instructions are over there...(c; Article: 327212 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Secret Santa 2005 References: <1133194585.389772.261290@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <8RGif.43776$2k6.4519@tornado.socal.rr.com> <1133282120.592393.271220@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1133808964.111459.137590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:57:47 GMT Just a reminder. if you submitted you name to the "list" and did NOT get your assignment yet, please let me know. Santa's little helper. And for today's entertainment. A twisted advent calender. Just click on each little door. http://poisonedminds.com/ -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327213 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" Subject: What would a fair price for a.... Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:29:29 GMT Gents and ladies, What would be a fair price for a fully restored Transoceanic 8G5005YT for me to expect when sold? See pictures at http://www.ppinyot.com/transoceanic/transoceanic.htm bottom of page. Receives well on all bands, working pop up fully extendable wave rod working wave magnet, broadcast wavemagnet extension cable, two hard suction cups, fully aligned. Thanks, Paul. Article: 327214 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Radioal" Subject: Hallicrafters T-54 Televeison Set Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 14:27:14 -0500 I have been restoring a 1948 Hallicrafters T-54 7" electrostatic deflection TV set on and off for a couple of years. The metal flip-top cabinet has been completely refinished and the front panel was stripped and silk screened back to original Hallicrafters new appearance by Radio Restorations. I also have a second like-new restored front panel. I have replaced the selenium rectifier stack, all of the tubes and capacitors and quite a few resistors, but there are a couple of things not quite right yet - like the AGC action, some squirm in the horizontal sweep, etc. I have the original Howard Sams service info, but lack some of the equipment to properly troubleshoot and align everything. Is there anyone out there who works on these boatanchor TV sets that does good work? I have two chassis carcasses that I got for unique parts. The set has a new picture tube, and I have a near-new spare 7JP4 and a weak spare, so I have plenty of parts if needed. All I need is someone with the fine touch to finish the job. I'm not ready to sell it - I just want to see it work like I remember them working back in the 1950's. Anyone have any suggestions about who might finish this job for me? Thanks, Al Article: 327215 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43988E25.5D2BCD90@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Best glue for bakelite? References: <4397CC53.F666B1B6@earthlink.net> <14250-4397D8CF-100@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:49:34 GMT Bill wrote: > > Gorilla Glue is okay for wood...It adheres well. Yeah, but how well does it work on Gorillas? ;-) -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327216 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Hallicrafters T-54 Televeison Set References: Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:56:00 GMT Radioal wrote: > Is there anyone out there who works on these boatanchor TV sets > that does good work? Where is "there?" You're "bone yard" would be an expensive shipping expense if it's not local. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327217 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Lyndell Scott" References: Subject: Re: More great manuals on usenet Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:59:18 GMT How do you search the archives of this group or any other group. I remember at one time about using something like DaJa Vu, but can't remember now. I think Google purchased it, so is there a way to search the archives from Google? Article: 327218 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Best glue for bakelite? References: <4397CC53.F666B1B6@earthlink.net> <14250-4397D8CF-100@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> <43988E25.5D2BCD90@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:07:58 GMT Michael A. Terrell wrote: > Bill wrote: > >>Gorilla Glue is okay for wood...It adheres well. > > > > Yeah, but how well does it work on Gorillas? ;-) Nobody has lived long enough to find out. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327219 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: More great manuals on usenet From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:09:09 -0500 Larry wrote in news:Xns97266A491274Fnoonehomecom@ 63.223.7.253: > alt.binaries.ebook.technical oOPS...MY SCREWUP..... alt.binaries.e-book.technical There are hundreds of thousands of posts on Usenetserver. I've downloaded everything from the US Army Railroad Management manual to the Continental Airlines Boeing 737 Flight Manual, which a stewardess friend says is company confidential. This morning, as more manuals were appearing, I also got about a hundred brand new magazines in pdf format, complete! I was looking at the sport fishing magazines just a bit ago... Great group full of amazingly massive information.... Article: 327220 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "MIT" References: <1134002568.801488.101320@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1134048222.006464.51750@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1134054276.210658.40610@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Attic antenna question Message-ID: <5I0mf.32525$tV6.3707@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:28:49 GMT good idea but dont forget the imp trans on both ends of the coax.the other benifit besides less gain loss is that the coax will insure that all those relay pops and clicks from the ac /heater blower unit/light switches/fixtures etc will be attenuated if not eliminated. mit "ablebravo" wrote in message news:1134054276.210658.40610@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... | i'm not the smartest guy around here, but if it were me doing it, i | would use a coax lead-in from the attic down to the listening area. | Article: 327221 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: szekeres@pitt.edu (GregS) Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:54:42 GMT Message-ID: References: In article , Blacksmith wrote: >I've got some insulated wire, staple gun, and I'm ready to go up in >the attic and do it, but now I have reservations. > >I'm worried about lightening being attracted to it shooting through >the house. > >I'd set up a ground wire and rig a connection to it, but this is >coming from the attic, through the upstairs bedroom, through the floor >to a den below before it comes near an outside wall where I could >bring in a ground. If the wire was hit, lightening could follow it >down through the rooms before exiting to ground. > >Maybe ground would prevent lightening from hitting it much as a >lightening rod would work. > >After hearing about a house about a half mile from me that was hit by >lightening I'm wondering if I'm putting my family at risk by doing >this. The lightening struck the chimney, followed it down to the >basement, and on the way blasted the drywall off the walls, threw >furniture and the children on them across the rooms. The house was >less than a year old, but the interior is now totally destroyed. >Luckily, the wife and kids suffered only a few broken limbs and >concussions. >..... >Blacksmith There are a million stories. A fellow across the street, a house named the first fallout shelter house in America, was built with mostly steel framming, steel roof, steel garage door. Anyway, I guess he had a chimney antenna, up over the steel roof. I guess the lightning went down the cable into the basement and actually started a fire. No one hurt, but his HBO special of which was made up of hand drawn picture cells, had some damgage. Guess all that steel didn't help divert that lightning. The show was Allison and the Magic Bubble, pre ET movie. greg Article: 327222 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <4398A1E0.1C0C4FA4@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: More great manuals on usenet References: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:13:53 GMT Lyndell Scott wrote: > > How do you search the archives of this group or any other group. I remember > at one time about using something like DaJa Vu, but can't remember now. I > think Google purchased it, so is there a way to search the archives from > Google? http://groups.google.com/ for test only newsgroups, they don't archive the binaries. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327223 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <4398A2DE.B20A5BC5@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Best glue for bakelite? References: <4397CC53.F666B1B6@earthlink.net> <14250-4397D8CF-100@storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net> <43988E25.5D2BCD90@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:18:06 GMT Jeffrey D Angus wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > > Bill wrote: > > > >>Gorilla Glue is okay for wood...It adheres well. > > > > > > > > Yeah, but how well does it work on Gorillas? ;-) > > Nobody has lived long enough to find out. > > Jeff Kind of like a "Tootsie Pop"? -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327224 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "David Winter" Subject: Replacing belts: what material should I use ? Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 22:37:16 +0100 Message-ID: <4398a75f$0$19409$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-05.noos.net> Hello, I would like to know what type of endless belt is best for reel to reel tape recorders: urethane, leather or neoprene. The belts I need are not very thick, one is 3/32 in diameter and the other about 1/16. I tried to contact McMaster but they quickly replied saying they're unable to answer my question. Also, if any has a good source for these belts that would be great. Thanks, David Winter Article: 327225 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: More great manuals on usenet References: Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:39:36 GMT Which I suppose is way cool since copyrights don't mean a damn thing since "information yearns to be free." Jeff Larry wrote: > There are hundreds of thousands of posts on Usenetserver. I've > downloaded everything from the US Army Railroad Management manual to the > Continental Airlines Boeing 737 Flight Manual, which a stewardess friend > says is company confidential. This morning, as more manuals were > appearing, I also got about a hundred brand new magazines in pdf format, > complete! I was looking at the sport fishing magazines just a bit ago... > > Great group full of amazingly massive information.... > -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327226 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Re: Hallicrafters T-54 Televeison Set Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 06:53:22 +0900 Message-ID: References: "Radioal" wrote in message news:AO%lf.16766$Mi5.4050@dukeread07... > I have replaced the selenium rectifier stack, all of the tubes and > capacitors and quite a few resistors, but there are a couple of things not > quite right yet - like the AGC action, some squirm in the horizontal > sweep, etc. An electrostatic with AGC? That's quite a set you have there. All the old table models I've owned had manual gain control using the contrast control. Maybe it's just me that had the oddball sets. :) Article: 327227 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Rick Dasher Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Message-ID: <6ichp114cee59g12sk0aahnrofsdrpb9nq@4ax.com> References: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:26:56 -0500 How about installing a lightning arrestor. Here is an example of one. http://www.antennasystems.com/surgearrestors.html You would probably want to get the LA-3000 for the lower frequency range. On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:26:32 -0500, Blacksmith scribbled: >I've got some insulated wire, staple gun, and I'm ready to go up in >the attic and do it, but now I have reservations. > >I'm worried about lightening being attracted to it shooting through >the house. > >I'd set up a ground wire and rig a connection to it, but this is >coming from the attic, through the upstairs bedroom, through the floor >to a den below before it comes near an outside wall where I could >bring in a ground. If the wire was hit, lightening could follow it >down through the rooms before exiting to ground. > >Maybe ground would prevent lightening from hitting it much as a >lightening rod would work. > >After hearing about a house about a half mile from me that was hit by >lightening I'm wondering if I'm putting my family at risk by doing >this. The lightening struck the chimney, followed it down to the >basement, and on the way blasted the drywall off the walls, threw >furniture and the children on them across the rooms. The house was >less than a year old, but the interior is now totally destroyed. >Luckily, the wife and kids suffered only a few broken limbs and >concussions. >.... >Blacksmith > > > >... >Radio Literature on disc. >136 issues (11 years) of SERVICE magazines on CD or DVD. >175 issues of RADIO RETAILING magazines on CD or DVD. >Very early NRI home-study radio courses on CD. >Mallory Encyclopedia on CD. >Record Changers & Recorders by Rider (1941) on CD. >Radio Troubleshooter's Handbook >-- renovatedradiosdotcom -- Rick Dasher Zenith G500 TO Zenith 11S474 Philco 38-3 Philco 41-280 RCA 111K Atwater Kent 206 Article: 327228 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Nelson Gietz" References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134079961.187397.298520@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 16:17:58 -0600 "Peter Wieck" wrote in message news:1134079961.187397.298520@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > No "smartass" taken... > > And a very good question. > > The difference will be that you are only trying to stop that amount of > current that the wire is capable of carrying at that point. If the wire > is vaporized, truly the fuse will make no difference at all. But if the > wire would remain intact the fuse would stop further progress. > > As to the knife-switch, it would direct the energy to a good ground. > Antennas are risky. The goal is to put as many impediments as possible > against "Bad" electricity yet allow "Good" electricity to pass. > > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA > If I recall correctly, a charge builds up in the cloud and an opposing charge builds in the ground below, travelling along under the cloud under the potential reaches the point where the "dialectric" breaks down and the strike occurs. Would not an open gap type arrestor be the best setup? That way, when the antenna is disconnected, it's just a piece of metal and isolated from the ground charge. If it *does* reach the point of conducting, the gap will arc to the ground. Make sense? Nelson Article: 327229 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Chris F." Subject: Free: 1600 TV Tubes (Canada) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:57:33 GMT I have three boxes full of used TV tubes, everything from small miniatures to a few large sweep tubes. About 1600 in all. These are of little value and to me, are not worth trying to sell, so I'm offering to give the bunch away for free to anyone willing to pick them up. I'm located about 45 mins from Moncton NB. Anyone interested please contact me for further info. Thanks. Article: 327230 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Radioal" References: Subject: Re: Hallicrafters T-54 Televeison Set Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 19:04:33 -0500 I'm in Ohio - if someone is good, let me decide if shipping is too expensive. "Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message news:kd0mf.1809$pE4.915@tornado.socal.rr.com... > > > Radioal wrote: >> Is there anyone out there who works on these boatanchor TV sets >> that does good work? > > Where is "there?" You're "bone yard" would be an expensive shipping > expense if it's not local. > > Jeff > > > -- > RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to > the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal > force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED > under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327231 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Radioal" References: Subject: Re: Hallicrafters T-54 Televeison Set Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 19:05:56 -0500 According to the Sams folder - and the circuit diagram - it has at least a minimal form of AGC in the IF stages. "Brenda Ann" wrote in message news:dna9q4$207$1@news2.kornet.net... > > "Radioal" wrote in message > news:AO%lf.16766$Mi5.4050@dukeread07... >> I have replaced the selenium rectifier stack, all of the tubes and >> capacitors and quite a few resistors, but there are a couple of things >> not quite right yet - like the AGC action, some squirm in the horizontal >> sweep, etc. > > An electrostatic with AGC? That's quite a set you have there. All the old > table models I've owned had manual gain control using the contrast > control. Maybe it's just me that had the oddball sets. :) > > > Article: 327232 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Hallicrafters T-54 Televeison Set Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 18:30:36 -0600 Message-ID: <29932-4398D02C-205@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net> References: I own a nice looking G.E.table model tv set that was made in 1957.I bought it for five dollars at a Salvation Army thrift store about nine years ago.It doesn't work though,it wont even light up and I dont know how to repair tv sets and radios.I own about two or three hundred old radios.I just like to collect all kinds of old things,I have been a collector of old things all my sixty four years of living on this Earth. cuhulin Article: 327233 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Best glue for bakelite? Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 18:53:49 -0600 Message-ID: <29932-4398D59D-212@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net> References: <4398A2DE.B20A5BC5@earthlink.net> www.devilfinder.com What kinds of things is Gorilla Glue good for? I am not pushing Gorilla Glue and I wouldn't get near a Gorilla to try it out either.What I would use for bakelite repair is two part (resin and hardener) epoxy marine fiberglass resin (without the fiberglass cloth) and I would never worry about it ever coming loose either.I have always had very good luck repairing many things with marine grade epoxy resin. cuhulin Article: 327234 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: ISH Subject: When you can't find your tools... Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:43:35 GMT A while ago there was a thread here about putting down a tool while working at your bench and then not being able to find it. Or how about looking for your glasses while wearing or holding them? As I approach the age of 52, I find these things happening more and more. I found this a while ago and wanted to post it then, but couldn't find it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An article from the newsletter of The Norwich and District Society of Model Engineers which we would like to pass on to those who were not in attendance. (That's Norwich in East Anglia, UK) If forwarded, please give attribution to the above. The Uninvited Guest A very weird thing has happened. A strange old man has moved into my house. I have no idea who he is, where he came from, nor how he got in. I certainly did not invite him. All I know is that one day he wasn't there and the next day he was. He is a clever old man, and manages to keep out of sight for the most part, but whenever I look in the mirror to shave, there he is hogging the whole thing, completely obliterating my face. This is very rude. I have tried shouting at him, but he just shouts back. If he insists on hanging around, the least he could do is to offer to pay part of the rent, but no. Every once in a while I find a 5 pound note stuck in a coat pocket or some loose change under a sofa cushion, but it is not nearly enough. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I think he is stealing money >from me! I go to the bank and withdraw 100 pounds and a few days later it's all gone. I certainly don't spend money that fast, so I can only conclude the old man is pilfering from me. Money isn't the only thing he is stealing. Food seems to disappear at an alarming rate, especially the good stuff like ice cream, cakes and sweets. I can't seem to keep that stuff in the house any more. He must have a really sweet tooth, but he'd better watch it, because he is really packing on the pounds. I suspect that he realizes this and, to make himself feel better, he is tampering with my scales to make me think I am putting on weight too. For an old man he is quite childish. He likes to play nasty games like going in to my wardrobe when I am not home and altering my clothes so they don't fit. He messes around in my workshop too, hiding tools as soon as I put them down. This is particularly annoying, since I am extremely neat and organized. He also fiddles with my video so it does not record what I have carefully and correctly programmed. He has found other imaginative ways to annoy me. He gets into my mail, newspapers and magazines before I do and blurs the print so I can't read it and he has done something really sinister to the volume controls on my T.V., radio and telephone. Now all I hear are mumbles and whispers. He has done other things - like making my stairs steeper, and all my knobs and taps are harder to turn. He has even made my bed higher so that getting into and out of it is a real challenge. Lately, he has been fooling with my groceries, applying glue to the lids, making it almost impossible for me to open the jars. Is this any way to repay my hospitality? Just when I thought he couldn't get any meaner, he proved me wrong. He came along when I went to get my picture taken for my passport, and just as the camera shutter clicked, he jumped in front of me!! No one is going to believe that the picture of the old man is ME. Article: 327235 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question References: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:52:58 GMT Peter Wieck wrote: > > http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp?pn=3038806&bhcd2=1134076177 > > The single-pole, double-throw knife-switch will do you quite well. > Attach one end to a good ground. Attach the other end to the radio. The > antenna feeds the swing-arm. When you are listening to the radio, the > knife is in the radio-position. When you are not, the knife is in the > ground-position. > > You could also >>*SOLDER*<< a 1-A fast-blow glass fuse in-line with the > antenna and just before the downlead in the attic, raised well off the > floor (insulation) and between two staples. Any lightening strike > enough to pop the fuse will also likely break the glass severing the > antenna itself from the downlead. With the knife-switch, and a fuse of > that nature, you will have a belt, suspenders, velcro and super-glue > all at once working for you. > > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA Where are you going to get a 250,000 volt one amp fuse? All a one amp 250 V fuse will do is add anther small spark gap, if it doesn't vaporize and start a fire. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327236 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: <4398a75f$0$19409$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-05.noos.net> Subject: Re: Replacing belts: what material should I use ? Message-ID: <8A5mf.2261$i1.260@news-wrt-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 02:01:40 GMT If it's a known brand and model there may be replacements already available >from several places. If it's round you can try O-rings. If flat, there are several special and generic sources. Try Electronix: http://makeashorterlink.com/?L2791584C for generics. They're cheap too. There's also Russell Industries. They took over the PRB line and still have most rubber tape belts available. Ray "David Winter" wrote in message news:4398a75f$0$19409$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-05.noos.net... > Hello, > > I would like to know what type of endless belt is best for reel to reel > tape > recorders: urethane, leather or neoprene. The belts I need are not very > thick, one is 3/32 in diameter and the other about 1/16. > > I tried to contact McMaster but they quickly replied saying they're unable > to answer my question. > > Also, if any has a good source for these belts that would be great. > > > Thanks, > > David Winter > > Article: 327237 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Nelson Gietz" Subject: Amazing what you find searching under "raido" Message-ID: <5G5mf.109$X94.58@fe23.lga> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 19:07:48 -0600 It seems like a rather unusual piece, too... http://cgi.ebay.com/SILVERTONE-WIRE-RECORDER-TURNTABLE-RAIDO-NO-RESERVE_W0QQ itemZ5839941988QQcategoryZ3284QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Cheers, Nelson Article: 327238 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Scharf Subject: Re: Hallicrafters T-54 Televeison Set References: Message-ID: <6V5mf.69956$Y82.45283@bignews4.bellsouth.net> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:26:30 -0500 Radioal wrote: > I have been restoring a 1948 Hallicrafters T-54 7" electrostatic deflection > TV set on and off for a couple of years. The metal flip-top cabinet has > been completely refinished and the front panel was stripped and silk > screened back to original Hallicrafters new appearance by Radio > Restorations. I also have a second like-new restored front panel. > > I have replaced the selenium rectifier stack, all of the tubes and > capacitors and quite a few resistors, but there are a couple of things not > quite right yet - like the AGC action, some squirm in the horizontal sweep, > etc. > > I have the original Howard Sams service info, but lack some of the equipment > to properly troubleshoot and align everything. Is there anyone out there > who works on these boatanchor TV sets that does good work? > > I have two chassis carcasses that I got for unique parts. The set has a new > picture tube, and I have a near-new spare 7JP4 and a weak spare, so I have > plenty of parts if needed. All I need is someone with the fine touch to > finish the job. I'm not ready to sell it - I just want to see it work like > I remember them working back in the 1950's. > > Anyone have any suggestions about who might finish this job for me? > > Thanks, > Al > > Here's some photos...http://www.earlytelevision.org/hallicrafters_t54.html Nice looking set. Article: 327239 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: <5G5mf.109$X94.58@fe23.lga> Subject: Re: Amazing what you find searching under "raido" Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 02:41:28 GMT I see a lot of them on eBay. There was even one like this a couple of months ago that seller thought was from 1908 and started bidding at $1000. I'm amazed at how popular these must have been at one time. I've had a few I picked up at thrift shops and yard sales and can remember dozens more I passed on and later felt guilty about. If you watch enough you'll even find the tape/phono combo from a little later. That is pretty rare. Wire recorders could sound pretty good and were better than the home disc recorders of the day as well as cheaper to feed. Most used the same General Industries mechanisms so parts were interchangeable between makes. Tempting piece - if I wasn't over capacity already. Ray "Nelson Gietz" wrote in message news:5G5mf.109$X94.58@fe23.lga... > > It seems like a rather unusual piece, too... > http://cgi.ebay.com/SILVERTONE-WIRE-RECORDER-TURNTABLE-RAIDO-NO-RESERVE_W0QQ > itemZ5839941988QQcategoryZ3284QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > Cheers, > Nelson > > Article: 327240 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" Subject: Optimistic or...? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 02:43:35 GMT http://makeashorterlink.com/?N11A2284C aka: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Transistor-Radio-Lot-TRANCEL-RED-6tr-NIPPER_W0QQitemZ6586727321QQcategoryZ932QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Article: 327241 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:06:54 GMT In article , blacksmith1@wowway.com says... > > >I'll have to >drive a pipe into the ground outside the front of the house, drill a >hole through the brick, run a wire from it into my computer room... > >I guess I could do that. Hmm. >.... >Blacksmith > Yup you should do the above... not so much for the grounding of the attic antenna as the odds of it ever being hit are at least a million to one.... but the ground will take care of the one... and it also might just help get rid of some of the noise from your house in the old radios... lightning to cause any damage has to have a voltage differential ... so if the antenna is grounded not much chance of getting a hit that would cause any damage to anything .... now my 190 foot tower and antennas thats another story .... and no I don't disconnect any of it.... it is all properly protected and I can watch it work when the big strikes hit the tower.... zero damage each time. John k9uwa Article: 327242 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attic antenna question From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <1134054276.210658.40610@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:19:54 GMT In article <1134054276.210658.40610@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, aburnham@triad.rr.com says... > > >i'm not the smartest guy around here, but if it were me doing it, i >would use a coax lead-in from the attic down to the listening area. >ab > thats fine if you want to put an impedance transformer on each end... that coax is 75 ohms... and your longwire antenna is ballpark 600 ohms... and the radio wants about 600 ohms... so purchase two transformers for 75 to 600 ohms and then the coax will work properly. but then so will just running the plain old wire down to the radio.. now if you want a real antenna system .. one thats outside... away >from all the noise in your house and the neighbors and you have the space to put up such a wire.... now we are talking about a single wire thats maybe 400 feet or so long... and if it is away >from all this man made stuff... then I could see you using a pair of transformers and coax to get the signal into your house without picking up all the crap along the way.... and yes I also have 3 of these in 3 different directions.. John k9uwa / w4 Article: 327243 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Oscillator coil winding From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <1133752519.159441.295010@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134089474.590867.105020@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:42:17 GMT In article <1134089474.590867.105020@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, pgonshor@aol.com says... > > >Hi John, >It's the 11A chassis. I've also found that the C&D bias selector coil >primary is also open. in addition to the oscillator coil primary and D >secondary. Any help or suggestions are sincerely appreciated. >Dave > Hi Dave ... well don't know what to say here ... just take the bad coils out and make a drawing of what each winding is and figure out how to take off the bad part and rewind it ... thats much worse than the one I did.. same chassis .. all I had to do was one of the OSC coils .. John k9uwa Article: 327244 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "William B Noble (don't reply to this address)" Subject: Re: old hickok connector source? Message-ID: References: <1133886781.349726.283930@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1133890993.552518.232040@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1133894585.958348.43070@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:30:52 +0000 yep, that sounds like a microphone connector - I probably have one here if no one else chimes in - you can contact me off the list - my email is on my web site, www.wbnoble.com (note, I'm not trying to shill my site, just want to keep my email away from the spam spiders) On 6 Dec 2005 10:43:06 -0800, "ablebravo" wrote: >not that i can find, anyway, say from parts express or antique >electronics. it is kind of like a pl-259 but w/out the pin. a pad is >the actual contact. when screwed in, this pad contacts another pad on >the chassis connector. mic connectors i can find are usually male >multi-pin, but that doesn't mean i'm looking in the right place.... >ab Bill www.wbnoble.com to contact me, do not reply to this message, instead correct this address and use it will iam_ b_ No ble at msn daught com Article: 327245 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Omer Suleimanagich" Subject: American Made Transformers to Spec! Message-ID: <0P8mf.1426$3Z.172@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:42:20 GMT Check out these guys in New Mexico! http://www.edcorusa.com/classx/power/xpwr/Xpwr106.htm They make an excellent product at an affordable price! I just placed this unit in my Telefunken Opus 7, replacing the original , crappy, vibrating, German Hannover transformer. These people can make a replica of your transformer too! Omer Article: 327246 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Optimistic or...? Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 22:49:28 -0700 Message-ID: <4147-43991AE8-423@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net> References: Rare channel master tr6 NOT ! All 3 are no longer of much dollar value Try 10 years ago :-) The little RCA is kinda fun taking a special 4 volt battey and has a 3 wire speaker . I have 4 of these The Channel Master is a great radio and very pretty when in mint condition . The Transel .. ugly but most likely a great preformer . Article: 327247 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <43992BF7.18E34998@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question References: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:02:37 GMT Peter Wieck wrote: > > Glass fuses do not start fires... if the wire is vaporizing, it will > start a fire anyway. I will REPEAT the point of the fuse. > > IF the wire would otherwise retain any level of integrity, the fuse > will save a fire downline. If not, the fuse won't help, but it MIGHT > reduce the damage. > > Not 250,000 volts. A standard FAST BLOW 1A @ 250 V fuse. Just a small > additional safety item, cheap and simple to install. > > WHY is this so hard to grasp? > > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA I grasp the concepts of the high voltages and current involved in lightning damage quite well. I've also cleaned up the mess after lightning vaporized 250 volt fuses and caused major damage to buildings. If they were not built with concrete block and had precast concrete roof panels they would have burned to the ground. Its you that doesn't understand that the fuse is a bad idea. I've seen 1/2" rebar burnt away, and the concrete it was cast into exploded from the heat of the steel vaporizing. You want a heavy duty path with a heavy spark gap that won't vaporize or explode. If a fuse was a good idea it would be used at the base of AM broadcast towers instead of the massive spark gaps you find on every well built broadcast tower or array of towers. Lightning doesn't give a damn what you think, Peter, it is looking for a direct path to ground and will vaporize anything that can't handle the current flowing through that path. The only protection you would get >from your fuse idea would be if the current from static electrical fields were to reach one amp before the strike, but by that time the atmosphere is ionized enough to strike anyway and the blown fuse will arc over and vaporize. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327248 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Benjamaniac" Subject: American Bosch 480 Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 00:22:02 -0700 Message-ID: I'm looking for a one page scan of Rider's for an American Bosch 480. All I need is page 6-28 of Vol. 6. The scans I have of that page are terrible. Thanks, Ben Article: 327249 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: <4147-43991AE8-423@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net> Subject: Re: Optimistic or...? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:56:31 GMT I have all 3 in my collection or pile. The Trancel/Toshiba is a really nice performer when recapped and aligned. Same for the Channel Master/Sanyo. Good clear sound for such small sets and really decent sensitivity. All three are pretty common and I paid less than $10 for them - the Trancel and CM with their leather cases, complete with little earphone case. The RCA came with another radio or I wouldn't have it at all. Got a couple of orphans that way. The Channel Master in red is less common than the black ones but there are 2 or 3 on eBay right now. The RCA is pretty useless unless you want to get really creative. I ran one for a while on an old battery shell repacked with laser pointer batteries and a spring. More work than it was worth. Ray "Ken G." wrote in message news:4147-43991AE8-423@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net... > Rare channel master tr6 NOT ! All 3 are no longer of much dollar value > Try 10 years ago :-) > > The little RCA is kinda fun taking a special 4 volt battey and has a 3 > wire speaker . I have 4 of these > > The Channel Master is a great radio and very pretty when in mint > condition . > > The Transel .. ugly but most likely a great preformer . > Article: 327250 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Bill Morris" References: Subject: Re: Hallicrafters S40A looking for ultimate restoration Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 06:14:27 -0500 Message-ID: <43996725$0$3765$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net> Looks more like what's left of an SX-43. "gb" wrote in message news:bMednc-3a64MYAXenZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d@comcast.com... > At least the buyer is now taking offers for this poor S40. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-HALLICRAFTERS-RADIO-FOR-PARTS_W0QQitemZ6584064037QQcategoryZ132QQcmdZViewItem > Article: 327251 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Radioal" References: Subject: Re: Hallicrafters T-54 Televeison Set Message-ID: Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 07:42:07 -0500 Thanks, Jeff. I didn't realize I had asked for "somebody within driving distance". "Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message news:b_amf.4895$hI1.1603@tornado.socal.rr.com... > > > Radioal wrote: >> I'm in Ohio - if someone is good, let me decide if shipping is too >> expensive. > > I didn't mean it wasn't worth shipping... I just meant it was kind > of hard to know if there's somebody wihtin driving distance is we > didn't know "where" was. > > Jeff > > > -- > RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to > the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal > force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED > under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327252 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:18:07 GMT In article , blacksmith1@wowway.com says... > > >John, does the lightening go straight to ground without burning up >whatever is directing it to ground, or do you have a fusible link that >burns up? >.... >Blacksmith > A fusible Link when it is blown will create guess what a GAP between the antenna.... and the Ground.. that creates a voltage differential between those two points.... any differential and your looking for a problem to occur. Now there are protectors that are design to solve correctly this problem. Lets not get wrong information out there... and thats what we currently have in several of the posts into the newsgroup... start here... http://www.polyphaser.com/ppc_ptd_home.aspx now there are technically written sections that apply to most all of the questions that any of you will have.. Answer to Blacksmiths question lightning will sort of go directly to ground without damaging most things in its path... example... my 190 foot tower .. well it had a very nice 2 meter vertical antenna on top of it... first major strike and that thing was toasted... it blew about 4 feet of the top of it away... after 6 or 8 major hits on the tower... yes there is a "Counter" on the tower so I know how many times it has been hit. That top antenna is pretty well gone and now we have a piece of 2 inch diameter pipe up there. that the antenna was mounted to... it has never damaged that pipe yet and probably never will. Now there is a whole lot of current coming down that tower on a major hit. Where does all that juice go?... Coming away from the tower base in 8 directions are radials made >from 3/8" Inside Diameter Copper Tubing with a ground rod over 8 feet long spaced each 16 feet along each of those copper radials. total length of each of those radial deals is 1/3 of the height of the entire tower and antenna structure. so now about 90% of that juice goes into those radials and into the ground leaving only 10% of the strike to be dealt with coming toward the house and the equipment. Every Coaxial antenna line coming to the house has a polyphaser protector on it at the base of the tower. Each Rotor control line and each relay antenna control line... every one of them has either a special polyphaser protector on it or else it has MOV's on it... wazza a MOV .. thats a metal oxide varistor... fancy name for a shorting out switch that shorts out at a specified voltage ... the idea here is that you dare NOT have any GAPS.. everything that is in this antenna system and all metal crap that comes and goes from your house has to have some sort of protection gizmo on it.... and shorting crowbar if you will .... Example a single rotator for some of the antennas.. 8 wire cable to feed it with... one is ground... the other 7 are not grounded.. but they are all little bitty wires in very close proximity to each other coming through that cable into the house... at at the base of the tower and again where that line enters the house there are 7 MOV's on that cable ... these are all 24 volt and 48 Volt MOV's cause the normal operating voltages on this rotator at 12 and 24 volts... so if that line goes up to double voltage when lightning gets there... the MOV's clamp shut and then the voltage is ZERO between all of those 8 wires... no voltage no gaps nothing there to cause a problem. So ... since I have 3 towers with the tallest one at 190 feet... it gets hit the most often and the severest... the #2 tower has a top vertical antenna... just like the one that was destroyed on top of the tall tower... top of this one is at 140 feet... it has never been damaged... if you draw a line at 60 degrees from top of tall tower to ground level ... you have what Polyphaser calls your cone of protection area and that tower and antenna is within that range.... yes each antenna rotor relay line everything out there hass its own protector device.... entire ground system has 100 ground rods and 1200 feet of silver soldered to the ground rods copper tubing... there is ONLY ONE GROUND ... it extends along 2 sides of the house in the perimeter ground rods and the Power Line Ground and the Cable TV ground and the Phone Company ground... it is all tied into this system WITH protectors ....... Now this is one spectacular scene when the tower gets hit at night. First hint that its coming is all the lights in the house go out!... total blackness.... thats cause the Shunt Power Line Protector slammed shut... yup a total short on your incoming 240 volt AC Line ... house is black and a couple of microseconds later is the BIG BOOM and the backyard lights up like a HUGE flashbulb .... 2 seconds later the lights in the house come back on and all is well... now if you have guests there when it happens that don't know what happened you might have to have them clean up their pants after its over... It has now been 15 years since I installed this grounding system in my home. What has been damaged in that length of time after more than 50 hits recorded on the hit counter?.... First damage was that top vertical antenna... the sacrificial lamb! is what I called it... next item that got damaged.... a couple of years after installing all this stuff I put in a 2nd phone line for the computer... yup I ordered up from Polyphaser another Phone Line Protector ... it was there... laying on top of one of the antique radios in my hamshack rather than being installed where it was supposed to be..... yup something outside got hit... not a major hit on the tower... just something small out there someplace.... yup I heard this little SNAP down under my feet inside the computer! fried the modem... fried the IO card for the serial parrallel port .... killed the hell outta that thing... stupid move... just one little bitty unprotected GAP .... GAP .... GAP... and a voltage differential and that thing was history.... Next item that was damaged... after about 30 times or so that the main power line shunt protector was activated.... major hit on tower... the usual... house black backyard flashbulb and about 5 minutes later Jean is yelling at me that box next to the Curcuitbreaker panel is a SMOKIN' ........ I whacked off the wires to it... called the nice lady at Polyphaser on the phone and told her what happened to it..... I told her that the thing wasn't old enough to smoke yet ... she ask me if anything in the house was damaged?.... Nope... nothing all is well other than this thing is obviously toast... she said... thats fine... it did its job... buy a new one... I had her overnite one to me as we were in our peak thunderstorm season in Indiana.... Lets mention one other problem that all of us reading this bunch of stuff have.... computers... yup we all have at least one or else you wouldn't be reading this stuff... now if your little red light is winking at you on the front of your computer when the lights go out in your house.... your gonna be buying a new hard drive ....... the cure for that so it doesn't happen is to have a UPS on the puter .... they are about 60 bucks or so... bunch of batteries and some smart box that tells your puter to shut down when the lights go out... So just how did all this fancy crap come about at my house?... I was like all the rest of you dummies out there that knew absolutely NOTHING about lightning protection ... I thought geez ... just unhook the coax from the radios and everthing fill be just fine....... well thats a big myth as I found out the HARD WAY Yup went away for a weekend... came home to a house that smelled really bad... like fried transformers ... and all sorts of fried stuff ....... that one cost my insurance company $10,000 .... and it took me close to a year to find and fix all the stuff that was blown up and screwed up .... Insurance Company.. they said.. Son We Don't Want your ass insured with us.... GOODBYE ... well your mortgage company wouldn't be happy with that now would they?.... In Indiana they have believe it or not HIGH RISK INSURANCE for HOMEOWNERS ... dummies like me that are piss poor risks ... my assigned insurance company said... Son U have exactly 6 months to either get a "Commercial Ground System" on that house... or get all that shit outta the air... or else we ain't insuring you either!.... So therefore I learned and I installed all this crap... and IT WORKS ... I don't even turn stuff off during the storms.. just set there and watch it happen ... we do stay out of the backyard during storms... So... if I Haven't totally bored you reading all this junk... now for what to do with the Joe Doe Average Home and Antenna system......... #1 item.... read Polyphasors section on Ham Radio technical paperwork... you will learn a lot... #2... ground rods and all of them tied together... the average house you just need a couple depending on where you utility stuff comes into the house... all tied together is the most important part... #3... protection devices on the AC power coming into house your phone line your cable tv line... your satellite dish for TV ... and a UPS on your computer.... #4... if you have a tower... then U need to protect in and the house >from it.. see polyphasors ham radio installation stuff... #5... if you have an attic antenna.. probably it will never be hit... tied to ground when not in use is fine... think maybe a MOV placed across the antenna to ground will probably bleed it off before it got high enough differential to cause a problem... probably a 24 volt MOV will do nicely... just remember GAPS ARE NOT GOOD THINGS ... I'll go crawl back in my corner now.... with one parting comment... copied from Polyphaser.... "We turn BLITZ into BLISS" John k9uwa /w4 Snowbird Article: 327253 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Kenwood R5000 Service Manual From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:21:00 -0500 "Jim Barnard" wrote in news:dn1gjs$1t7p$1 @news3.infoave.net: > I am looking for a .pdf copy of the Kenwood R5000 service manual. Does > anyone have one available? I have a dead radio on the way and do not know > what is in store when it arrvies. Please contact me at > service@transistor-repairs.com. > > Thanks, Jim > > > Your manual, I think, was posted to alt.binaries.e-books.technical a few days ago. I've put it on the alt.binaries.pictures.radio for you. Is that the one? Article: 327254 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Jon" References: Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:24:35 GMT "Tom Adkins" wrote in message news:ILWdnXEMf-WQiwTeRVn-og@comcast.com... > ISH wrote: >> > Yes, I confront that middle aged, balding, slightly overweight, >> > nearsighted > poltergeist every day in my house!! He terrorizes my mirrors and shrinks > my clothes with impunity. > He entered my life one day at about 35 years old, and I will never forget > the echos of his last remarks to me in my dreams....."your ass shall > nevermore be smaller than your waist, thus your pants shall slide down on > their whim...... Damn him. Oh great. I've got to look forward to that in 4 years? (I just turned 31) -- Jon Scaptura Endicott, NY See my antique radios here: http://www.binghamtonradio.com/gallery/Antique_radios and the workbench webcam: http://www.binghamtonradio.com/webcam Article: 327255 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attic antenna question From: Larry References: <4397CFAB.62DBC5D9@earthlink.net> <1134087399.668298.122370@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:25:43 -0500 "philsvintageradios" wrote in news:1134087399.668298.122370@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com: > what a great story , thanks Larry :) > > What's great was sitting in the upstairs garage room we made out of Rob's father's garage, watching the spark gap arcing from a storm miles away, then his father (who didn't trust us as he knew nothing of electronics) walking up the stairs staring at the arcing going on in front of him... (c; He was always convinced both of us were aliens....(c; Article: 327256 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: More great manuals on usenet From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:27:54 -0500 Jeffrey D Angus wrote in news:sK1mf.4661$hI1.4604 @tornado.socal.rr.com: > Which I suppose is way cool since copyrights don't mean a damn > thing since "information yearns to be free." > > Jeff > > Copyrights? On Usenet?! Haa haa ha ha ah hee hee...ho ho ho....Oh, please stop....I can't stand it....ha ha....please....ha ha.. Article: 327257 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:30:40 -0500 ISH wrote in news:v8ohp151sn590apqetde76cj5mr15muoeg@4ax.com: > As I approach the age of 52, I find these things happening more and > more. > > I'll be 60 in January. It only gets worse... When you can't find your house, any more, they'll send you to an Altzheimer's home somewhere, which you can't find. Article: 327258 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:33:31 -0500 Tom Adkins wrote in news:ILWdnXEMf-WQiwTeRVn-og@comcast.com: > "your ass shall nevermore be smaller than > your waist, thus your pants shall slide down on their whim...... > Damn him. > I think that disease is now causing havoc in high schools. In the 90s, when my stepdaughter was in high school, I'd drive her to school and she, being quite female with raging hormones, would point out the boys whos pants just hung slack in back from their belts! She said the girls called it "noassatol". She was right. I saw many boys with none! Article: 327259 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <7i9ep1hk4hk59sulqbd4ml0gdlecd0d7p1@4ax.com> <024fp19egk4g1u7umoktb6n1g4v42kb9gq@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Freed Eisman NR-6 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:02:40 GMT Okay, time for another shameless plug: The entire set in mint condition was for sale at the (ahem!) Sarasota Swap Meet. I know, because I bought it. I've been told that the Volume 2 is the rare one. Considering these are alphabetical, rather than updates, is there any particular reason why 1 and 3 are available and 2 is not? -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Larry Fowkes" wrote in message news:O_Wlf.28119$dO2.540@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net... > > "Alan Douglas" wrote in message > news:024fp19egk4g1u7umoktb6n1g4v42kb9gq@4ax.com... >> Hi, >> >> Shameless plug: Radio Manufacturers of the 1920s, vol.2, has a >> 20-page chapter on Freed-Eisemann. >> > > > Alan, > > Any word on another print run for vol 2 or making it available on disk for > a > fee? I would love to plug the hole between Vol 1 and Vol 3. > > Larry Fowkes > > Article: 327260 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Bill Jeffrey Subject: Re: More great manuals on usenet References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:12:41 -0700 Oh, damn, and they're all yenc, even when they don't have to be. I guess it is time to bend over and take it like a man. Tell me again what is a decent yenc file assembler/decoder? Thanks Bill Jeffrey ------------------------------ Larry wrote: > Larry wrote in news:Xns97266A491274Fnoonehomecom@ > 63.223.7.253: > > >>alt.binaries.ebook.technical > > > oOPS...MY SCREWUP..... alt.binaries.e-book.technical > > There are hundreds of thousands of posts on Usenetserver. I've > downloaded everything from the US Army Railroad Management manual to the > Continental Airlines Boeing 737 Flight Manual, which a stewardess friend > says is company confidential. This morning, as more manuals were > appearing, I also got about a hundred brand new magazines in pdf format, > complete! I was looking at the sport fishing magazines just a bit ago... > > Great group full of amazingly massive information.... > Article: 327261 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Transoceanic Sensitivity Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 09:09:15 -0700 Message-ID: <6302-4399AC2B-585@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net> References: <1134141498.102909.33310@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Short wave in general these days is tricky . I find many days SW just does not produce much on an average radio and a few days here & there where i can receive stuff all over . Article: 327262 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Dana Subject: Re: OT: whats with all the blind ebay links lately? Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:04:34 -0500 Message-ID: References: Those are called phishing e-mails. I don't open them or click on the link. On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Haggis wrote: > > On 15-Nov-2005, "xrongor" wrote: > >> seems every time i search for anything these days i run into these 'blind >> links'. url's that look legit, but take you to ebay searching for your >> search. how annoying.... >> >> is it just me or have others noticed this too? > > It's been going on for quite a while and yes, it is annoying. What is also > becoming a problem are the several emails I've received lately, coming > through the Ebay "ask seller a question" link, asking "why I haven't paid > for the (enter you least favorite item here)?" or, "do you still want item # > .........?". I forward them to Ebay, for all the good it does. Most of > them seem to come from ESL types as the wording is reminiscent of early > Japanese instruction manuals. > > Haggis. > Article: 327263 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Re: Die or nut Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:47:27 -0600 Message-ID: <29933-4399C32F-89@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net> References: Mineral Spirits is good for cleaning up a lot of things too.I dont know if it would work for cleaning up Prussian Blue or Dykem. cuhulin Article: 327264 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: <1134066710.600904.9910@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: What would a fair price for a.... Message-ID: <4Ojmf.253119$zb5.199518@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:12:16 GMT Thank you Peter. That was way more ,and appreciated, information than I anticipated. I had little idea as to the particulars of this radio. Paul. "Peter Wieck" wrote in message news:1134066710.600904.9910@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Paul: > > That is SUCH a moving target. Our favorite West Coast restorer making > 'looks-new" pieces gets in the $300-$400 (even more, sometimes) range > for that model on eBay. > > Here in the east where the 8G is somewhat more common, they run > ~$100-$150 for one as you describe, with venues like Kutztown favoring > the low end. > > Things to keep in mind: Of all the tube models, the 8G is the > third-least-common, ranking from the 600-series at most common to the > 7G as least common, 7G, G500, 8G, H500, 600-series in that order. It is > also neither fish-nor-fowl... Not the first in line, ugly relative to > the more refined G500, and the most complex to restore. OTOH, in my > opinion it is the most sensitive of the entire bunch despite the > somewhat narrower bandwidth. And other than my B600L, it is the one I > will most frequently trot out to demonstrate how nice these beasties > can sound.... which means that it is the one most given-away of the > grouping as well. > > So, to answer your question: $100-$400+ depending on your patience, > some luck, and how much the buyer wants a trouble-free radio. No > troublesome selenium stack, a simple tube rectifier so the radio > actually 'turns off' when turned off... > > Good luck with it. > > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA > Article: 327265 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: Subject: Re: Service: Xfrmr Rewinding Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:14:08 GMT I was contacted today from a guy looking for a Philco Model 90 power transformer. I don;t know if he as the core or not. PP "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:hihmf.952$QQ1.31@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Gary, > > Sad to hear you've been laid off -- but -- you never know when this could > become your greatest opportunity. I've been running my car radio business > part time, when last March I was laid off. My response? Phooey! I'm > sick of being the scapegoat for poor management, receiving this as a > reward for all my efforts. Though it was a very inopportune time, I > decided to stay at home and build my own business. Presently it is going > great guns, bringing home about 3 times what I was making before -- and > enjoying every minute of it! > > So you're rewinding transformers -- sounds wonderful! Is this enough to > sustain life? If not, branch out into something else related, such as > selling other parts, etc. It may be rough at first, but if you stick to > it you'll be greatly rewarded in time. > > In any case, do you do all sorts of transformers? I know some of the old > Mopar radios had a certain type of audio output transformer that was > center tapped; I recall one that the customer gave me in frustration > because nobody else could fix it. I found a replacement, but it wasn't > easy and the replacement wasn't very good, but did work. > > When running across these situations in the future, maybe now I'll have a > source. > > > -- > Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical > Sound Solutions For Classic Cars > http://www.taymanelectrical.com > > > "GBrown" wrote in message > news:zNqdnV-AT8CergTeRVn-pQ@gwi.net... >> Now that summer is gone, Just got laid of, I am accepting transformers >> for >> rewinding. Please email me for a quote. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Gary...WZ1M >> >> > > Article: 327266 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: jakdedert Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... References: <1134151931.304159.208880@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:29:09 -0600 TopCat wrote: > Ayup. Thats me. I'm 52. I think. Lets see, I was born in 53...and this > is 2005... > Damn! It's 2005 already....? > I'm pretty sure that handling solder all these years has done something > to me too. > Seriously, I do wonder about that. I used to put the solder in my mouth as a sort of 'third hand.' I guess that wasn't such a good idea.... > When I read my posts a few days after writing them, they sound like > somebody else wrote them. Kinda stupid sounding. Did I really say that? > Now I know why the old guys just grunt when you ask them something. > Ummphh... > Tony > Article: 327267 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:02:22 -0400 From: Bill Subject: Re: Transoceanic Sensitivity References: <1134141498.102909.33310@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <6302-4399AC2B-585@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net> <1134146140.350941.264880@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: TopCat wrote: > that this explains why the bands seem so dead on the TO so often. I > remember when I was a kid that I would listen at night for the best DX. > Today, it seems like I hear the most activity of the SW bands during > the day. Maybe I'm remembering wrong or the patterns have changed. > > Tony Here lately conditions are really stinko. Focus on 25 and 19 meters during the day and 49, 41, and 31 at night. Not having Radio Moscow every 20-30 kcs really makes the band seem empty compared to the old days :) And yes, the some of bands are 'wider' these days. -Bill Article: 327268 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <4399E134.D898289@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: OT: whats with all the blind ebay links lately? References: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:55:53 GMT Dana wrote: > > Those are called phishing e-mails. I don't open them or click on the link. Yeah, they have already "Upgraded" me to a Power seller twice today, and I've never opened an account. i forward them to spoof@ebay.com to help eBay shut down the Phishing websites. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327269 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: Subject: Re: Service: Xfrmr Rewinding Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:38:03 GMT What we all need to do is put together a resource guide for all the services available among us. I recall Rock Sea Enterprises used to do this, and I believe I still have an old one around here, but about a year ago he mentioned to me that, since I'm no longer "servicing" car radios but "Converting" them, I would be removed. This was about the time that I went full time, and once again began offering service. I haven't seen or heard anything since. It so happens I've got a real challenge on my bench at the moment. It is a "Chevrolet" Delco radio, made to fit under the dash. It is from a 1946 Chevy truck. The Chevy concours guys will tell you that a radio wasn't even offered for this vehicle, but indeed this one could have been dealer-installed -- and would thus be concours-correct. It is a rare animal; about the only Delco I've ever seen with Loctals in it. It is definitely a project; under normal instances I'd tell him the radio is too far gone and not worth servicing, but it is such a rare bird that it's worth it. However it will indeed be a project that's going to take awhile. Before it's all over I may need help with dial scale, bezel, or other special parts. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Paul P" wrote in message news:QPjmf.253127$zb5.168891@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... >I was contacted today from a guy looking for a Philco Model 90 power >transformer. I don;t know if he as the core or not. > > PP > > > "Gary Tayman" wrote in message > news:hihmf.952$QQ1.31@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> Gary, >> >> Sad to hear you've been laid off -- but -- you never know when this could >> become your greatest opportunity. I've been running my car radio >> business part time, when last March I was laid off. My response? >> Phooey! I'm sick of being the scapegoat for poor management, receiving >> this as a reward for all my efforts. Though it was a very inopportune >> time, I decided to stay at home and build my own business. Presently it >> is going great guns, bringing home about 3 times what I was making >> before -- and enjoying every minute of it! >> >> So you're rewinding transformers -- sounds wonderful! Is this enough to >> sustain life? If not, branch out into something else related, such as >> selling other parts, etc. It may be rough at first, but if you stick to >> it you'll be greatly rewarded in time. >> >> In any case, do you do all sorts of transformers? I know some of the old >> Mopar radios had a certain type of audio output transformer that was >> center tapped; I recall one that the customer gave me in frustration >> because nobody else could fix it. I found a replacement, but it wasn't >> easy and the replacement wasn't very good, but did work. >> >> When running across these situations in the future, maybe now I'll have a >> source. >> >> >> -- >> Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical >> Sound Solutions For Classic Cars >> http://www.taymanelectrical.com >> >> >> "GBrown" wrote in message >> news:zNqdnV-AT8CergTeRVn-pQ@gwi.net... >>> Now that summer is gone, Just got laid of, I am accepting transformers >>> for >>> rewinding. Please email me for a quote. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Gary...WZ1M >>> >>> >> >> > > Article: 327270 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: szekeres@pitt.edu (GregS) Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:06:59 GMT Message-ID: References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> In article <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, "Peter Wieck" wrote: >Once again... if it will not vaporize the wire, it won't jump the fuse. >Or, put another way, Benjamin Franklin survived the experience. > >Peter Wieck >Wyncote, PA > It was that KEY. greg Article: 327271 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Jack" Subject: What pilot lamp value?? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:52:28 GMT Season's Greetings! I am working on an Addison 5a table top radio. After recapping the whole chassis it all worked fine until I tried testing an old 35z5GT rectifier tube I had laying around. Fortunately it only blew the pilot lamp. So I'm thinking there must be a dead short in the tube? Anyway, the print doesn't tell me what bulb replacement to use. How can I determine the specs for this bulb in order to get this radio to work again? Thanks. Jack Article: 327272 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Merry Christmas Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:20:06 +0900 Message-ID: http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=ZN29521875 Article: 327273 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Jack" References: Subject: Re: What pilot lamp value?? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:22:35 GMT Ok, John. Thanks. I stuck the original (known good) tube back in with a new #44 bulb. It's the only one spare I had on hand. Dimmer, but it allows the radio to play. The data on the #44 is 6.3 v @ .15a The data on the #47 is 6.3v @ .25a Is there any advantage in sticking with and using a #44 instead? Can the faulty tube be salvaged as a backup spare? Jack "John Stone" wrote in message news:BFBF5C34.302BA%jmsent2@comcast.net... > On 12/9/05 3:52 PM, in article w0nmf.201540$Io.181429@clgrps13, "Jack" > wrote: > >> Season's Greetings! >> I am working on an Addison 5a table top radio. After recapping the whole >> chassis it all worked fine until I tried testing an old 35z5GT rectifier >> tube I had laying around. Fortunately it only blew the pilot lamp. So >> I'm >> thinking there must be a dead short in the tube? >> Anyway, the print doesn't tell me what bulb replacement to use. How can >> I >> determine the specs for this bulb in order to get this radio to work >> again? >> Thanks. Jack >> > The 35Z5 uses a tapped heater to supply correct voltage to the bulb, which > is usually a *47. If the tap opens up, the bulb instantly blows. Very > likely > this is what is wrong with your radio. Put in a new tube and 47 bulb, and > try again. > Article: 327274 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Re: What pilot lamp value?? Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:38:01 +0900 Message-ID: References: "Jack" wrote in message news:Lsnmf.143971$S4.19903@edtnps84... > Ok, John. Thanks. I stuck the original (known good) tube back in with a > new #44 bulb. It's the only one spare I had on hand. Dimmer, but it > allows the radio to play. > > The data on the #44 is 6.3 v @ .15a > The data on the #47 is 6.3v @ .25a > > Is there any advantage in sticking with and using a #44 instead? > > Can the faulty tube be salvaged as a backup spare? > You have your lamp data backward. The 47 is 150mA, the 44 is 250mA. In a standard AA5 series set, the use of a 150mA lamp is critical because the rest of the tube string is also 150mA. If the tube filament is open from the tap to one side, it could theoretically still be used, with some rewiring of the socket... (I've bought new International Servicemaster 35W4's that had no filament tap, and I had to rewire the socket to use them), but I don't recommend it, as it would have to be rewired again next time the tube is replaced. Article: 327275 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" Subject: Majestic ballast cross reference? Message-ID: <6Tnmf.8$Zu5.4@fed1read03> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:51:18 -0500 Majestic 9P6, looking for the JFD equivalent? Pete Article: 327276 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Jack" References: Subject: Re: What pilot lamp value?? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:13:24 GMT Ah.. so the radio will run 'hot' then? I'll keep it off until I get some 47's then. And I'll just toss the tube. Thanks for the tip. Jack "Brenda Ann" wrote in message news:dnd0pq$daa$1@news2.kornet.net... > > "Jack" wrote in message > news:Lsnmf.143971$S4.19903@edtnps84... >> Ok, John. Thanks. I stuck the original (known good) tube back in with a >> new #44 bulb. It's the only one spare I had on hand. Dimmer, but it >> allows the radio to play. >> >> The data on the #44 is 6.3 v @ .15a >> The data on the #47 is 6.3v @ .25a >> >> Is there any advantage in sticking with and using a #44 instead? >> >> Can the faulty tube be salvaged as a backup spare? >> > > You have your lamp data backward. > > The 47 is 150mA, the 44 is 250mA. > > In a standard AA5 series set, the use of a 150mA lamp is critical because > the rest of the tube string is also 150mA. > > If the tube filament is open from the tap to one side, it could > theoretically still be used, with some rewiring of the socket... (I've > bought new International Servicemaster 35W4's that had no filament tap, > and I had to rewire the socket to use them), but I don't recommend it, as > it would have to be rewired again next time the tube is replaced. > > > Article: 327277 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: Subject: Re: OT: whats with all the blind ebay links lately? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:24:48 GMT What I like are all those e-mails I'm getting from the bank, telling me if I don't update whatever it is they want (to steal my identity with), they'll fine me or close my account. Only problem is, I don't even have accounts with most of these banks! With Paypal, and I believe with eBay, if you get a message that begins with "Dear customer" or "Dear valued member", it's bogus. A real e-mail from them will address you by name. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Dana" wrote in message news:Pine.NEB.4.63.0512091204070.8993@panix3.panix.com... > Those are called phishing e-mails. I don't open them or click on the link. > > On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Haggis wrote: > >> >> On 15-Nov-2005, "xrongor" wrote: >> >>> seems every time i search for anything these days i run into these >>> 'blind >>> links'. url's that look legit, but take you to ebay searching for your >>> search. how annoying.... >>> >>> is it just me or have others noticed this too? >> >> It's been going on for quite a while and yes, it is annoying. What is >> also >> becoming a problem are the several emails I've received lately, coming >> through the Ebay "ask seller a question" link, asking "why I haven't paid >> for the (enter you least favorite item here)?" or, "do you still want >> item # >> .........?". I forward them to Ebay, for all the good it does. Most of >> them seem to come from ESL types as the wording is reminiscent of early >> Japanese instruction manuals. >> >> Haggis. >> Article: 327278 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Jack" Subject: Addison 5a part needed Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:26:05 GMT Merry Christmas everyone! I am looking for a glass dial to replace the broken one in our family's Addison 5A. The radio case is a classic oxidized butterscotch-yellow and the original dial was brown. I also require a hunk of speaker grill cloth to finish the project. Click on: http://wfiles.jetirc.net/Addison_5F.jpg for a picture of a restored radio almost identical to ours (but of course no dial or grill cloth). Thanks, Jack Article: 327279 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: More great manuals on usenet From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:42:21 -0500 Bill Jeffrey wrote in news:M8hmf.151$z21.34 @fed1read04: > what is a decent yenc file assembler/decoder? > > http://xnews.newsguy.com/ Download Xnews and the manual for FREE.... It decodes/assembles/stores anything on the net. It's also a great news client without the spam/html loadware. I typed this message on it. I still can't believe such great software is truly free. Article: 327280 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "HiTech RedNeck" Subject: maggie box story Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:04:34 GMT Well I finally got the round tuit for the fixes on my aunt's 1959 maggie box (Magnavox) "high fidelity" phonograph. She passed away a couple of years ago and I ended up with the phono and her record collection as a memento. Her cats had shredded the speaker cloth. When I got it in my house my own cats finished off the job, managing to claw their way through the speaker cones, too (ouch). These were 8" speakers with whizzer cones. Turns out that a local Quam dealer had a same fit, same impedance speaker, intended as a ceiling speaker, claiming a bandwidth of 40-18,000 Hz. Figuring that had to be better than the phono itself, and seeing they were fairly cheap, I got them. Well, they were almost an exact fit. The speaker mounting was such that the foam suspension of the new speaker was just a hair's breadth away >from the boards and it looked to me like it could buzz against the boards. So I cut circular gaskets out of 1/8" cork tiles. Next thing was to recloth the speakers, I came across a web site in Oregon selling some stuff called "pet netting." It's a vinyl coated mesh 10 rows/inch in one dimension, 16 rows/inch in the other. Well I thought that would help with the "cat problem." I ordered a yard of it and after standing the roll in the living room for a few weeks and finding the cats had no interest in scratching on it, I cut and put it on the speaker boards. It was stiff enough that it was easy to hold in place, using binder clips over the edge of the boards, for stapling. Ah, catproof speakers. The phono seemed to play ok, but had a noticeable hum. I had gone and ordered new tubes for it (one 7025 and two 50EH5's) getting a grab bag of five $1 50EH5's from Angela Instruments and one Czech (EI) and one Russian (Sovtek) 12AX7A from different sources. The filter cap in it was vintage, a 120/40/20 uF sectional unit where the 120 was the tank cap. Taking the shoot a fly with a cannon approach, I got a 1000 uF, 160v capacitor for the tank and a clamp that held it in the original cap's position, and 47 uF and 22 uF separate capacitors to replace the other sections. Also, a 10 amp rated diode (figuring the inrush current might cook the old diode). That hooked up OK under the chassis with a tie strip, though there were so many wires on the B- lug I had to use a fat tipped100 watt soldering iron on it (my soldering gun bit the big one long ago). Also replaced the paper capacitors, of which there were four and one of which had a current leak. The other caps, ceramic and mica, seemed to be OK. Resistors were in tolerance (not hard to do when you're 20%... they called this hi fi?), though I replaced any I had to unsolder. Tested my new tubes in the unit and picked the two least noisy 50EH5s (four were pretty close, one, with an unusual side getter, was very noisy) and chose the Sovtek 12AX7A as the better one. Ah, sounds much better. I did notice something peculiar, it still hums noticeably more when on an isolation transformer then when directly on the 120 vac house power. Maybe something to do with ground reference? At least I know at worst I won't get TOO bad a zap with the new, 1000 volt rated .047 uF capacitor between the chassis and line, though the unit is wired so chassis is hot either when the phono is off or on no matter how the plug is turned. Not sure what to do about that one, without tearing into the turntable itself. Cleaned up the cabinet and surfaces with a solution of Murphy's Oil Soap, and with liberal use of Old English Scratch Cover and a furniture touch-up pen, and polishing with soybean oil (don't want the cats licking anything too toxic off of it) I got the banged up wood looking passably decent. Maybe some day I'll take the top pieces off the cabinet and have them refinished (there were a few deep scratches to which I couldn't do much but color in) but this is OK for now. Well, after playing it about half an hour, the motor seemed to just conk out. Bummer! I had gone to all that trouble with the amp only to lose the turntable?? And yes, there was power to the motor and yes the motor showed about 100 ohms resistance. Well, I took the platter off and saw the motor shaft pressed deep into the rubber changer action wheel, which was refusing to turn. Some prying, twisting, and fiddling, however, and it came unstuck and has been playing fine since. Well that's my maggie box story (so far). Article: 327281 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Some tutes to study Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:50:46 -0600 Message-ID: <4922-439A2666-297@storefull-3254.bay.webtv.net> www.williamson-labs.com cuhulin Article: 327282 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439A29AA.9497F421@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: OT: whats with all the blind ebay links lately? References: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:05:05 GMT Gary Tayman wrote: > > What I like are all those e-mails I'm getting from the bank, telling me if I > don't update whatever it is they want (to steal my identity with), they'll > fine me or close my account. Only problem is, I don't even have accounts > with most of these banks! > > With Paypal, and I believe with eBay, if you get a message that begins with > "Dear customer" or "Dear valued member", it's bogus. A real e-mail from > them will address you by name. > > -- > Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical > Sound Solutions For Classic Cars > http://www.taymanelectrical.com > > "Dana" wrote in message > news:Pine.NEB.4.63.0512091204070.8993@panix3.panix.com... > > Those are called phishing e-mails. I don't open them or click on the link. > > > > On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Haggis wrote: > > > >> > >> On 15-Nov-2005, "xrongor" wrote: > >> > >>> seems every time i search for anything these days i run into these > >>> 'blind > >>> links'. url's that look legit, but take you to ebay searching for your > >>> search. how annoying.... > >>> > >>> is it just me or have others noticed this too? > >> > >> It's been going on for quite a while and yes, it is annoying. What is > >> also > >> becoming a problem are the several emails I've received lately, coming > >> through the Ebay "ask seller a question" link, asking "why I haven't paid > >> for the (enter you least favorite item here)?" or, "do you still want > >> item # > >> .........?". I forward them to Ebay, for all the good it does. Most of > >> them seem to come from ESL types as the wording is reminiscent of early > >> Japanese instruction manuals. > >> > >> Haggis. > >> They are all Phish, looking for someone stupid enough to give up passwords and/or social security numbers. My "eBay and Paypal accounts have been suspended thousands of times, and I have never had either. I usually forward about seven to ten a day to them, as well as a few to Earthlink from phishers trying to get my account information. spoof@ebay.com spoof@paypal.com fraud@earthlink.net are places to report these morons. uce@ftc.gov is used to report fraudulent E-mail to the US government. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327283 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Richard" References: <1134172373.749501.43470@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1134174440.489030.162170@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: 6K7 as a 1st detector Message-ID: <98qmf.2785$Y7.1453@trnddc02> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:25:25 GMT The only time I ever noticed a difference in swapping converter tubes is when I purposedly swapped a 12BA7 for a 12SA7. The pinouts are different so you have to build an adapter. The converter gain of the 12BA7 is about 2X that of the 12 SA7 so the S/N is better across the bands. Article: 327284 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: More great manuals on usenet From: "Haggis" telus.net> References: Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:26:45 GMT On 9-Dec-2005, Larry wrote: > Bill Jeffrey wrote in news:M8hmf.151$z21.34 > @fed1read04: > > > what is a decent yenc file assembler/decoder? Try Newsrover - costs a few $$s, but worth every penny. Haggis (well known in his local area for being "cheap" :-). Article: 327285 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <6Tnmf.8$Zu5.4@fed1read03> Subject: Re: Majestic ballast cross reference? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 20:59:17 -0500 "Bill Jeffrey" wrote in message news:q1qmf.239$z21.161@fed1read04... > Pete - > > Perhaps I am misunderstanding your post, but 9P6 is the model number of > the power supply as a whole. IIRC, it powers the Majestic 90-91-92. > Yes, the Riders schematic says "9P6 ballast" on the diagram, but I'm not > sure I interpret this as the ballast part number, which will make it > hard to find a cross reference. What you do know is that the ballast is > in the AC line (marked as 100-130 volts), and the current drawn by the > entire Majestic receiver, passed through this ballast, drops the line > voltage 80 volts. > > Not sure this is a lot of help... > > Bill Jeffrey > ----------------------------- Hi Bill Do you whether they used different ballasts for other variations of the 90 power supply? I see a site offering a JFD 5100 ballast as being correct for the Majestic 90 9P6 supply. I assumed the ballast tube had the same markings. Mine was subbed with an Amperite in it's distant past. Peter Article: 327286 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <6Tnmf.8$Zu5.4@fed1read03> Subject: Re: Majestic ballast cross reference? Message-ID: <%Jqmf.16964$Mi5.1131@dukeread07> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 21:05:22 -0500 " Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:iEqmf.16963$Mi5.2163@dukeread07... > > "Bill Jeffrey" wrote in message > news:q1qmf.239$z21.161@fed1read04... > > Pete - > > > > Perhaps I am misunderstanding your post, but 9P6 is the model number of > > the power supply as a whole. IIRC, it powers the Majestic 90-91-92. > > Yes, the Riders schematic says "9P6 ballast" on the diagram, but I'm not > > sure I interpret this as the ballast part number, I was told on another group that the ballast is color coded black, with an embossed 9P6 legend. So, I guess I need someone with an old JFD cross reference to verify that the JFD 5100 ballast is indeed the correct replacement for use with a 9P6 power pack. Or, any or all of the other variations for that matter.. Pete Article: 327287 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Hagstar Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:22:13 -0500 Message-ID: <11pkeui2656n521@corp.supernews.com> References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> GregS wrote: > > It was that KEY. Nah, it was the silk ribbon. John H. Article: 327288 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: Subject: Re: OT: whats with all the blind ebay links lately? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 02:38:06 GMT That's a sure giveaway but I did get one several months back that actually did address me by name. I checked and it was sure enough a phish. I can only guess that it was someone I had once dealt with on eBay and paid with PayPal or someone else who knew my RL name, etc. Really disturbing to think that someone you know well enough to have your email and real name is trying to screw you over like that. Scary but only happened that once. Check _every_ message you get asking for strange things, even if it does happen to have your name. Ray "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:kfpmf.2345$Tg2.1342@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... > What I like are all those e-mails I'm getting from the bank, telling me if > I don't update whatever it is they want (to steal my identity with), > they'll fine me or close my account. Only problem is, I don't even have > accounts with most of these banks! > > With Paypal, and I believe with eBay, if you get a message that begins > with "Dear customer" or "Dear valued member", it's bogus. A real e-mail > from them will address you by name. > > > -- > Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical > Sound Solutions For Classic Cars > http://www.taymanelectrical.com > > > > "Dana" wrote in message > news:Pine.NEB.4.63.0512091204070.8993@panix3.panix.com... >> Those are called phishing e-mails. I don't open them or click on the >> link. >> >> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Haggis wrote: >> >>> >>> On 15-Nov-2005, "xrongor" wrote: >>> >>>> seems every time i search for anything these days i run into these >>>> 'blind >>>> links'. url's that look legit, but take you to ebay searching for your >>>> search. how annoying.... >>>> >>>> is it just me or have others noticed this too? >>> >>> It's been going on for quite a while and yes, it is annoying. What is >>> also >>> becoming a problem are the several emails I've received lately, coming >>> through the Ebay "ask seller a question" link, asking "why I haven't >>> paid >>> for the (enter you least favorite item here)?" or, "do you still want >>> item # >>> .........?". I forward them to Ebay, for all the good it does. Most of >>> them seem to come from ESL types as the wording is reminiscent of early >>> Japanese instruction manuals. >>> >>> Haggis. >>> > > Article: 327289 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439A3CDA.1B1B5850@sympatico.ca> From: John Stewart Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134079961.187397.298520@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:26:34 -0500 Nelson Gietz wrote: > "Peter Wieck" wrote in message > news:1134079961.187397.298520@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > > No "smartass" taken... > > > > And a very good question. > > > > The difference will be that you are only trying to stop that amount of > > current that the wire is capable of carrying at that point. If the wire > > is vaporized, truly the fuse will make no difference at all. But if the > > wire would remain intact the fuse would stop further progress. > > > > As to the knife-switch, it would direct the energy to a good ground. > > Antennas are risky. The goal is to put as many impediments as possible > > against "Bad" electricity yet allow "Good" electricity to pass. > > > > Peter Wieck > > Wyncote, PA > > > If I recall correctly, a charge builds up in the cloud and an opposing > charge builds in the ground below, travelling along under the cloud under > the potential reaches the point where the "dialectric" breaks down and the > strike occurs. Would not an open gap type arrestor be the best setup? That > way, when the antenna is disconnected, it's just a piece of metal and > isolated from the ground charge. If it *does* reach the point of > conducting, the gap will arc to the ground. Make sense? > Nelson The lightning strike is a step function so contains most of it's energy at very high frequency. That travels along the surface of the conductor, not in the body. That is because even a straight conductor has some inductance so the feild set up by the current tends to the outside. Maxwells equations are in there somewhere. A fuse & knife switch won't help much. It may set a fire at the gap as the charge tries to leap over. Cheers, John Stewart Article: 327290 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: Subject: Re: maggie box story Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 02:58:32 GMT Sounds like you're having fun with the unit, which is what it's really all about. Though not worth much in dollars, you have a family heirloom that some of your own elbow grease went into restoring. Every time you play records on it, you'll feel the rewards of your own labors -- which makes it much more enjoyable to listen to than any high-quality stereo system you may have in your living room. So many of us have collections of old radios. I personally have a dozen or so -- others have hundreds. Can you buy a better performing set today? By all means! But there's a certain satisfaction in listening to stations on the "ancient Mary" band through a radio that you brought back to life with your own hands. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "HiTech RedNeck" wrote in message news:CQpmf.32433$q%.11609@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... > Well I finally got the round tuit for the fixes on my aunt's 1959 maggie > box > (Magnavox) "high fidelity" phonograph. She passed away a couple of years > ago and I ended up with the phono and her record collection as a memento. > > Her cats had shredded the speaker cloth. When I got it in my house my own > cats finished off the job, managing to claw their way through the speaker > cones, too (ouch). These were 8" speakers with whizzer cones. Turns out > that a local Quam dealer had a same fit, same impedance speaker, intended > as > a ceiling speaker, claiming a bandwidth of 40-18,000 Hz. Figuring that > had > to be better than the phono itself, and seeing they were fairly cheap, I > got > them. Well, they were almost an exact fit. The speaker mounting was such > that the foam suspension of the new speaker was just a hair's breadth away > from the boards and it looked to me like it could buzz against the boards. > So I cut circular gaskets out of 1/8" cork tiles. > > Next thing was to recloth the speakers, I came across a web site in Oregon > selling some stuff called "pet netting." It's a vinyl coated mesh 10 > rows/inch in one dimension, 16 rows/inch in the other. Well I thought > that > would help with the "cat problem." I ordered a yard of it and after > standing the roll in the living room for a few weeks and finding the cats > had no interest in scratching on it, I cut and put it on the speaker > boards. > It was stiff enough that it was easy to hold in place, using binder clips > over the edge of the boards, for stapling. Ah, catproof speakers. > > The phono seemed to play ok, but had a noticeable hum. I had gone and > ordered new tubes for it (one 7025 and two 50EH5's) getting a grab bag of > five $1 50EH5's from Angela Instruments and one Czech (EI) and one Russian > (Sovtek) 12AX7A from different sources. The filter cap in it was vintage, > a > 120/40/20 uF sectional unit where the 120 was the tank cap. Taking the > shoot a fly with a cannon approach, I got a 1000 uF, 160v capacitor for > the > tank and a clamp that held it in the original cap's position, and 47 uF > and > 22 uF separate capacitors to replace the other sections. Also, a 10 amp > rated diode (figuring the inrush current might cook the old diode). That > hooked up OK under the chassis with a tie strip, though there were so many > wires on the B- lug I had to use a fat tipped100 watt soldering iron on it > (my soldering gun bit the big one long ago). Also replaced the paper > capacitors, of which there were four and one of which had a current leak. > The other caps, ceramic and mica, seemed to be OK. Resistors were in > tolerance (not hard to do when you're 20%... they called this hi fi?), > though I replaced any I had to unsolder. Tested my new tubes in the unit > and picked the two least noisy 50EH5s (four were pretty close, one, with > an > unusual side getter, was very noisy) and chose the Sovtek 12AX7A as the > better one. Ah, sounds much better. I did notice something peculiar, it > still hums noticeably more when on an isolation transformer then when > directly on the 120 vac house power. Maybe something to do with ground > reference? At least I know at worst I won't get TOO bad a zap with the > new, > 1000 volt rated .047 uF capacitor between the chassis and line, though the > unit is wired so chassis is hot either when the phono is off or on no > matter > how the plug is turned. Not sure what to do about that one, without > tearing > into the turntable itself. > > Cleaned up the cabinet and surfaces with a solution of Murphy's Oil Soap, > and with liberal use of Old English Scratch Cover and a furniture touch-up > pen, and polishing with soybean oil (don't want the cats licking anything > too toxic off of it) I got the banged up wood looking passably decent. > Maybe some day I'll take the top pieces off the cabinet and have them > refinished (there were a few deep scratches to which I couldn't do much > but > color in) but this is OK for now. > > Well, after playing it about half an hour, the motor seemed to just conk > out. Bummer! I had gone to all that trouble with the amp only to lose > the > turntable?? And yes, there was power to the motor and yes the motor > showed > about 100 ohms resistance. Well, I took the platter off and saw the > motor > shaft pressed deep into the rubber changer action wheel, which was > refusing > to turn. Some prying, twisting, and fiddling, however, and it came > unstuck > and has been playing fine since. > > Well that's my maggie box story (so far). > > Article: 327291 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rune" References: Subject: Re: Is this 1946? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:05:28 GMT It's not 1946 with that tube line-up. The 12AX7 didn't come out until the following year and popped up in manufactured sets still later. That and the construction say 49 or later to me. Can't find any info on it. Maybe made for Canadian market? Ray "Geary Morton" wrote in message news:ginkgo-B1B2E6.20555509122005@news.isp.giganews.com... > http://tinyurl.com/apebh > > Looks more 50's to me. Black knobs original? Anyone have any > experience with this rig in terms of performance? -Geary Article: 327292 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439A446B.5CD3049D@sympatico.ca> From: John Stewart Subject: Re: Is this 1946? References: <7hrmf.1297$QQ1.977@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:58:51 -0500 Gary Tayman wrote: > Don't know much about it, but by the outward appearance I'd put it in the > late 1950's. Inside, based on the fact that it has a combination of octal > tubes and miniature type, I'd put it in the early to mid 50's. Was there > such a thing as a miniature tube in 1946? 1R5, 1S4, 1S5 & 1T4. I think 6C4 about that time as well. JLS > > > I don't know how well it performs, but it's certainly a nice looking set. > > -- > Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical > Sound Solutions For Classic Cars > http://www.taymanelectrical.com > > "Geary Morton" wrote in message > news:ginkgo-B1B2E6.20555509122005@news.isp.giganews.com... > > http://tinyurl.com/apebh > > > > Looks more 50's to me. Black knobs original? Anyone have any > > experience with this rig in terms of performance? -Geary Article: 327293 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: test From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:16:13 -0500 Dave wrote in news:hmrmf.7370$7r6.4409@trnddc07: > test only > > Use alt.test That's what it's for....(c; Article: 327294 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <6Tnmf.8$Zu5.4@fed1read03> <1134187629.611217.27570@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Majestic ballast cross reference? Message-ID: <9Ksmf.16975$Mi5.3999@dukeread07> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 23:22:03 -0500 But, what was the JFD equivalent replacement part for the 9P6? Pete "AuroraOldRadios" wrote in message news:1134187629.611217.27570@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > My OEM Majestic says 9P6 on it and has 6.5 ohms resistance. > Article: 327295 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: Attic antenna question Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:32:52 -0800 Message-ID: References: <5e02f$4397de03$4232bd35$16024@COQUI.NET> William Sommerwerck wrote: >>>Someone suggested pulling the wire taut. I wouldn't do that. >>>The material that the house is made of will expand and contract >>>with heat and cold; no doubt at a different rate than the wire. It >>>might even bend a little in a strong wind. Leave the wire a little >>>loose to avoid breaking. > > >>You're poking fun at me, right? > > > No. The wire doesn't _have_ to be tight, so why install it in a way that > might cause it to break? > > It will most likely not break-it will stretch. I installed a longwire in my parent's attic using the pull-taut method as Bill describes when I was 17 years old. It was a pretty kick-ass antenna and served me well until I left the house at age 20. Some time later my father told me he had disconnected the lead-in wire because the antenna was no longer in use. At age 38, I began coming back to the house on some weekends to relieve my dad of the duties of caring for my mom, who was suffering from advanced alzheimer's. I began bringing a portable shortwave set with me on my visits, and it wasn't long before I desired the kick that only a longwire can provide. I looked up in the attic, and sure enough, the longwire I had installed 20 years before was still there. As it turned out, the lead-in wire hadn't even been disconnected-my dad had merely pulled it up into the attic to get it out of the way. It still worked great, but it seemed to grow slightly in length....It sagged with a noticeable bow in the middle. The longwire I have installed in my house now is doing the same thing.....The process is so gradual that the antenna wire apparently has enough time to absorb the stress. -Scott Article: 327296 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul Dietenberger" References: Subject: Re: test Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 22:59:21 -0600 Message-ID: <439a5da4$1_1@newspeer2.tds.net> "Dave" wrote in message news:hmrmf.7370$7r6.4409@trnddc07... > test only We didn't get it. Try again. Article: 327297 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: Subject: Re: Is this 1946? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:09:52 GMT "Geary Morton" wrote in message news:ginkgo-B1B2E6.20555509122005@news.isp.giganews.com... > http://tinyurl.com/apebh > > Looks more 50's to me. Black knobs original? Anyone have any > experience with this rig in terms of performance? -Geary Here's one that got snatched early off eBay last month. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6579107161 jim menning Article: 327298 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul Dietenberger" References: <1134172373.749501.43470@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1134174440.489030.162170@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <98qmf.2785$Y7.1453@trnddc02> Subject: Re: 6K7 as a 1st detector Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 23:11:56 -0600 Message-ID: <439a6097$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net> "Richard" wrote in message news:98qmf.2785$Y7.1453@trnddc02... >swapped a 12BA7 for a 12SA7. The pinouts are different Boy, you can say that again. I've never gotten a 9-pin mini to fit where an octal belongs without an adapter...... :-) Article: 327299 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439A6AEA.8F5B2B4B@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question References: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:43:31 GMT Peter Wieck wrote: > > William: > > A 1/4" glass fuse will create a gap of approximately one inch if blown. > The amount of energy to jump that gap is considerable. If the wire will > survive the experience, it is unlikely that the amount of energy is > enough to jump a one-inch gap. Not impossible, simply unlikely. > > At the very least, there will be considerable losses as well. > > So: Adding a fuse soldered-in-place (no holder to add hot plastic bits) > cannot hurt the situation. It might help. It will not reduce the > efficacy of the antenna one whit. This is an antenna under roof. The > point of the fuse would be in that nearly infinitesimal chance of a > strick *through* the roof the fuse *might* stop such a strike from > reaching the equipment and people below. There is nothing in it to > contribute products-of-combustion. The amount of metal and glass > involved, even if white-hot would not create a secondary fire.... > > Peter Wieck > Wyncote, PA Peter, when a fuse opens well above its rated "Extinguishing voltage" it creates a plasma field which continues to conduct. This generates a lot of heat in a small area which will vaporize the matter around it, as long as the current continues to flow. The glass body of the fuse evaporates and the end caps burn away. I've seen it happen. I've also witnessed a lightning strike on a circus type tent with steel poles. A bolt of lightning jumped from the center steel pole and hit the man operating one of the cameras from our mobile production unit, went through his body into the camera and traveled from the camera through the control cable to the mobile production unit which took out every piece of equipment in the truck as it made its way to ground through the electrical system. the steel pole was sitting on the bare ground which was still dry, and the man was over a foot away from the pole, but it still jumped the gap with a bright flash and a loud snap. If he had been closer to that steel pole it would have killed him. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327300 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Omer Suleimanagich" References: <0P8mf.1426$3Z.172@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net> Subject: Re: American Made Transformers to Spec! Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:58:04 GMT Talk to any technician who worked on this lineage and he will concur. Of the last Opus radios I purchased on EBay and repaired, one had a barbequed power transformer, and the two others vibrate. Grundig, on the other hand, probably made the best transformers for its radios and I have yet to see one that vibrates. Each of these German table radios had their strong and weak points. Metz for example, placed a 1 watt rated power resistor between the two power tubes, on a push pull table radios they made in the fifties , on a circuit board. All of them char out after a couple of years! One of the cool things about German table radios of this period, if you know the personalities of each radio, strong points and weak points, you can go ahead and eliminate the weak points, and you will then have a screamer of an excellent radio! Omer "John Stone" wrote in message news:BFBF561C.302A6%jmsent2@comcast.net... > On 12/8/05 11:42 PM, in article > 0P8mf.1426$3Z.172@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net, "Omer Suleimanagich" > wrote: > >> Check out these guys in New Mexico! >> >> http://www.edcorusa.com/classx/power/xpwr/Xpwr106.htm >> >> They make an excellent product at an affordable price! >> >> I just placed this unit in my Telefunken Opus 7, replacing the original , >> crappy, vibrating, German Hannover transformer. > > What's so crappy about it? I've never had one fail in a Telefunken Opus, > and > the sets I've worked on don't vibrate any more than any other transformer. > Certainly not enough to be annoying. Maybe yours was defective, but that > shouldn't be a reason to condemn of all of them. > Article: 327301 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Merry Christmas References: Message-ID: <68umf.1961$pE4.804@tornado.socal.rr.com> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:58:26 GMT Brenda Ann wrote: > http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=ZN29521875 My dogs love Christmas.... But then I know what they're really thinking when we put up the tree. .o0(Indoor plumbing)0o. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327302 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Blacksmith Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:03:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:01:35 -0500, Stewart Schooley wrote: >Blacksmith wrote: > >> Yeah! That's a good point. The iron pipes extend beyond the roof. >> >> I don't know about the ground wire to the antenna though. I'll have to >> drive a pipe into the ground outside the front of the house, drill a >> hole through the brick, run a wire from it into my computer room... >> >> I guess I could do that. Hmm. >> .... >> Blacksmith >> >> >Aren't there window strips that are flat and go under a closed window? > >Stewart Yeah. There are. I'll look into it. .... Blacksmith ... Radio Literature on disc. 136 issues (11 years) of SERVICE magazines on CD or DVD. 175 issues of RADIO RETAILING magazines on CD or DVD. Very early NRI home-study radio courses on CD. Mallory Encyclopedia on CD. Record Changers & Recorders by Rider (1941) on CD. Radio Troubleshooter's Handbook -- renovatedradiosdotcom -- Article: 327303 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Omer Suleimanagich" References: Subject: Re: TUBE SALE... Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 06:28:32 GMT Any 6664's? Omer "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:hdSdnTU0v7h4hwfeRVn-tQ@comcast.com... > Thought I might have a little winter tube sale here...a chance for y'all > to > stock up for your pending projects... > > All below are fully tested good on a Hickok Cardamatic 123A or Hickok > 600A. > > shipping is $3 for first tube and 25c each additional, for any USA > address, > Canada is $5 for first, 35c ea additional. > > $10 minimum order, please. Orders over $25 will get a 1947 radio service > mini desk calendar. orders over $50 will also get a nice new display > quality tube in box, with cool artwork... like Sparton, Raytheon or > KenRad. > > 6A7 $3 > 6D6 $2 > 6F7 $2 > 24A $2 > 26 $7 > 27 $3 > 36 $2 > 37 $3 > 38 $2 > 39/44 $1 > 41 $3 > 42 $6 > 43 $2 > 47 $8 > 57 $2 > 75 $5 > 76 $5 > 80 $8 > 81 $5 > 224A , etc(globe24A) $7 > 226 , 326, etc(globe 26) $7 > 227 , 327, ect (globe 27) $7 > 280, 380, etc, (globe 80) $25 > 281 (globe 81) $14 > > most any metal or GT OCTAL or LOCTAL tube, $2 ea. (exceptions include > 1LA6, 7G7, 7A4, 7AF7, 6A8, a few others) > > got other tube needs? send them along, I will quote you a good deal... > email me for a capacitor list too if you dont have mine yet. > > SO, make your lists, check them twice, gonna find out whose naughty or > ... > oops... I mean, "email your lists"... to me at: > > moppat at comcast dot net. > > Hope to fill your stockings with pentodes and triodes and hexodes, oh my. > > Mark Oppat > > > Article: 327304 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: ISO: table radio, 40's vintage Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:50:01 +0900 Message-ID: Tube compliment [6SK7 RF Amp], 6SA7 or 6SB7 Mixer/LO, 6SK7 IF Amp, [6SK7 2nd IF Amp], 6SQ7 Det/AVC/1st Audio, 6V6 [6K6/6F6/6L6] Audio output, 5Y3 [5U4] Rectifier. I know this is likely a tall order. Tubes in [brackets] desirable but optional, or alternative. What have you? TIA Article: 327305 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: cuhulin@webtv.net Subject: Radio Boulevard Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:44:55 -0600 Message-ID: <16486-439A8777-435@storefull-3257.bay.webtv.net> www.radioblvd.com A good radio website. cuhulin Article: 327306 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Mike Schultz" References: <7hrmf.1297$QQ1.977@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> <439A446B.5CD3049D@sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: Is this 1946? Message-ID: <59zmf.3324$hB6.3148@trnddc05> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:40:49 GMT The 1R5, 1S4, 1S5, and 1T4 were introduced in 1939. -- Mike Schultz "John Stewart" wrote in message news:439A446B.5CD3049D@sympatico.ca... > > > Gary Tayman wrote: > >> Don't know much about it, but by the outward appearance I'd put it in the >> late 1950's. Inside, based on the fact that it has a combination of >> octal >> tubes and miniature type, I'd put it in the early to mid 50's. Was there >> such a thing as a miniature tube in 1946? > > 1R5, 1S4, 1S5 & 1T4. I think 6C4 about that time as well. JLS > >> >> >> I don't know how well it performs, but it's certainly a nice looking set. >> >> -- >> Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical >> Sound Solutions For Classic Cars >> http://www.taymanelectrical.com >> >> "Geary Morton" wrote in message >> news:ginkgo-B1B2E6.20555509122005@news.isp.giganews.com... >> > http://tinyurl.com/apebh >> > >> > Looks more 50's to me. Black knobs original? Anyone have any >> > experience with this rig in terms of performance? -Geary > Article: 327307 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "William Sommerwerck" References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <0-qdncxqK-sIggfenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com> <1134178398.397969.297740@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1134186985.105557.314590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 04:22:45 -0800 Message-ID: <676dnUqaSfsJVQfeRVn-oQ@comcast.com> > The fuse will protect against those slight strikes that would allow the > wire to survive. A near-nuclear-bomb strike, the 'traditional' strike > will jump the gap, of course. *JUST* as if the fuse were not there. Well... If you put it _that_ way... Yes, of course. Article: 327308 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Ron Fredenberg" References: <6Tnmf.8$Zu5.4@fed1read03> <1134187629.611217.27570@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <9Ksmf.16975$Mi5.3999@dukeread07> Subject: Re: Majestic ballast cross reference? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:02:29 -0600 The JDF 5100 measures 7.5 ohms. I know this because the one from Play Things of the Past is sitting next to me. Purchased it two weeks ago. I hope there's another one on the market your looking at. Ron " Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:9Ksmf.16975$Mi5.3999@dukeread07... > But, what was the JFD equivalent replacement part for the > 9P6? > > Pete > > "AuroraOldRadios" wrote in message > news:1134187629.611217.27570@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> My OEM Majestic says 9P6 on it and has 6.5 ohms resistance. >> > > Article: 327309 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:14:39 -0400 From: Bill Subject: Re: missing station ID tag References: <99flp11rtksajpprqmv60hm5hsigotvpv4@4ax.com> <32glp15atmkuutmo75f2g4a8kon0vbi6dt@4ax.com> Message-ID: <5a803$439ad4c0$4232bd2c$19438@COQUI.NET> phil < philsvintageradios wrote: >> >>I answered part of my question with http://radiolocator.com/ >> >>KOL - gone >>KRSC 1400 AM Othello WA spanish >>KJR 950 AM Seattle sports >>KOMO 1000 AM >>KXA - gone >>KIRO 710 am news >> >>KVI 710 am > > > OOPS... .. KVI 570 AM > ... so my missing station is between 710 and 570 KPCB was on 650 in the 30s. KOL was 1270, KJR was 970, KOMO was 920, KRSC was 1120, KXA was 760, KVI was 570. This was before the 'big shift' shortly before the war. -Bill Article: 327310 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:15:56 -0400 From: Bill Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <0-qdncxqK-sIggfenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com> <1134178398.397969.297740@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1134186985.105557.314590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <676dnUqaSfsJVQfeRVn-oQ@comcast.com> Message-ID: <9ed36$439ad50c$4232bd2c$19438@COQUI.NET> William Sommerwerck wrote: >>The fuse will protect against those slight strikes that would allow the >>wire to survive. A near-nuclear-bomb strike, the 'traditional' strike >>will jump the gap, of course. *JUST* as if the fuse were not there. > > > Well... If you put it _that_ way... > > Yes, of course. > > So what happens when you have more than a single 'slight strike' during a storm? -Bill Article: 327311 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439992FA.64D43F8B@BCPL.net> From: George Nuetzel Subject: Test Message Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:21:46 -0500 I am having a minor glitch with my computer. Article: 327312 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <6Tnmf.8$Zu5.4@fed1read03> <1134187629.611217.27570@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <9Ksmf.16975$Mi5.3999@dukeread07> Subject: Re: Majestic ballast cross reference? Message-ID: <93Bmf.16986$Mi5.6472@dukeread07> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:50:35 -0500 "Ron Fredenberg" wrote in message news:jmAmf.3731$Xx3.3693@fe03.lga... > The JDF 5100 measures 7.5 ohms. I know this because the one from Play Things > of the Past is sitting next to me. Purchased it two weeks ago. I hope > there's another one on the market your looking at. > > Ron > Are you using it in your Majestic 90? The resistance should be near 40 ohms when hot, I'd guess you quoting the cold resistance. Pete Article: 327313 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439ADE75.F778E45@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <0-qdncxqK-sIggfenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com> <1134178398.397969.297740@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1134186985.105557.314590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <676dnUqaSfsJVQfeRVn-oQ@comcast.com> <9ed36$439ad50c$4232bd2c$19438@COQUI.NET> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:56:06 GMT Bill wrote: > > William Sommerwerck wrote: > > >>The fuse will protect against those slight strikes that would allow the > >>wire to survive. A near-nuclear-bomb strike, the 'traditional' strike > >>will jump the gap, of course. *JUST* as if the fuse were not there. > > > > > > Well... If you put it _that_ way... > > > > Yes, of course. > > > > > > So what happens when you have more than a single 'slight strike' during > a storm? > > -Bill There is a good chance the fire department will pay a visit if the lightning is anything like what we get here in Florida. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327314 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Lou deGonzague Subject: Re: I.F. Caps in Motorola 57X12 References: <1brkp1dv0oba0jajnnllh9cgejd0m6k649@4ax.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:04:55 GMT If the caps are leaking from pri to sec of the IF transformer then you should be able to measure abnormal voltage on the sec side. The pri has high voltage on it and none of it should show up on the sec side. A high input resistance meter such as a VTVM will show a positive voltage on the grid of the tube connected to the sec if there is leakage. Blacksmith wrote: > Can I cut these in half to destroy the caps and replace them with 100 > mmf caps as the schematic calls for? > > This radio has me stumped. It's the one mentioned in a previous post > (Vol. Control). > > Symptoms I've noticed so far. Tubes light up. Switched on, the tubes > heat, there's a short burst of low volume activity when they reach > operating temperature, then the sound quickly dies to a quiet > crackling sound like frying eggs. > > Voltages, resistance, and injected signals seem fine. The only thing I > can think of is the caps in the I.F. cans, but I've never messed with > this type. Looks like I could cut the round wafer between all pins to > make sure I get the caps separated in the right place, then solder in > tiny 100 mmf caps. [Pictures on the binaries group] > > What do you think? > .... > Blacksmith > > > > ... > Radio Literature on disc. > 136 issues (11 years) of SERVICE magazines on CD or DVD. > 175 issues of RADIO RETAILING magazines on CD or DVD. > Very early NRI home-study radio courses on CD. > Mallory Encyclopedia on CD. > Record Changers & Recorders by Rider (1941) on CD. > Radio Troubleshooter's Handbook > -- renovatedradiosdotcom -- Article: 327315 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Ron Fredenberg" References: <6Tnmf.8$Zu5.4@fed1read03> <1134187629.611217.27570@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <9Ksmf.16975$Mi5.3999@dukeread07> <93Bmf.16986$Mi5.6472@dukeread07> Subject: Re: Majestic ballast cross reference? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:07:22 -0600 It will go in a 90. The ohm reading was taken cold. The radio has been a 3 year project. It was the first one I purchased, got it from a local guy, and I was pretty green. The tuning condenser was warped and wouldn't close, the 45 tubes were missing, one knob was not correct, the power supply cord crackled when bent, and the ballast was open. Other than that, the cabinet needs refinishing. I've been accumulating the needed parts for 3 years and am down to needing a 45 tube. It will be the next to hit the bench, it'll be a real thrill when she finally fires up. Ron " Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:93Bmf.16986$Mi5.6472@dukeread07... > > "Ron Fredenberg" wrote in message > news:jmAmf.3731$Xx3.3693@fe03.lga... >> The JDF 5100 measures 7.5 ohms. I know this because the one from Play > Things >> of the Past is sitting next to me. Purchased it two weeks ago. I hope >> there's another one on the market your looking at. >> >> Ron >> > > Are you using it in your Majestic 90? The resistance should be near 40 > ohms > when hot, I'd guess you quoting the cold resistance. > > Pete > > Article: 327316 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <0-qdncxqK-sIggfenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com> <1134178398.397969.297740@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1134186985.105557.314590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <676dnUqaSfsJVQfeRVn-oQ@comcast.com> <9ed36$439ad50c$4232bd2c$19438@COQUI.NET> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:08:29 GMT In article <9ed36$439ad50c$4232bd2c$19438@COQUI.NET>, exray@coqui.net says... > > >William Sommerwerck wrote: > >>>The fuse will protect against those slight strikes that would allow the >>>wire to survive. A near-nuclear-bomb strike, the 'traditional' strike >>>will jump the gap, of course. *JUST* as if the fuse were not there. >> > >So what happens when you have more than a single 'slight strike' during >a storm? > >-Bill nothing if it were an MOV as it would work the next time also.. with Peter's Fuse he can set there and watch it jump the open spot... John Article: 327317 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: Subject: Re: Grunow 750, has BFO, I never knew that! Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:19:03 GMT Yes, it is rather interesting. Of course there are some radios out there that are just a little too "tweaked" or have bad AVC caps in them, that offer BFO with no additional hardware! -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:WvCdnfbZlvWlDwfenZ2dnUVZ_v-dnZ2d@comcast.com... > not mine, but this Grunow has a BFO, so says the seller. I never knew > that...! > > http://cgi.ebay.com/GRUNOW-MODEL-750-TOMBSTONE-RADIO-THE-WORLD-CRUISER_W0QQitemZ6587162257QQcategoryZ38034QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > interesting, no? > Mark Oppat > > > Article: 327318 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <1134186985.105557.314590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:04:55 GMT In article <1134186985.105557.314590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, pfjw@aol.com says... > > >Can't hurt, might help. This is not a difficult concept. > >Get it now? > >Peter Wieck >Wyncote, PA > so would an MOV of about 24 volts setting across the antenna to ground position .... and more than likely it will never be activated from an antenna inside and attic... and if it is activated it will open back up and be fine awaiting the next one ..... and NO I don't have anything on my 500 foot attic antenna... just a wire that dangles down into my room with a gator clip on it to attach to whichever radio I want to put it in... but then my house is also setting under this huge pile of backyard lightning rods... John Article: 327319 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:43:19 GMT In article , moppat@comcast.NOSPAMnet says... > > >another thing to remember, lightning is attracted to the mass of metal, >amplified by the height of it. So, a very small mass up high is not gonna >get hit as much as a larger mass a little lower...at least that is what I >have read... Goller, you got any back up on this? So, Blacksmith's >little wire antenna in the attic is nothing to worry about really. It might >make him more vulnerable if he was the only structure for a large area, >however... but not by much. Yes? > >Mark Oppat > Probably due to the capacitive effect I think .... if your house has trees around it that are considerably taller than the house.. then 99% of the time they would get hit rather than the house being hit.. Ham Radio buddy of mine had interesting experience happen to him one day... now Bill had a tower that was about 95 feet to top antenna and the yard is a wooded lot with many trees that top out around 60- maybe a couple might be 70 footers.. Bill had a steel wire from outside the kitchen door that ran about 100 feet out to a tree. All of it about 7 feet high.. It was there for his dog to run back and forth on a leash with a pulley etc... Well standing next to the kitchen door and watching the storm outside one day... lightning hit a tree out in the backlot ... big all of fire comes screaming across that steel horizontal wire.. knocked bill off his feet inside the house... it also jumped from the screw eye in the side of the house into the wiring in the wall.... blew a couple of light switches out of the wall and messed up the wifes microwave oven that was a couple of feet away setting on a cabinet... and that Peter was a lot more to jump than a simple open fuse... also explain why it knock Bill on his butt... he wasn't touching anything. Just standing there watching it all happen... capacitive coupled to the charge as it raced along looking for ground ... John k9uwa / w4 Article: 327320 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <6Tnmf.8$Zu5.4@fed1read03> <1134187629.611217.27570@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <9Ksmf.16975$Mi5.3999@dukeread07> <93Bmf.16986$Mi5.6472@dukeread07> Subject: Re: Majestic ballast cross reference? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:02:22 -0500 "Ron Fredenberg" wrote in message news:yiBmf.12575$tQ7.10651@fe04.lga... > It will go in a 90. The ohm reading was taken cold. > > The radio has been a 3 year project. > It was the first one I purchased, got it from a local guy, and I was pretty > green. The tuning condenser was warped and wouldn't close, the 45 tubes were > missing, one knob was not correct, the power supply cord crackled when bent, > and the ballast was open. Other than that, the cabinet needs refinishing. > I've been accumulating the needed parts for 3 years and am down to needing a > 45 tube. It will be the next to hit the bench, it'll be a real thrill when > she finally fires up. > > Ron > I'm doing this one for a local antique shop. I hate working on early AC sets, and this one is right in line with yours. It took three donor caps to get the tuning cap to where it's useable. Wrong ballast tube, missing 45 tube, a lot of very BAD rubber insulated wiring under the chassis, and both the power and speaker cables have to be rebuilt because of the rubber wire insulation. How did you fix the old tuning cap? I've been told the 90B tuning caps were relatively free of the pot metal problems that plagued the earlier 90. Pete Article: 327321 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <1133884657.385527.100600@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1133886803.290488.15790@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1133887313.028739.247930@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1133908517.759741.4290@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4397a08a.13322890@news-server> Subject: Re: Yellow Myler Capacitors Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:09:47 -0500 "Tom Bavis" wrote in message news:4397a08a.13322890@news-server... > On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 05:04:10 GMT, Stephanie Weil > wrote: > > >Does anyone else besides me call these things "yellow jackets"? :) > > > >-- > >Stephanie Weil > > > Since they're the replacement for "bumblebees"? > GROAN!!!! Article: 327322 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Jack" References: <1134186179.665306.182710@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Addison 5a part needed Message-ID: <3XCmf.202650$Io.197847@clgrps13> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:58:55 GMT I tried them some time ago, Terry. They sold off all their stuff to a reseller. With s&h to Canada the prices are rather rediculous at this reseller. "Terry S" wrote in message news:1134186179.665306.182710@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... >I think Rock Sea enterprises has that one, too. > > Terry. > Article: 327323 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Nelson Gietz" References: <5G5mf.109$X94.58@fe23.lga> Subject: Re: Amazing what you find searching under "raido" Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:06:57 -0600 "Ken Doyle" wrote in message news:b6idnYtX9oxqcQfenZ2dnUVZ_s2dnZ2d@giganews.com... > > "Nelson Gietz" wrote > > Amazing what you find searching under "raido" > > Yes it is. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7368016554 > > Ken D. ...looks like someone did very well! Are you a tea drinker, Ken? ;>) Nelson Article: 327324 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Ron Fredenberg" References: <6Tnmf.8$Zu5.4@fed1read03> <1134187629.611217.27570@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <9Ksmf.16975$Mi5.3999@dukeread07> <93Bmf.16986$Mi5.6472@dukeread07> Subject: Re: Majestic ballast cross reference? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:13:10 -0600 A complete, free from rub tuning cap was found in a doner chassis. Both chassis are 90's one tuning cap was very bad and one was very good. Must have been a different run. Age didn't seem to be the problem, as the defect in these caps was already showing up as early as the mid 30's. " Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:s6Cmf.17003$Mi5.6920@dukeread07... > > "Ron Fredenberg" wrote in message > news:yiBmf.12575$tQ7.10651@fe04.lga... >> It will go in a 90. The ohm reading was taken cold. >> >> The radio has been a 3 year project. >> It was the first one I purchased, got it from a local guy, and I was > pretty >> green. The tuning condenser was warped and wouldn't close, the 45 tubes > were >> missing, one knob was not correct, the power supply cord crackled when > bent, >> and the ballast was open. Other than that, the cabinet needs refinishing. >> I've been accumulating the needed parts for 3 years and am down to >> needing > a >> 45 tube. It will be the next to hit the bench, it'll be a real thrill >> when >> she finally fires up. >> >> Ron >> > > I'm doing this one for a local antique shop. I hate working on early AC > sets, > and this one is right in line with yours. It took three donor caps to get > the > tuning cap to where it's useable. Wrong ballast tube, missing 45 tube, > a lot of very BAD rubber insulated wiring under the chassis, and both > the power and speaker cables have to be rebuilt because of the rubber > wire insulation. > > How did you fix the old tuning cap? I've been told the 90B tuning > caps were relatively free of the pot metal problems that plagued > the earlier 90. > > Pete > > > Article: 327325 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Heriberto" References: Subject: Re: Radio Handbook 17th ed by Orr WANTED Message-ID: <439aff5a_3@x-privat.org> Date: 10 Dec 2005 17:16:26 +0100 I have a version of 15 th ed. in pdf format- I send to you if his useful? REgards Heriberto The file is very heavy (near 60 MB) "Bob" escribió en el mensaje news:FaidnRl9H521CAfeRVn-pQ@giganews.com... > Anyone have an extra copy they would like to sell or perhaps trade for a > nice copy of "Modern Radio Servicing" by Ghirardi ? > > Article: 327326 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Heriberto" References: Subject: Re: Radio Handbook 17th ed by Orr WANTED Message-ID: <439aff5c_3@x-privat.org> Date: 10 Dec 2005 17:16:28 +0100 I have a version of 15 th ed. in pdf format- I send to you if his useful? REgards Heriberto The file is very heavy (near 60 MB) "Bob" escribió en el mensaje news:FaidnRl9H521CAfeRVn-pQ@giganews.com... > Anyone have an extra copy they would like to sell or perhaps trade for a > nice copy of "Modern Radio Servicing" by Ghirardi ? > > Article: 327327 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> From: John Stewart Subject: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:26:36 -0500 Overtime I=92ve been thinking about how best to build a relatively wide range regulated DC Power Supply for use with vacuum tube circuits. The query reference use of high mu triodes as the series pass element got me thinking about that again. There are many possibilities. As well, there are a number of criteria to consider as follows- 1) Cost- what kind of budget of time & money will be available? 2) Safety- no high voltages exposed on top of the chassis. 3) Practicality- that might exclude switch mode circuits. They are good RF generators if one is not careful. 4) Whatever the design it needs to be something which is buildable by hobbyists who may not have access to hitech test equipment. Two relationships to keep in mind when designing a series regulated DC vacuum tube supply are as follows- 1) Stabilization Factor for Line changes. It is approx =3D ( mu ) * A * K 2) Stabilization Factor for Load changes. It is approx =3D ( g ) * A * K Where mu & g are for the series pass tube A is the gain of the error amplifier & K is the portion of the total error picked off by the output sampling resistors. You will also need a stable reference voltage. In a recent project I needed a 150 volt reference. I tried using three 50 volt zeners in series. For the curious the Zener Impedance of three 50 volts zeners is quite a bit less than a single 150 volt zener. Anyway, they drifted as their temperature increased in the circuit. They were nowhere near as stable as an 0D3/VR150. And you will need stable range setting resistors as well. If I were to be really fussy I would use an 85A2 supplied by a CC source. For both load & line changes you need to have K & gain (A) as large as possible. That will bring with it some other problems. K is limited by the magnitude of the reference used & varies depending on where the output voltage is set. For A to be large usually requires a two stage amplifier & it=92s separate supply. Using a pentode as the series passer gets a good value of mu. But that too will need an independent supply for the screen. And if the plate supply should fail the screen current could rise so that damage results. There is a way around many of these problems by hooking up a common power triode or triodes in cascode with a power FET. The resulting mu & g of the pair is very high. As a result you won=92t need a multistage high gain amplifier to get good results. You can see one of the several circuits I simulated about a year ago over at ABSE. Voltage across the FET is approx ( 1 / mu ) of the series pass tube(s) used. So I settled on 6BX7=92s & they are relatively cheap for now anyway. The result is rather limited heat dissipation for the FET so it & it=92s heatsink can be inside the chassis. That removes an electric shock hazard from the chassis top. In order to somewhat limit the dissipation in the series pass tube while the circuit is set to low voltage & heavy load I have included a pair of switchable power resistors in line with the rectifiers & filter cap. The switch is a DPDT, the other contacts controlling the range setting resistors. By doing that the power is simply not stored in the cap on the low ranges so does not have to be dissipated in the 6BX7=92s. The resistors still get hot but all told less heat is produced overall. I would still recommend a diff amp as the gain element. In the case where the reference is =96ve to the common rail I would use a triode-pentode such as a 6AW8, the pentode plate driving the FET gate. That way very large excursions of gate drive are possible if the reference is =96ve with respect to the common rail. Another refinement would be a regulated DC supply to the error amp=92s heater. Without that any line voltage change causes the cathode temperature to change & drift in the output voltage results. Another possibility is an error amp tied to the +ve output lead. That could be done with a simple SS amp & it's independant PS. This is not a finished circuit but meant only to demonstrate a different way to get the final result. I had intended this circuit to result in a project to be published in a while. But for now I=92ve run out of time since the hitech sales buz has again taken over my life again! Cheers, John Stewart rec.antiques.radio+phono Article: 327328 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:20:02 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <0-qdncxqK-sIggfenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com> <1134178398.397969.297740@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1134186985.105557.314590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <676dnUqaSfsJVQfeRVn-oQ@comcast.com> William Sommerwerck wrote: >>The fuse will protect against those slight strikes that would allow the >>wire to survive. A near-nuclear-bomb strike, the 'traditional' strike >>will jump the gap, of course. *JUST* as if the fuse were not there. > > > Well... If you put it _that_ way... > > Yes, of course. > > Reminder..... The voltage rating for a fuse does not have anything to do with the voltage before the fuse blows, it is solely related to the amount of voltage that is "safe" to have AFTER the fuse blows. Anything over and above that and you risk arcing across the gap betwwen the blown fuse's two terminals. Given that the voltage present during even a wimpy lightning strike is liable to be larger than the rating of the typical buss fuse used in our hobby, It is not a particularly good protective device (although it can't hurt if you understand the limitations) Unplugging the device and disconnecting the antenna is the only foolproof method to prevent damage-and even then will not always work if your house is the subject of a direct lightning strike (Google earlier thread on this topic for more details) -Scott Article: 327329 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:22:26 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <0-qdncxqK-sIggfenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com> <1134178398.397969.297740@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1134186985.105557.314590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <676dnUqaSfsJVQfeRVn-oQ@comcast.com> <9ed36$439ad50c$4232bd2c$19438@COQUI.NET> <439ADE75.F778E45@earthlink.net> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > Bill wrote: > >>William Sommerwerck wrote: >> >> >>>>The fuse will protect against those slight strikes that would allow the >>>>wire to survive. A near-nuclear-bomb strike, the 'traditional' strike >>>>will jump the gap, of course. *JUST* as if the fuse were not there. >>> >>> >>>Well... If you put it _that_ way... >>> >>>Yes, of course. >>> >>> >> >>So what happens when you have more than a single 'slight strike' during >>a storm? >> >>-Bill > > > > There is a good chance the fire department will pay a visit if the > lightning is anything like what we get here in Florida. > There are rumors going around that planet earth isn't even grounded in Florida :-) -Scott Article: 327330 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <0-qdncxqK-sIggfenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com> <1134178398.397969.297740@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1134186985.105557.314590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <676dnUqaSfsJVQfeRVn-oQ@comcast.com> <9ed36$439ad50c$4232bd2c$19438@COQUI.NET> <439ADE75.F778E45@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:46:25 GMT In article , NOT_MY_REAL@email.com says... > > >There are rumors going around that planet earth isn't even grounded in >Florida :-) > >-Scott > Yup Michael and Scott I think are right.. there are a special set of lightning rules for Florida the Lightning Capital of the World!... maybe its all the sand they have here?... John k9uwa /w4 in sunny Florida a bit south of Michael! From garnieatsaskteldotnet Sun Dec 11 02:31:52 EST 2005 Article: 327331 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: garnie Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:13:16 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 94 Path: news1.isis.unc.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!sn-ams-06!sn-ams-03!sn-post-ams-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: news1.isis.unc.edu rec.antiques.radio+phono:327331 This is nothing new in my case. I can remember being a kid playing with a meccano set and darned if I could find the orange handled screwdriver. I must have spent an hour looking for it on the floor, under the bed, and everywhere else but it wasn't to be found. I was poking around the carboard box I used to keep all the parts in and suddenly realized that the missing screwdriver ... well ...it was in my hand all the time ... oy ... Regards all, Garnie On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:43:35 GMT, ISH wrote: >A while ago there was a thread here about putting down a tool while >working at your bench and then not being able to find it. > >Or how about looking for your glasses while wearing or holding them? >As I approach the age of 52, I find these things happening more and >more. > >I found this a while ago and wanted to post it then, but couldn't find > it. > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >An article from the newsletter of The Norwich and District >Society of Model Engineers which we would like to pass on to those who >were not in attendance. >(That's Norwich in East Anglia, UK) >If forwarded, please give attribution to the above. > >The Uninvited Guest > >A very weird thing has happened. A strange old man has moved into my >house. I have no idea who he is, where he came from, nor how he got >in. >I certainly did not invite him. All I know is that one day he wasn't >there and the next day he was. >He is a clever old man, and manages to keep out of sight for the most >part, but whenever I look in the mirror to shave, there he is hogging >the whole thing, completely obliterating my face. This is very rude. >I >have tried shouting at him, but he just shouts back. If he insists on >hanging around, the least he could do is to offer to pay part of the >rent, but no. Every once in a while I find a 5 pound note stuck in a >coat pocket or some loose change under a sofa cushion, but it is not >nearly enough. >I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I think he is stealing money >from me! I go to the bank and withdraw 100 pounds and a few days >later >it's all gone. I certainly don't spend money that fast, so I can only >conclude the old man is pilfering from me. Money isn't the only thing >he is stealing. Food seems to disappear at an alarming rate, >especially >the good stuff like ice cream, cakes and sweets. I can't seem to >keep >that stuff in the house any more. He must have a really sweet tooth, >but >he'd better watch it, because he is really packing on the pounds. I >suspect that he realizes this and, to make himself feel better, he is >tampering with my scales to make me think I am putting on weight too. >For an old man he is quite childish. He likes to play nasty games >like >going in to my wardrobe when I am not home and altering my clothes so >they don't fit. He messes around in my workshop too, hiding tools as >soon as I put them down. This is particularly annoying, since I am >extremely neat and organized. He also fiddles with my video so it >does >not record what I have carefully and correctly programmed. He has >found >other imaginative ways to annoy me. He gets into my mail, newspapers >and >magazines before I do and blurs the print so I can't read it and he >has >done something really sinister to the volume controls on my T.V., >radio >and telephone. Now all I hear are mumbles and whispers. > >He has done other things - like making my stairs steeper, and all my >knobs and taps are harder to turn. He has even made my bed higher so >that getting into and out of it is a real challenge. Lately, he has >been fooling with my groceries, applying glue to the lids, making it >almost impossible for me to open the jars. Is this any way to repay >my >hospitality? Just when I thought he couldn't get any meaner, he >proved >me wrong. He came along when I went to get my picture taken for my >passport, and just as the camera shutter clicked, he jumped in front >of >me!! No one is going to believe that the picture of the old man is >ME. > Article: 327332 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> Message-ID: <1tFmf.77578$2k5.41666@dukeread09> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:51:26 -0500 I don't know enough about tube designs, so I never start from scratch. I took a Heathkit PS-4, 0-400V, and gave it more PAUR, 0-600V, 200ma. To keep the pass tube power disp. down, I have two voltage ranges. I switch the bulk supply from full wave to half wave, switch the voltage adj pot so it won't go above 300V. I also built a 'soft start' circuit to bring the voltage up slowly. When the on button is pressed, voltage starts at 0 and slowly goes to the set level. This is good when powering an unknown radio or one with electrolytic caps installed, they charge slowly. Ken John Stewart wrote: > Overtime I’ve been thinking about how best to build a relatively > wide range regulated DC Power Supply for use with vacuum tube > circuits. The query reference use of high mu triodes as the series > pass element got me thinking about that again. There are many > possibilities. > > As well, there are a number of criteria to consider as follows- > > 1) Cost- what kind of budget of time & money will be available? > 2) Safety- no high voltages exposed on top of the chassis. > 3) Practicality- that might exclude switch mode circuits. They are > good RF generators if one is not careful. > 4) Whatever the design it needs to be something which is buildable > by hobbyists who may not have access to hitech test equipment. > > Two relationships to keep in mind when designing a series regulated > DC vacuum tube supply are as follows- > > 1) Stabilization Factor for Line changes. It is approx = ( mu ) * A > * K > 2) Stabilization Factor for Load changes. It is approx = ( g ) * A > * K > > Where mu & g are for the series pass tube > A is the gain of the error amplifier > & K is the portion of the total error picked off by the output > sampling resistors. > > You will also need a stable reference voltage. In a recent project I > needed a 150 volt reference. I tried using three 50 volt zeners in > series. For the curious the Zener Impedance of three 50 volts zeners > is quite a bit less than a single 150 volt zener. Anyway, they > drifted as their temperature increased in the circuit. They were > nowhere near as stable as an 0D3/VR150. And you will need stable > range setting resistors as well. If I were to be really fussy I > would use an 85A2 supplied by a CC source. > > For both load & line changes you need to have K & gain (A) as large > as possible. That will bring with it some other problems. K is > limited by the magnitude of the reference used & varies depending on > where the output voltage is set. For A to be large usually requires > a two stage amplifier & it’s separate supply. Using a pentode as the > series passer gets a good value of mu. But that too will need an > independent supply for the screen. And if the plate supply should > fail the screen current could rise so that damage results. > > There is a way around many of these problems by hooking up a common > power triode or triodes in cascode with a power FET. The resulting > mu & g of the pair is very high. As a result you won’t need a > multistage high gain amplifier to get good results. You can see one > of the several circuits I simulated about a year ago over at ABSE. > > Voltage across the FET is approx ( 1 / mu ) of the series pass > tube(s) used. So I settled on 6BX7’s & they are relatively cheap for > now anyway. The result is rather limited heat dissipation for the > FET so it & it’s heatsink can be inside the chassis. That removes an > electric shock hazard from the chassis top. > > In order to somewhat limit the dissipation in the series pass tube > while the circuit is set to low voltage & heavy load I have included > a pair of switchable power resistors in line with the rectifiers & > filter cap. The switch is a DPDT, the other contacts controlling the > range setting resistors. By doing that the power is simply not > stored in the cap on the low ranges so does not have to be > dissipated in the 6BX7’s. The resistors still get hot but all told > less heat is produced overall. > > I would still recommend a diff amp as the gain element. In the case > where the reference is –ve to the common rail I would use a > triode-pentode such as a 6AW8, the pentode plate driving the FET > gate. That way very large excursions of gate drive are possible if > the reference is –ve with respect to the common rail. Another > refinement would be a regulated DC supply to the error amp’s heater. > Without that any line voltage change causes the cathode temperature > to change & drift in the output voltage results. > > Another possibility is an error amp tied to the +ve output lead. > That could be done with a simple SS amp & it's independant PS. > > This is not a finished circuit but meant only to demonstrate a > different way to get the final result. > > I had intended this circuit to result in a project to be published > in a while. But for now I’ve run out of time since the hitech sales > buz has again taken over my life again! > > Cheers, John Stewart > > rec.antiques.radio+phono > Article: 327333 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: missing station ID tag Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:53:33 -0700 Message-ID: <17411-439B242D-20@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> References: KGW 620 .. KXL 750 ..Portland Oregon KBOI 670 Boise comes in at night :-) Article: 327334 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: missing station ID tag Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:54:42 -0700 Message-ID: <17410-439B2472-73@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> References: And KFI 640 .. CA is a strong one Article: 327335 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Test Message From: Larry References: <439992FA.64D43F8B@BCPL.net> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:05:08 -0500 George Nuetzel wrote in news:439992FA.64D43F8B@BCPL.net: > I am having a minor glitch with my computer. > use alt.test for testing. No apologies necessary over there... Article: 327336 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Very unusual Zenith console on ebay, not mine Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:08:40 -0700 Message-ID: <17410-439B27B8-75@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> References: <13799-438E3714-1089@storefull-3254.bay.webtv.net> I stand corrected on these chassis . 2 people thought some of them were metal when in fact they only had a metal frame around the bakelite chassis . Article: 327337 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question From: Larry References: <1134076412.808984.165030@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4398E367.38734CF0@earthlink.net> <1134096981.580725.119550@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1134150188.994750.138960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <0-qdncxqK-sIggfenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com> <1134178398.397969.297740@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <439A6AEA.8F5B2B4B@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:18:57 -0500 "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in news:439A6AEA.8F5B2B4B@earthlink.net: > The >> point of the fuse would be in that nearly infinitesimal chance of a >> strick *through* the roof the fuse *might* stop such a strike from >> reaching the equipment and people below. The members of a very serious church in Goose Creek, SC, would disagree..... The preacher was givin' 'em hell on his pulpit one Sunday morning, right on time. Fire and brimstone speech, finger shaking, everyone in a trance....get the picture. A thunderstorm passed over said Apostolic church during all this religion. Suddenly, and without warning, a direct hit on a 4x4 electrical handibox nailed to one of the crossbeams about 4' under the peak of the roof "awakened" the congregation! It blew a 4' diameter hole in the roof so fast there was absolutely no fire at all. It was raining like hell, excuse the pun..(c; Following the conduit down into the church to the main electrical panel, it blew that clean out of the wall, melting all the conduit in the attic. The preacher was knocked to the floor because he was right under the 4x4 handibox hit and probably felt a "little EMF pulse" as did everyone else. LIghtning sprays electrons all over the place in a big hit. Everything in the church that was A) Electrical or Electronic and B) had a cord over 3" long, was completely destroyed from the EMP, even if it wasn't hooked to the line or ground! Smoke was coming out of the secretary's little Sony radio and IT WASN'T PLUGGED IN! I showed up to write up the damage to the 2-month-old Hammond 720 organ and Leslie 715C speaker-amp for the insurance company. There were already other people working on other projects. I peered carefully around the double doors in the front of the sanctuary, stared at the assembled deacons and said, "I understand there are sinners amoungst you!" After a good laugh that created, the deacons told me I didn't have half the story. They went to check on the preacher the following Monday morning and he was GONE! During the night, after receiving his "Message >from God" on Sunday, he'd emptied out the church's house of his stuff and left town! Too funny. I wondered, to myself this time, whos wife he was tagging on a regular basis "saving her".....(c; Moral - Don't think just because that antenna is under the wood and shingles that are transparent to the electrons in the cloud overhead that it's not a "target" for a good hit. The whole house wiring is a target in the attic! Lightning came 5 miles to get to that roof. A little tar shingles and plywood mean nothing to it on its way to "ground"..... Article: 327338 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts From: Larry References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:24:35 -0500 John Stewart wrote in news:439B01BC.E54F8E14 @sympatico.ca: > 2) Safety- no high voltages exposed on top of the chassis. > What? That's no fun! You need to use a regulator TUBE with a plate cap, like an 807, for instance, with a metal cap and no cover! Workin' on tube radios isn't any fun if you never get knocked on your ass! Workin' on transmitters is MORE fun.....higher voltages exposed and RF BURNS!...(c; Article: 327339 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: OT door opener Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:18:05 -0700 Message-ID: <17410-439B29ED-78@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> My opener is about 6 years old installed new on a new door in a well kept tidy environment . When it gets around 10* or so cold the door goes up 10 inches & stops . letting it back down & up again lets it up 20 inches . It does this about 5 times going up 10 inches more each time till its open . It closes just fine . I took the cover off and warmed it up with a heat gun and warmed up the sensors at the floor & nothing helped . Each old spell it does this . Any ideas ? I posted this on sci.electronics also but thought i may catch a ``door guy `` here Article: 327340 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts From: Larry References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> <1tFmf.77578$2k5.41666@dukeread09> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:30:24 -0500 Ken wrote in news:1tFmf.77578$2k5.41666@dukeread09: > Heathkit PS-4, 0-400V Someone posted the Heathkit PS-3 manual on alt.binaries.e-books.technical in the last few days. I reposted it to the radio binary group if the guy wanting the supply needs a good, basic tube schematic to start from. Article: 327341 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:35:05 -0500 garnie wrote in news:rl6mp11cv2bkck2pqoim39r0q83i0e0c7r@4ax.com: > darned if I could find the orange handled screwdriver My favorite tool box screwdriver is a BRIGHT international green handled, multi-bit job with a shaft that unplugs that has two different sized straight and phillips, double-ended bits on each end in two different sized nutdriver sockets. It keeps me from holding a phillips when i need a straight...or...from needing a #2 phillips when I'm holding a #1. You get the picture. I can always find that bright green handle. But, as I work, I'll lay down the bits when I use the nutdriver, then I'm lost as to where it lays. The damned bits and shaft AREN'T bright green....(c; I can stand at the bench, never move my feet an inch, and have huge tools simply VANISH.....That's why you have THREE of everything, right? Article: 327342 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: OT door opener Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:38:23 -0700 Message-ID: References: <17410-439B29ED-78@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> oil the door pulleys/hinges and such so it doesnt have to work so hard to raise the door. oiling will prevent any ice buildup and generally make the door easier to open. the opener is properly functioning. it senses too much load and reverses itself. same as if it hit something. you can also probably adjust the sensitivity of this reversal but oil the door first. randy "Ken G." wrote in message news:17410-439B29ED-78@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net... > My opener is about 6 years old installed new on a new door in a well > kept tidy environment . > When it gets around 10* or so cold the door goes up 10 inches & stops . > letting it back down & up again lets it up 20 inches . It does this > about 5 times going up 10 inches more each time till its open . It > closes just fine . > I took the cover off and warmed it up with a heat gun and warmed up the > sensors at the floor & nothing helped . Each old spell it does this . > Any ideas ? > > I posted this on sci.electronics also but thought i may catch a ``door > guy `` here > Article: 327343 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: FOR SALE ===>Technics SL-15 Direct Drive VINTAGE Automatic Turntable<=== From: Larry References: <1134239343.715276.281100@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:42:36 -0500 loulou.email@gmail.com wrote in news:1134239343.715276.281100 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com: > http://web.295.ca/paisley/index.htm WOW! I dug out mine from under a pile of rubble under the bench to see what it was after I saw the asking price! Mine is an SL-QL5 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5827399809&category= 64626 It's quartz controlled, whatever that means....has the laser-driven neat "tone arm" drive and all. I paid $25 for mine with a new cartridge at a hamfest just because I wanted to see how it worked. But $450??!! Someone would have to be a complete idiot! Article: 327344 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Service: Xfrmr Rewinding From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:50:28 -0500 "GBrown" wrote in news:wt6dnYNYGeVWTgfeRVn-ow@gwi.net: > Gary...WZ1M > If you spend a few months in New Orleans, in construction not screwing around with transformers for the cheapskates, you wouldn't have to work next summer...(c; 73 DE W4CSC Charleston I have an electrician friend who is down there, now. He says he has work until 2025 all lined up for his crew of 12 electricians. He only does commercial work. They are begging him! Insurance money....gotta love 'it. Article: 327345 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ron in Radio Heaven Subject: What's your opinion? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:56:26 GMT I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that dramatically over charge for postage. I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage and used all USED packing material. I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging for postage. Ron Article: 327346 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brian Hill" References: Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Message-ID: <8wGmf.4098$ES.1359@fe05.lga> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:03:14 -0600 "Ron in Radio Heaven" wrote in message news:KpGmf.6923$TU6.1288212@twister.southeast.rr.com... > I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that dramatically > over charge for postage. > > I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, > it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. > The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. > He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage > and used all USED packing material. > > I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging > for postage. > > Ron He's a God damn crook Ron. No two ways about it. Did you call him on it? -- Regards B.H. Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/500.htm Article: 327347 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Message-ID: <3xGmf.17063$Mi5.16570@dukeread07> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:03:48 -0500 "Ron in Radio Heaven" wrote in message news:KpGmf.6923$TU6.1288212@twister.southeast.rr.com... > I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that dramatically > over charge for postage. > > I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, > it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. > The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. > He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage > and used all USED packing material. > > I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging > for postage. > > Ron I think if you paid for Priority, and it was sent at a cheaper rate, I'd complain. What were the terms of the auction, were the shipping costs up front? Pete Article: 327348 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts From: Larry References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> <1134243704.468606.52410@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:05:23 -0500 "Bret Ludwig" wrote in news:1134243704.468606.52410 @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com: > You won't have any fun at all if you are dead. And dead you will be > if you get across a really healthy amp's B+ supply. > > Not necessarily...... When I was about 19, an ETN2 aboard USS Everglades (AD-24) (or "Building 24" as the tin can sailors called our ship because of its infrequent sea time), I was the Radio Two electronics technician, mostly because I was the only ham radio operator (WB4THE at the time) aboard and interested in antique transmitters in Radio Two that went unused. Radio Two had two TBKs, one TBL, 4 TCS-15s, two plate power supply modulators I've forgotten the numbers of mounted on the aft bulkhead and a local operating position that had a genuine RCA SSB-1 single sideband abortion, their first try at SSB transmitters, sitting atop it. One day, I had properly tagged out the power push button station in Radio Central up behind officer country for one of the TBKs that had intermittent DC high voltage from its 110VDC-powered motor-generator set, mounted on a rack of all of them in the back compartment behind the transmitter room. I had a good 3KV generator open and the bad 3KV generator open and was comparing winding resistances to see if I had an internal short, probably to the frame, which would be "bad". Some idiot RM1, a first class radioman for a brief period before our captain relieved him of a stripe over this incident, TURNED ON THE TAGGED OUT GENSET to send a message! I felt a PULSE that knocked me out. I woke up a couple of hours later, in sick bay, staring my repair officer, CMDR Hayter, in the eye with a worried look on his face. "What happened, Sir?", I asked him. He nearly collapsed on me from fainting...(c; That was the second time I got knocked out by electrons. The first time was during a thunderstorm when I was home...alone...trying to get the coax cable out my bedroom window and away from my ham rig that was hooked to my 75 meter inverted-V. I woke up from that about 30 minutes later on the OTHER side of the room from the window, which had burn marks on it like the ones on my hands. Oh, by the way, the RM1 got the message out while I was laying on the deck until someone found me. The TBK worked great...(c; Geez, man, High Voltage is FUN!....(c; Article: 327349 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Steve" References: Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:08:16 -0800 Message-ID: <439b358e$0$38604$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> I don't do business with them. Period. Seems like many sellers these days use shipping to make more of a profit than the with selling price. One way they often try to hide it is when you use "calculate" to figure out shipping charges in advance. The seller can add in a handling fee that is above and beyond the actual shipping charge. One jerk locally tried to charge me shipping even though I picke up the item at his house. Steve Ron in Radio Heaven wrote in message news:KpGmf.6923$TU6.1288212@twister.southeast.rr.com... > I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that dramatically > over charge for postage. > > I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, > it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. > The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. > He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage > and used all USED packing material. > > I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging > for postage. > > Ron Article: 327350 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: OT door opener From: Larry References: <17410-439B29ED-78@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:11:55 -0500 goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) wrote in news:17410-439B29ED-78@storefull- 3234.bay.webtv.net: > Any ideas ? > There's some kind of current sensor, probably just a small resistance in series with the drive motor, that detects the child wedged under the door coming down and shuts down the power to save him/her. I'd bet this circuit is sensing high motor current at this cold temperature from all the drag of the rollers in those cheap metal channels, the half-frozen hinges that don't want to fold as the door comes up, or the nearly frozen bearings/gears in the drivebox. Sound reasonable? Let's test it! With the door down, take the load off the motor drive by pulling up on the handle with one hand while clicking the remote to open the door with the other. With you helping pull up the frozen door, the motor current drops and doesn't tell the sensor "something's stuck". Try that....(c; I fixed a TV in the computer room of the ISP on Sahkalin Island, Russia in the Sea of Japan about 3 months ago, by remote control like this. It had a bad +15V regulator IC. Russian TV....Texas Instruments regulator!...go figure. Article: 327351 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:14:49 -0400 From: Bill Subject: Re: What's your opinion? References: Message-ID: Ron in Radio Heaven wrote: > The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. > He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage > and used all USED packing material. > > I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging > for postage. > > Ron If he said Priority then he screwed you out of a couple bucks. You didn't get what you paid for even by agreeing to the inflated 6.95. If he didn't say Priority then there's no damage done. Put him on your Brown List. -Bill Article: 327352 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "John Wilkie" Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:16:20 -0600 Message-ID: <11pmermnjts4641@corp.supernews.com> References: I was charged 15.50 for postage of two tubes. Actual cost was 3.10. E-mailed the seller and asked for explanation before I posted feedback. He immediately refunded 12.15 U.S. to me. It pays to communicate. "Ron in Radio Heaven" wrote in message news:KpGmf.6923$TU6.1288212@twister.southeast.rr.com... > I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that dramatically > over charge for postage. > > I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, > it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. > The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. > He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage > and used all USED packing material. > > I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging > for postage. > > Ron Article: 327353 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: What's your opinion? References: Message-ID: <53Hmf.2054$pE4.1635@tornado.socal.rr.com> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:40:33 GMT Just my opinion, but I think every one here worries too much about the little details. As annoying as excessive shipping charges and other idiotic extras can be, I base my purchases on the TOTAL cost. And base what I'm willing to pay as well on what my chances are on getting something that was damaged in shipping. So far, I haven't been disappointed. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327354 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:46:15 -0700 Message-ID: References: <53Hmf.2054$pE4.1635@tornado.socal.rr.com> "Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message news:53Hmf.2054$pE4.1635@tornado.socal.rr.com... > Just my opinion, but I think every one here worries too much about > the little details. > > As annoying as excessive shipping charges and other idiotic extras > can be, I base my purchases on the TOTAL cost. And base what I'm > willing to pay as well on what my chances are on getting something > that was damaged in shipping. > > So far, I haven't been disappointed. exactly. and youve probably gotten stuff for less because the 'shipping & handling police' crowd didnt bid. randy Article: 327355 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Frank Dresser" References: <1134141498.102909.33310@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <6302-4399AC2B-585@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net> <1134146140.350941.264880@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Transoceanic Sensitivity Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:52:01 GMT "TopCat" wrote in message news:1134146140.350941.264880@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Hi Ken, > > I've noticed this too. With the TO, a big thing is the frequency > coverage. I've noticed that the frequencies where SW broadcasts are > most common seem to have shifted somewhat from the time when these > radios were made. The bandspread button on my Grundig Satellit 6001 > (from the 1970's) expands the "standard" broadcast portions or the > various bands on the set. The SW broadcast bands have been expanded since the 70s.. Most of the stations you will hear in the expanded parts are US domestic SW broadcasters. Of course, if you're getting broadcast stations which are way out of band, your radio might be out of alignment or you might be hearing an image. > Most often, the station I am listening to is > outside of these areas so I can't use the bandspread. I am thinking > that this explains why the bands seem so dead on the TO so often. I > remember when I was a kid that I would listen at night for the best DX. > Today, it seems like I hear the most activity of the SW bands during > the day. Maybe I'm remembering wrong or the patterns have changed. > > Tony > Many of the old line SW broadcasters, such as the BBC, no longer broadcast to the US. Some have stopped broadcasting entirely, but BBC broadcasts beamed to other parts of the world can be often heard here. We are also getting to the low part of the solar cycle, and that makes reception more difficult than it is during the solar maximum. So, overall, there's fewer signals to hear and those signals aren't always propagating as well as they otherwise would. I suspect most of the daytimers you're hearing are US based. Nighttime is still the best time for DXing, but SW propagation might be poor for several days at a time now. Frank Dresser Article: 327356 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Caveat Lector" References: Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:59:43 -0800 I don't bid on them or if I really want the item I e-mail them and quote US Post Office Rates and will they agree Simple as that -- CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be ! "Ron in Radio Heaven" wrote in message news:KpGmf.6923$TU6.1288212@twister.southeast.rr.com... > I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that dramatically > over charge for postage. > > I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, > it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. > The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. > He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage > and used all USED packing material. > > I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging > for postage. > > Ron Article: 327357 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ron in Radio Heaven Subject: Re: What's your opinion? References: <8wGmf.4098$ES.1359@fe05.lga> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:59:56 GMT Brian Hill wrote: >> > > He's a God damn crook Ron. No two ways about it. Did you call him on it? > Not yet, but negative feedback is coming. Ron Article: 327358 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jerry Vrooman Subject: Re: What's your opinion? References: Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:03:39 GMT Ron in Radio Heaven wrote: > I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that dramatically > over charge for postage. > > I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, > it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. > The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. > He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage > and used all USED packing material. > > I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging > for postage. > > Ron I have complained about large discrepancies in shipping and gotten refunds. For something small like this I would just not leave feedback. Sort of like saying, "You can stiff me on the shipping but don't expect feedback." Jerry Vrooman Article: 327359 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: What's your opinion? References: <53Hmf.2054$pE4.1635@tornado.socal.rr.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:15:55 GMT xrongor wrote: > and youve probably gotten stuff for less because the 'shipping & > handling police' crowd didnt bid. I've also gotten a lot of obscure stuff that I wanted. I'd prefer to pay via PayPal, but I will make an exception, including wasting my time at the Post Office for the occasional "USPO Money Order only" payment demand. My time wasted in apost office is ALSO included in the total cost of an item. And I use eSnipe a majority of the time. Some people like the "thrill of the chase and having multiple windows open and watching the bid timer count down. I don't. I'd rather be asleep or out in the garage playing with the last thing I bought. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327360 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: What's your opinion? References: Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:00:23 -0500 Even though he stated the charge, it takes a real prick to charge $6.95 to pack a button. Ken Ron in Radio Heaven wrote: > I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that dramatically > over charge for postage. > > I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, > it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. > The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. > He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage > and used all USED packing material. > > I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging > for postage. > > Ron Article: 327361 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: oldcoot@webtv.net (Bill Sheppard) Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:59:04 -0800 Message-ID: <17100-439B4FA8-17@storefull-3176.bay.webtv.net> References: >From John G.: >..there are a special set of lightning rules >for Florida the Lightning Capital of the >World!... > >maybe its all the sand they have here?... How many of y'all have ever seen a fulgurite- a gnarly looking tube of fused silica formed by lightning's passage thru sand? Seems the longest one on record was found in Florida. See- www.weathernotebook.org/transcripts/2000/03/27.html Bill(oc) Article: 327362 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Nelson Gietz" References: Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:10:54 -0600 "Larry" wrote in message news:Xns9728945D6DCFFnoonehomecom@63.223.7.253... > garnie wrote in > news:rl6mp11cv2bkck2pqoim39r0q83i0e0c7r@4ax.com: > > > darned if I could find the orange handled screwdriver > > My favorite tool box screwdriver is a BRIGHT international green handled, > multi-bit job with a shaft that unplugs that has two different sized > straight and phillips, double-ended bits on each end in two different > sized nutdriver sockets. It keeps me from holding a phillips when i need > a straight...or...from needing a #2 phillips when I'm holding a #1. You > get the picture. > > I can always find that bright green handle. But, as I work, I'll lay > down the bits when I use the nutdriver, then I'm lost as to where it > lays. The damned bits and shaft AREN'T bright green....(c; > > I can stand at the bench, never move my feet an inch, and have huge tools > simply VANISH.....That's why you have THREE of everything, right? When my wife and I were building a little log cabin and cutting up in the bush I took to spray painting blaze orange on the canthooks, axe etc so we wouldn't lose 'em. Still lost a couple of peelers. But maybe that'd work on my bench? It's about as messy. Nelson Article: 327363 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: ":-: Ghost Chip :-:" References: Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:18:35 -0700 "Ron in Radio Heaven" wrote in message news:KpGmf.6923$TU6.1288212@twister.southeast.rr.com... > I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that > dramatically > over charge for postage. > > I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, > it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. > The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. > He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage > and used all USED packing material. > > I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging > for postage. > > Ron It's just part of the price. If it's too high, don't bid! Let the other sucker pay high postage. GC Article: 327364 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brian Hill" References: <8wGmf.4098$ES.1359@fe05.lga> Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:32:06 -0600 "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:sc6dnTtTorVV1QbenZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com... > if the seller said what they charge for shipping in the listing, you can > not > fairly leave a negative because you agreed to the terms by bidding. > > I usually charge a little more than the actual postage cost to cover > packing > materials and time packing (your case here, there isnt much of either). > > Also, I usually estimate the ship costs and specify what I want for > shipping in my ebay listings. There are many times where I come out > short, > too. this is because I set a price in the auction, which I feel draws > more > bidders. For instance a pair of GT tubes might say "$3 USA, $8 foreign". > > I agree the ship amount you paid was way way too much. > > Mark Oppat > He said he would ship Priority mail and didn't. If not anything hes a lier. BH Article: 327365 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:45:20 -0400 From: Bill Subject: Re: What's your opinion? References: Message-ID: <41f3c$439b5a81$4232bdc7$3804@COQUI.NET> Bruce Mercer wrote: > The real problem is not the price he charged for shipping but saying it was > being sent Priority Mail and then it was not. I want stuff sent Priority > because of less time in the system for something to happen to it. In every > single auction I bid on I find out exactly what the handling-shipping > charges are going to be, then if I don't like it, I don't bid. But...it had > better be sent by the method I paid for. > > Bruce > > Egg-zackly. Like everyone sez, the shipping is part of the total deal. Doing a switcheroo on the shipping method after it was bought and paid for is just as bad as switching the item for something different. -Bill Article: 327366 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: What's your opinion? References: <0qmdnQVSzq6V_AbenZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@comcast.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:11:19 -0500 He has the same charge on other small item auctions. Ken Mark Oppat wrote: > keep in mind, many sellers are housewifes selling huge piles of > collectables. I know that sometimes I have made mistakes in listings or in > charging the right amount. It happens. So, I would send a polite note to > them. You will find most of the time they will comply. > > Always be nice first, you will find you get results. > > Mark Oppat > > > > "Ken" wrote in message > news:aeImf.77583$2k5.42029@dukeread09... > >>Even though he stated the charge, it takes a real prick to charge $6.95 >>to pack a button. Ken >> >>Ron in Radio Heaven wrote: >> >> >>>I'd like to know your opinions on ebay sellers that dramatically >>>over charge for postage. >>> >>>I just received an Atwater Kent Merit Club pin, >>>it maybe weighs 1/10 of an ounce, it's smaller than a dime. >>>The seller charged $6.95 for Priority Mail postage. >>>He didn't use Priority Mail, only paid $2.13 for postage >>>and used all USED packing material. >>> >>>I hate it when sellers pad their profits by over charging >>>for postage. >>> >>>Ron >> >> > > > Article: 327367 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Re: missing station ID tag Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:12:26 +0900 Message-ID: References: <99flp11rtksajpprqmv60hm5hsigotvpv4@4ax.com> <32glp15atmkuutmo75f2g4a8kon0vbi6dt@4ax.com> <5a803$439ad4c0$4232bd2c$19438@COQUI.NET> "Bill" wrote in message news:5a803$439ad4c0$4232bd2c$19438@COQUI.NET... > phil < philsvintageradios wrote: > >>> >>>I answered part of my question with http://radiolocator.com/ >>> >>>KOL - gone >>>KRSC 1400 AM Othello WA spanish >>>KJR 950 AM Seattle sports >>>KOMO 1000 AM KXA - gone KIRO 710 am news >>> >>>KVI 710 am >> >> >> OOPS... .. KVI 570 AM ... so my missing station is between 710 and >> 570 > > > KPCB was on 650 in the 30s. > KOL was 1270, KJR was 970, KOMO was 920, KRSC was 1120, KXA was 760, KVI > was 570. This was before the 'big shift' shortly before the war. > > That was quite a shift, wasn't it? When I moved to Astoria in 1970, the frequencies/calls were as such: 570 KVI 950 KJR 970 KOIN 1000 KOMO 1300 KOL Don't recall ever listening to KRSC, but there was: 710 KIRO 850 KTAC 1090 KING Those were the stations I got out of Seattle at the time (except for KOIN, which was Portland, but on an old Seattle frequency) Other daytime stations I received were: 550 KOAC 620 KGW 750 KXL 800 KPDQ 880 KWIP 910 KISN 930 KSWB 1080 KWJJ 1150 KKEY 1190 KEX 1230 KVAS 1310 KNPT 1330 KPOK 1370 KAST 1400 KBCH 1410 KPAM 1450 KBPS 1480 KVAN 1520 KYXI 1550 K??? (Vancouver, WA) 1600 KASH or KOHI Article: 327368 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439B71B5.EAFE5073@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... References: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:24:27 GMT Larry wrote: > > garnie wrote in > news:rl6mp11cv2bkck2pqoim39r0q83i0e0c7r@4ax.com: > > > darned if I could find the orange handled screwdriver > > My favorite tool box screwdriver is a BRIGHT international green handled, > multi-bit job with a shaft that unplugs that has two different sized > straight and phillips, double-ended bits on each end in two different > sized nutdriver sockets. It keeps me from holding a phillips when i need > a straight...or...from needing a #2 phillips when I'm holding a #1. You > get the picture. > > I can always find that bright green handle. But, as I work, I'll lay > down the bits when I use the nutdriver, then I'm lost as to where it > lays. The damned bits and shaft AREN'T bright green....(c; > > I can stand at the bench, never move my feet an inch, and have huge tools > simply VANISH.....That's why you have THREE of everything, right? If you would clean up that mess you are always bragging about you wouldn't loose so many tools. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327369 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439B726E.8F616115@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Service: Xfrmr Rewinding References: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:27:32 GMT Larry wrote: > > "GBrown" wrote in news:wt6dnYNYGeVWTgfeRVn-ow@gwi.net: > > > Gary...WZ1M > > > > If you spend a few months in New Orleans, in construction not screwing > around with transformers for the cheapskates, you wouldn't have to work > next summer...(c; > > 73 DE W4CSC > Charleston > > I have an electrician friend who is down there, now. He says he has work > until 2025 all lined up for his crew of 12 electricians. He only does > commercial work. They are begging him! > > Insurance money....gotta love 'it. 2025? BULLSHIT! No one is going to wait 20 years for a contractor to fix their electrical problems. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327370 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: John Bachman Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:02:39 -0500 Message-ID: <5iump1t1mq3n7v5g8emgmtash7uh4t506h@4ax.com> References: On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:10:54 -0600, "Nelson Gietz" wrote: > >"Larry" wrote in message >news:Xns9728945D6DCFFnoonehomecom@63.223.7.253... >> garnie wrote in >> news:rl6mp11cv2bkck2pqoim39r0q83i0e0c7r@4ax.com: >> >> > darned if I could find the orange handled screwdriver >> >> My favorite tool box screwdriver is a BRIGHT international green handled, >> multi-bit job with a shaft that unplugs that has two different sized >> straight and phillips, double-ended bits on each end in two different >> sized nutdriver sockets. It keeps me from holding a phillips when i need >> a straight...or...from needing a #2 phillips when I'm holding a #1. You >> get the picture. >> >> I can always find that bright green handle. But, as I work, I'll lay >> down the bits when I use the nutdriver, then I'm lost as to where it >> lays. The damned bits and shaft AREN'T bright green....(c; >> >> I can stand at the bench, never move my feet an inch, and have huge tools >> simply VANISH.....That's why you have THREE of everything, right? > > When my wife and I were building a little log cabin and cutting up in >the >bush I took to spray painting blaze orange on the canthooks, axe etc so we >wouldn't lose 'em. Still lost a couple of peelers. But maybe that'd work >on >my bench? It's about as messy. > Nelson > > Still looking for that lopper that I hung on a tree branch about 5 years ago. Damned thing had natural wood handles. What a stupid design that is. My new lopper has orange handles. New wife does too. John Article: 327371 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... References: <5iump1t1mq3n7v5g8emgmtash7uh4t506h@4ax.com> Message-ID: <19Lmf.5026$hI1.731@tornado.socal.rr.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 01:19:57 GMT John Bachman wrote: > My new lopper has orange handles. New wife does too. You're wife has bright orange handles? Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327372 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... From: Larry References: <5iump1t1mq3n7v5g8emgmtash7uh4t506h@4ax.com> <19Lmf.5026$hI1.731@tornado.socal.rr.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:16:33 -0500 Jeffrey D Angus wrote in news:19Lmf.5026$hI1.731 @tornado.socal.rr.com: > You're wife has bright orange handles? > > Love handles??....(c; Article: 327373 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... From: Larry References: <439B71B5.EAFE5073@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:18:24 -0500 "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in news:439B71B5.EAFE5073@earthlink.net: > If you would clean up that mess you are always bragging about you > wouldn't loose so many tools. > WHAT? Hold your tongue! The place would lose all its character, not to mention its thermal lag that keeps me warm throughout the night on so little heat. There's serious thermodynamics going on in those piles of organ and electronic parts, ya know.... Article: 327374 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: FOR SALE ===>Technics SL-15 Direct Drive VINTAGE Automatic Turntable<=== From: Larry References: <1134239343.715276.281100@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:24:32 -0500 "Robert Mozeleski" wrote in news:ugKmf.16285$7r6.13886@trnddc07: > There is a new one out, USB powered, converts your vinyl to mp3's. > > For the perfectionist, I recommend FLAC. FLAC files are larger, but if you take the original files off a CD, encode them in FLAC, then reverse the encoding, you end up with EXACTLY the same number of bits you started with. It's very impressive. FLAC is Free Lossless Audio Codec. Download it free from http://flac.sourceforge.net/ and it is truly remnant-free. All the information and what supports it off the computer is on the website. RIAA wishes it never started....(c; Article: 327375 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: OT door opener Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:23:10 -0700 Message-ID: <22867-439B8D8E-171@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> References: <1134261245.741533.154470@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Thanks everyone . The door and tracks are still like new , i like to keep all that real nice . I oiled everything this summer but that does not mean much when its this cold . Its to late now to mess with it and my truck is in the way now . The door does not reverse it just comes to a dead stop in the same exact places each time . Tomorrow i will try the release handle and the door manually and go from there . As for the old tube type door openers i had some of those from tat repair shop cleanout . The parttat mounted in the car had tubes and a vibrator in it , the receiver mounted i the building also had tubes . I still have one of the old original hand held remotes somewhere here . Its in a thin leather case with a figure of Freddy Kill-a-watt on it along with its advertizing paper from the shops manuals . It has some sort of wierd vibrator in it when you push the button on it it makes a metal bar vibrate inside . I think it also took some strange battery . Article: 327376 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Hagstar Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:42:24 -0500 Message-ID: <11pn4gf40iagqb9@corp.supernews.com> References: <439b358e$0$38604$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> Steve wrote: > > One jerk locally tried to charge me shipping even > though I picke up the item at his house. This is allowed if mentioned in the auction. They can also simply refuse pickup. This is perfectly legitimate- no should be expected to be home all day for strangers wanting to case the place to pick up five dollar items. John H. Article: 327377 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: USMC Field Antenna Handbook From: Larry Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:51:55 -0500 Over on alt.binaries.e-book.technical someone has posted: USMC-Antenna Reference Publication -MCRP 6-22D.pdf which is a great little radio propagation training manual and simple antenna handbook. Thought you guys up in the attic stapling wire grids to the rafters might like to take a look..... Article: 327378 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Hagstar Subject: ATTENTION WISCONSIN CONSOLE RESCUE Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:58:48 -0500 Message-ID: <11pn5f67dnurs05@corp.supernews.com> I am determined to make good use of the console guide, This is model 1827, from 1935 , ELEVEN tubes, a gift to you midwesterners :) http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-SILVERTONE-FLOOR-TUBE-RADIO_W0QQitemZ6587633515 John H. Article: 327379 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Service: Xfrmr Rewinding / working Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:53:04 -0700 Message-ID: <22867-439B9490-174@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> References: <439B726E.8F616115@earthlink.net> I dont blame G for being ok with time off . Its getting harder and harder to deal with company owners that do stupid things and other employees that are morons ! I am getting pretty close to just doing my own thing . Article: 327380 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "news.west" References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> <1tFmf.77578$2k5.41666@dukeread09> Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:07:09 -0600 Larry: If I may be so bold -- the correct newsgroup is: alt.binaries.e-book.technical -- pcos "Larry" wrote in message news:Xns972893923AAD1noonehomecom@63.223.7.253... > Ken wrote in news:1tFmf.77578$2k5.41666@dukeread09: > >> Heathkit PS-4, 0-400V > > Someone posted the Heathkit PS-3 manual on alt.binaries.e-books.technical > in the last few days. I reposted it to the radio binary group if the guy > wanting the supply needs a good, basic tube schematic to start from. > Article: 327381 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Dean Carriveau" Subject: victrola motor spring Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:23:08 GMT Hello group, My neighbor just purchased a clean Victrola model VV 4-4 Grenada console. Paid $100 for it. The winding crank turns but will not hold tension. As I understand it, the winding spring (or springs) in the spring drum is broken. Can you advise where we might purchase a new spring? Thanks, Dean Carriveau Article: 327382 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Removing paint from plastic . Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:11:08 -0700 Message-ID: <22867-439B98CC-175@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> I got some parts here that were painted black and tried soaking them in some Westleys bleech wite for about an hour and the paint fell off . I also went to clean some real dirty painted silver Majestic tube shields with Westleys and half the paint came off . I use Westleys alot and usually dont have trouble with it removing paint so i thought this may be of some interest . I dont know what the paint was or if it will remove all types . I never had Westleys hurt any plastic so maybe it will be good to remove paint from plastic knobs & such if you soak them in it . I only tried this last night on 2 objects so use caution . Article: 327383 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gordon Richmond Subject: Re: missing station ID tag Message-ID: References: <17410-439B2472-73@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:53:04 GMT What was the frequency of KSL, Salt Lake City? I remember hearing it in the '60s in Vancouver, B.C. as a strong signal, also KGO. Gordon Richmond Article: 327384 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:54:18 -0700 Message-ID: References: <53Hmf.2054$pE4.1635@tornado.socal.rr.com> "Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message news:fAHmf.1437$ka.876@tornado.socal.rr.com... > > > xrongor wrote: >> and youve probably gotten stuff for less because the 'shipping & >> handling police' crowd didnt bid. > > I've also gotten a lot of obscure stuff that I wanted. > > I'd prefer to pay via PayPal, but I will make an exception, including > wasting my time at the Post Office for the occasional "USPO Money > Order only" payment demand. My time wasted in apost office is ALSO > included in the total cost of an item. > > And I use eSnipe a majority of the time. Some people like the "thrill > of the chase and having multiple windows open and watching the bid > timer count down. I don't. I'd rather be asleep or out in the garage > playing with the last thing I bought. yeah i dont even mess with esnipe. i bid on monday and check back on friday. i dont even watch it count down when im selling stuff. just for a joke i almost made an auction for shipping with free shipping. but im too lazy. so pretend i did and laugh randy Article: 327385 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439BA307.1045AC9E@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Shiny and OEM References: <11p7c8m5ku4lq6f@corp.supernews.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:54:48 GMT graham wrote: > > "Hagstar" wrote in message > news:11p7c8m5ku4lq6f@corp.supernews.com... > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-SILVERTONE-CONSOLE-FLOOR-MODEL-TUBE-RADIO_W0QQitemZ6585966158 > > > > John H. > > > > .. thanks for letting us know about this one ... Plonk. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327386 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: jim rozen Subject: Re: Die or nut Date: 10 Dec 2005 20:02:31 -0800 Message-ID: References: In article , Gerald K4NHN says... > >Does anyone know where I can get a die or a nut to make a thread chaser that >is 1 1/2" x 24 >I'm still trying to clean up some threads on a horn. >Gerald K4NHN You won't find that size available commercially. Your best bet is to commission somebody nearby to make one on a lathe, it won't take long. What is the piece made of, that needs to be re-threaded? If aluminum or brass you could probably get by with a steel tool, not heat treated. If it's steel then you will need to ask to have the tool case hardened before you use it. If you want to check the threads dykem will work. First try one of those large sharpie pens. Mark up the threads and where they interfere you will see the blue get shiny and clear. Another approach is to use lipstick. Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== Article: 327387 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Re: missing station ID tag Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:31:26 +0900 Message-ID: References: <17410-439B2472-73@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> "Gordon Richmond" wrote in message news:ui8np1dcooeuk43rcfarr4vanu6tk5dejb@4ax.com... > What was the frequency of KSL, Salt Lake City? I remember hearing it > in the '60s in Vancouver, B.C. as a strong signal, also KGO. > 1160 Article: 327388 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:37:05 -0700 Message-ID: References: lets face it. the real problem is that people get their panties in a bunch over shipping charges too easy. i think most of you would be horrified to see a breakdown of cost on anything you bought from a retail store (even online ones). but you dont see it. out of sight, out of mind. in fact if i were ebay i would eliminate the differentiation between shipping/handling/item cost. just force the seller to put an opening bid at the minimum level including shipping and handling. why? because then i could get a cut of all of it instead of practically begging for people to inflate shipping costs to avoid ebay costs (which despite all the paranoid theories about how its a master plan to rip off unsuspecting buyers, is the main reason people inflate shipping costs). and would probably get more sales because all you shipping price police would be bidding instead of bitching. im not sure how you would handle foreign shipping, the current system isnt perfect, my system isnt perfect. im sure it could be worked out. i have ideas, but im not here to debate the specifics. i know the simple fact that im suggesting ebay surcharge on shipping is gonna push some people over the edge.... what would probably be most fair is for them to slightly adjust the fee scale a bit to compensate. that said, do what you said you would do. if the seller SAID it would be shipped one way, then it was shipped a cheaper way, thats a problem. randy > The real problem is not the price he charged for shipping but saying it > was being sent Priority Mail and then it was not. I want stuff sent > Priority because of less time in the system for something to happen to it. > In every single auction I bid on I find out exactly what the > handling-shipping charges are going to be, then if I don't like it, I > don't bid. But...it had better be sent by the method I paid for. > > Bruce > Article: 327389 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: OT door opener Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:53:04 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1134261245.741533.154470@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <22867-439B8D8E-171@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> "Ken G." wrote in message news:22867-439B8D8E-171@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net... > Thanks everyone . The door and tracks are still like new , i like to > keep all that real nice . I oiled everything this summer but that does > not mean much when its this cold . Its to late now to mess with it and > my truck is in the way now . > The door does not reverse it just comes to a dead stop in the same exact > places each time . to me this still seems to indicate sticking. sticks at the same place each time. did you oil the hinges and such as well as the rollers? > Tomorrow i will try the release handle and the door manually and go from > there . yeah, the springs do wear and maybe it needs another turn. if its done it all along, maybe it wasnt set right to begin with. just be damn careful if you choose to tighten it yourself. ive seen this before and i would bet money its not anything particularly 'wrong' with the opener. the opener is acting in a repeatable fashion. if it were broke, i think your results would be more varied. randy Article: 327390 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <17410-439B29ED-78@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> Subject: Re: OT door opener Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 05:13:20 GMT "Ken G." wrote in message news:17410-439B29ED-78@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net... > My opener is about 6 years old installed new on a new door in a well > kept tidy environment . > When it gets around 10* or so cold the door goes up 10 inches & stops . > letting it back down & up again lets it up 20 inches . It does this > about 5 times going up 10 inches more each time till its open . It > closes just fine . > I took the cover off and warmed it up with a heat gun and warmed up the > sensors at the floor & nothing helped . Each old spell it does this . > Any ideas ? > > I posted this on sci.electronics also but thought i may catch a ``door > guy `` here Yeah, that happens once in a while during cold weather. There should be adjustments for opening and closing force on the back of the drive unit.... Article: 327391 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gerald K4NHN" References: Subject: Re: AK 20 interstage transformers Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 05:17:09 GMT I read somewhere that Gary doesn't have those replacement transformers anymore and won't be getting any either. Gerald K4NHN "Nelson Gietz" wrote in message news:K5Bae.6415$Mj.63061@news1.mts.net... > > "Tom Adkins" wrote in message > news:J-KdnW-C6OtiXvTfRVn-3g@comcast.com... >> Nelson Gietz wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > An Atwater Kent 20 here has had the audio transformers removed. >> > Does anyone have info on impedance ratio, physical size, >> > appearance, >> > and where/how they were mounted? >> >> Hi Nelson, >> If you have or can locate the correct cans with open audios, Gary > Schneider at >> Playthings of Past has replacement audios that fit perfectly into the AK > cans. I've >> used them in a few AK-20s and they work just fine. > (snips) > I purchased a pair of good originals, and paid too much, >> only to have them fail shortly after. Gary tried to warn me, but did I > listen??..Noooo. >> Try here http://www.oldradioparts.com/2a23cfl.txt 8th item down on >> the > page >> 1017-001. >> >> Hope this helps, Tom Adkins > Thanks Tom, I saw those in passing. Gary had a couple of original AKs > 'way down the list, but he says they're gone. Sounds like his replacement > audios restuffed into original cans would be the way to go. > Now to find a couple of dud original cans.... > Cheers, > Nelson > > Article: 327392 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul Dietenberger" References: <11pn5f67dnurs05@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: ATTENTION WISCONSIN CONSOLE RESCUE Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:19:36 -0600 Message-ID: <439bb3dd$1_3@newspeer2.tds.net> "Hagstar" wrote in message news:11pn5f67dnurs05@corp.supernews.com... >I am determined to make good use of the console guide, This is model 1827, >from 1935 , ELEVEN tubes, a gift to you midwesterners :) Seen it and its three friends as soon as it was listed (10 miles away), found its model number on sfhobbies.com. Odd tube layout. No RF stage, two IF stages, a 41 as an oscillator, and push pull 37s driving push pull 47s of all the silly things. I thought about it. But it's too much like my 11-tube 1721, which has 2A3s instead of 47s. This one's only for me if nobody else wants it. I do like the dial with the little musical notes in the word Silvertone though. Same guy has a late prewar GE. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6587633504 . I've seen it before but can't remember the model number. Think it has early FM. Can anyone help? Thanks The Farnsworth he has might be interesting but I don't know what it is either. The other Silvertone isn't worth the opening bid. paul Article: 327393 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: HUH? References: <11obqpqeee3hg09@corp.supernews.com> Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 05:54:16 GMT graham wrote: > .. thanks for letting us know about this one ... Oh for fu**'s sake.... At least Yonny's posts were all different. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327394 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Carter, K8VT" Subject: Re: The Big 8 ! Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:49:06 GMT Interesting response Jeff and reminds me of a few stories... Jeff, WB8NHV wrote: > I'm not in the business of > commercial broadcasting, Well, I'm currently not in broadcasting, but that's how I started my engineering career. I worked at WTPS (1560 kHz, 1 kW daytimer) in Portage, MI, WKMI-AM/WSEO-FM in Kalamazoo, WLIN-FM, Detroit and was Chief Engineer at WQRS and WGPR, both small FMers in Detroit; however, the most fun I had was working at WJBK-TV, Channel 2 in Detroit, the CBS outlet back then. Did lots of neat stuff like studio camera, board audio and filmsound man on a newsreel crew (back when it was actually 16mm film, not tape). Lots of stories and lots of adventures, like going through the '67 Detroit riots on a news crew from 6 in the evening until 9 or 10 the next morning for every night of the riot (and seeing more dead bodies than a 22 year old should ever have to), meeting Earl Ruby, brother of Jack Ruby (yeah, *that* Jack Ruby) and even getting to zip up the dress (not as bad as it sounds) of Marilyn Turner , the weather lady of the day. However, the reason I'm writing this is because of your statement below and WLW comments: > ...and since I > understand a lot about the technical end of commercial broadcasting, > it interests me immensely as well > ...you need look no further than Cincinnati's WLW on 700 kHz. This station > began in the 1930s or so, IIRC, as a 500kW powerhouse that even lit up > light bulbs in farmhouses near its towers when it was on the air--even > if the bulbs were not in sockets or were installed in lamps that were > not turned on or plugged in! WJBK-TV was owned by old man Storer and his Storer Broadcasting. He also had an AM and FM outlet in Detroit. Well, he got it in his head that he wanted to compete with WJR and boost the power of his AM station (1500 kHz)to 50 kW. However, to avoid co-channel interference, he had to go directional---boy, did he have to go directional! It took a twelve (12!!!) tower array, the first in the country at the time and maybe it was the only one in the country to this day. A map of the pattern was a sight to behold. It looked like a banana, about 15 degrees wide, pointing to the northeast, right at Hudson Bay in Canada. (and we did have a *powerful* signal into Hudson Bay and yet we were virtually un-listenable a little past Toledo). It was *extremely* directional, as you would expect with 12 towers. BTW, the transmitter was an RCA "Ampliphase", two 25 kW transmitters phased together to emulate a 50 kW plate modulated rig and thus save the expense (and electric bill) of needing a 25 kW plate modulator. Even though it did (barely?) meet FCC Proof-of-Performance, the radio guys laughingly referred to it as "Ampli-Fuzz". The transmitter and antenna farm were in Lincoln Park in a residential neighborhood. If you lived in roughly the 345 degree null of the pattern, you were OK, but if your house was in the main lobe, heaven help you! First, as you mentioned, there were numerous cases of switched off incandescent house lighting flashing in time with the modulation. Next, there was the problem of TV set "rabbit ears" antennas, quite common in those pre-cable days. The home owners would get RF burns every time they tried to adjust their antenna. A similar complaint was offered by the telephone company. Every time their craftsmen worked on the aerial distribution plant or the aerial drop, they would get an RF poke. The most unusual trouble I heard about was that there was signal rectification (due to dis-similar metals) in the forced air heating ducts and that the homeowner could actually hear the station through the ducts! With 12 towers, it was a real nightmare to maintain the pattern. The radio engineers hated to see it rain because they then had to spin the antenna phasor controls like the wheels on a slot machine to keep the antenna base current readings in limits. BTW, that 50 kW antenna phasor was quite an impressive piece of equipment. The other problem they had was that any large metallic structures nearby would put holes or bumps in the pattern. If you drive around Lincoln Park to this very day and look at the Edison high voltage transmission towers to the northeast of the transmitter, you will notice that each tower has a 25 or 30 foot wire mounted alongside a tower leg on stand-off insulators and terminating in a metal box with a variable capacitor inside. This was so the engineers could adjust out any bumps or holes in the pattern caused by the high tension tower. It cost them millions to install this station and to maintain the pattern. It was said (only semi-jokingly) that it would have been way cheaper for Storer to buy WJR and be done with it! So, not quite the 500 kW of WLW, but an interesting piece of radio history none the less... 73, Carter K8VT Article: 327395 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gerald K4NHN" References: Subject: Re: Die or nut Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:35:04 GMT I have been using the Dykem blue to work on it... Someone asked what is it. It's the base of a RCA horn and it's made of "Pot Metal". It had been broken and someone glued it back together. All indications is that the overall size is about 15 thousands out of round and the thread are bottoming out and binding on the first turn. A machinist friend is looking at it and is going to see if he can chuck it up in a lathe and true up the thread depth..If it'll stay together and not crush. How do we get into these problems.... Gerald K4NHN "jim rozen" wrote in message news:dng8cn0b6c@drn.newsguy.com... > In article , > Gerald > K4NHN says... >> >>Does anyone know where I can get a die or a nut to make a thread chaser >>that >>is 1 1/2" x 24 >>I'm still trying to clean up some threads on a horn. >>Gerald K4NHN > > You won't find that size available commercially. > > Your best bet is to commission somebody nearby to make one > on a lathe, it won't take long. What is the piece made of, > that needs to be re-threaded? > > If aluminum or brass you could probably get by with a steel > tool, not heat treated. If it's steel then you will need to > ask to have the tool case hardened before you use it. > > If you want to check the threads dykem will work. First try > one of those large sharpie pens. Mark up the threads and > where they interfere you will see the blue get shiny and > clear. Another approach is to use lipstick. > > Jim > > > -- > ================================================== > please reply to: > JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com > ================================================== Article: 327396 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Die or nut References: Message-ID: <7iQmf.2229$pE4.440@tornado.socal.rr.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 07:10:59 GMT Gerald K4NHN wrote: > How do we get into these problems.... Well it starts out with a simple purchase.... Either an old radio or a phono, or in other scenarios, a bunch of flowers. ;-) Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327397 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" Subject: OT - Looking for Tripp Lite PR-25 dc supply schematic Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 07:31:24 GMT Looking for Tripp Lite PR-25 dc supply schematic. I am repairing one for the club's repeater. I encountered a few crispy critters and want to verify the values. Thanks Paul. Article: 327398 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: Transoceanic Sensitivity Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:55:11 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1134141498.102909.33310@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <6302-4399AC2B-585@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net> <1134146140.350941.264880@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Frank Dresser wrote: > > The SW broadcast bands have been expanded since the 70s.. Most of the > stations you will hear in the expanded parts are US domestic SW > broadcasters. Most of those seem to be religious stations....Hardly worth listening to unless you're really into that sort of thing. > > Many of the old line SW broadcasters, such as the BBC, no longer broadcast > to the US. Some have stopped broadcasting entirely, but BBC broadcasts > beamed to other parts of the world can be often heard here. All the BBC broadcasts I am able to receive are intended for reception in the Carribean (early evening) or Africa (late evening). SW broadcasting intended for North America has been in a gradual decline since the end of the cold war. We are also > getting to the low part of the solar cycle, and that makes reception more > difficult than it is during the solar maximum. So, overall, there's fewer > signals to hear and those signals aren't always propagating as well as they > otherwise would. > I suspect most of the daytimers you're hearing are US based. Nighttime is > still the best time for DXing, but SW propagation might be poor for several > days at a time now. > Here in Northern California, it sucks....Maybe one day out of the week will be pretty good, the rest of the week will be poor or fair. Or perhaps I'm just spoiled.... I grew up in the 1970s, and my most active listening period in my youth coincided with a period of peak sunspot activity. Back then, the stations were so numerous and the reception so good that you could practically feel the electricity in the air. I'm afraid my brain is permanently calibrated to that standard, and contemporary conditions naturally fall pretty short of that mark. For me, the next solar peak can't come too soon. -Scott Article: 327399 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gordon Richmond Subject: Re: ATTENTION WISCONSIN CONSOLE RESCUE Message-ID: References: <11pn5f67dnurs05@corp.supernews.com> <2YqdneL0Rq6RAAbenZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@comcast.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:13:39 GMT Well, Graham, the eBay links aren't nearly as soporific as your Johnny One-note complaints about them. I, for one, find the eBay links interesting, even if I don't feel compelled to visit them. Sometimes I actually LEARN something from the conversation that follows. And, FWIW, I don't object in any way to seeing the odd "FS" or "FA" post in here, especially if they originate from posters who have an ongoing presence here. IMHO, sale or auction notices don't constitute SPAM unless they are repeated ad nauseam, or are evidently mass-posted to newsgroups to which they are completely irrelevant. If a little bit of free enterprise stresses you out so, perhaps you should join a commune :>) Gordon Richmond Article: 327400 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439C24F3.41C99DD@turneraudio.com.au> From: Patrick Turner Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:14:55 GMT John Stewart wrote: > Overtime I’ve been thinking about how best to build a relatively > wide range regulated DC Power Supply for use with vacuum tube > circuits. The query reference use of high mu triodes as the series > pass element got me thinking about that again. There are many > possibilities. > > As well, there are a number of criteria to consider as follows- > > 1) Cost- what kind of budget of time & money will be available? > 2) Safety- no high voltages exposed on top of the chassis. > 3) Practicality- that might exclude switch mode circuits. They are > good RF generators if one is not careful. > 4) Whatever the design it needs to be something which is buildable > by hobbyists who may not have access to hitech test equipment. In my latest phono amp I use 24mA input to a bunch of triodes. The PS raises about 310V from CRCRC with 470 uF + 100 ohms. The series reg pass element is a darlington connected pair with MJE340 and BU508 flat pack bjt, very rugged, and mounted on a scrap peice of Al angle under the chassis with a 4 point tag strip nearby for 5 protection Si diodes, 11 ohm output current sensing R. A divider using 39k and 470k from the 310V makes about 280V which is filtered with 100uF, and the resulting very well passively smoothed voltage is applied to the base of the darlington pair. The 310V input is fed to the collectors via 390 ohms, thus limiting the max current to less than 1 amp. The emitter output feeds a 470 uF via the 11 ohms, and it is short circuit proof if shorted at the input or output. So basically the darlingtom pair acts as an emitter follower with very low Ro, and very high collector input resistance, so any output voltage movement is determined by the base voltage, which has a very long time constant, thus allowing very slow moving B+ voltages to occur, so that +/- 10% mains variations won't allow too much voltage across the reg element or too little, giving no regulation. It is not so much a regulator, but a way of simply having a very long time constant in the CRCRCRC filter line up, and one that is far longer than the CR signal couplings in the circuit, so that the circuits phono amp gives -3dB at 4 Hz with a rapid roll off below 4 Hz so that slight B+ rail variations of typically a volt or two over perhaps a minute don't cause much trace variation when viewed on a cro, let alone any cone wobble at the speaker, or any slow saturation of any amplifier element. I am not a fan of zener diode shunt regs in phono stages because the zeners are usually a little noisy, and althogh when bypassed with a large C of say 470uF, the LF spectra of the zeners tends to not be bypassed by the C since the ZC rises with falling F. > > Two relationships to keep in mind when designing a series regulated > DC vacuum tube supply are as follows- > > 1) Stabilization Factor for Line changes. It is approx = ( mu ) * A > * K > 2) Stabilization Factor for Load changes. It is approx = ( g ) * A > * K > > Where mu & g are for the series pass tube > A is the gain of the error amplifier > & K is the portion of the total error picked off by the output > sampling resistors. Floating LM317 regs can give good reg of the B+ at dc. But they only can take 37V input, and if the mains increases enough to cause a rise beyond 37V, maybe the reg shits itself. I measured the mains at 256Vrms here last saturday, its supposed to be 240V. > > You will also need a stable reference voltage. In a recent project I > needed a 150 volt reference. I tried using three 50 volt zeners in > series. For the curious the Zener Impedance of three 50 volts zeners > is quite a bit less than a single 150 volt zener. Anyway, they > drifted as their temperature increased in the circuit. They were > nowhere near as stable as an 0D3/VR150. And you will need stable > range setting resistors as well. If I were to be really fussy I > would use an 85A2 supplied by a CC source. A string of 50V x 5 watt zeners is a small package shunt reg, but it is a spongy type of reg, ie, it doesn't give a very low Z between say 2 mA and 20 mA of current, so the Vreg varies rather a lot, but its not too bad a way to reg a line stage where noise isn't so critical. But you are right about the CCS. Once there is a CCS between the PS B+ and zeners, then there is no I change, and the Vreg sats put. But for the CCS, you need at least an MJE340, 10V x 400mV zener, and two resistors plus short protect diodes, and it soon gets complex. > > > For both load & line changes you need to have K & gain (A) as large > as possible. That will bring with it some other problems. K is > limited by the magnitude of the reference used & varies depending on > where the output voltage is set. For A to be large usually requires > a two stage amplifier & it’s separate supply. Using a pentode as the > series passer gets a good value of mu. But that too will need an > independent supply for the screen. And if the plate supply should > fail the screen current could rise so that damage results. > > There is a way around many of these problems by hooking up a common > power triode or triodes in cascode with a power FET. The resulting > mu & g of the pair is very high. As a result you won’t need a > multistage high gain amplifier to get good results. You can see one > of the several circuits I simulated about a year ago over at ABSE. > > Voltage across the FET is approx ( 1 / mu ) of the series pass > tube(s) used. So I settled on 6BX7’s & they are relatively cheap for > now anyway. The result is rather limited heat dissipation for the > FET so it & it’s heatsink can be inside the chassis. That removes an > electric shock hazard from the chassis top. > There should be a series R between the PS B+ and the collector or drain of the SS pass element, and if a short at the output occurs, the pass element is turned on hard so although max I flows, Vce or Vds is low, so Pd is low and the device won't be fried. At idle, Vce of Vds should be equal to V across the I limiting R, so that when twice the I out flows, virtullaly all the V drop is across the I limiting R, and the output voltage can sag with no reg, and with nothing requiring impossible electronic gymnastics. > In order to somewhat limit the dissipation in the series pass tube > while the circuit is set to low voltage & heavy load I have included > a pair of switchable power resistors in line with the rectifiers & > filter cap. The switch is a DPDT, the other contacts controlling the > range setting resistors. By doing that the power is simply not > stored in the cap on the low ranges so does not have to be > dissipated in the 6BX7’s. The resistors still get hot but all told > less heat is produced overall. > > I would still recommend a diff amp as the gain element. In the case > where the reference is –ve to the common rail I would use a > triode-pentode such as a 6AW8, the pentode plate driving the FET > gate. That way very large excursions of gate drive are possible if > the reference is –ve with respect to the common rail. Another > refinement would be a regulated DC supply to the error amp’s heater. > Without that any line voltage change causes the cathode temperature > to change & drift in the output voltage results. For year in year out reliablity, SS reg of B+ preamp rails is best imho, and there is no need for B+ reg of power amps because low winding R trannies, Si diodes, and CLC fiilters always can be built so quite adequate natural reg is achieved. Patrick Turner. > > > Another possibility is an error amp tied to the +ve output lead. > That could be done with a simple SS amp & it's independant PS. > > This is not a finished circuit but meant only to demonstrate a > different way to get the final result. > > I had intended this circuit to result in a project to be published > in a while. But for now I’ve run out of time since the hitech sales > buz has again taken over my life again! > > Cheers, John Stewart > > rec.antiques.radio+phono Article: 327401 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Lyndell Scott" References: Subject: Re: victrola motor spring Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:33:02 GMT http://www.antiquephono.com/default.asp or http://www.together.net/~victrola/ Article: 327402 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:35:10 -0400 From: Bill Subject: Re: Attention Ohio Types.... References: <11gv7u75krs5e67@corp.supernews.com> <1134287978.052074.26960@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <78437$439c2b10$4232bd55$29931@COQUI.NET> Jeff, WB8NHV wrote: > > BTW, I see this particular Philco has a model designation beginning > with a three-digit number (112). When did Philco abandon its practice > of using two- and three-digit numbers (e.g. 38-113) in which the first > number was the year the set was manufactured? Philco started using the model year indicator in 1937 and continued into the 1950s. I see as late as 1953 in Beitman's, maybe it went further. -Bill Article: 327403 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <17100-439B4FA8-17@storefull-3176.bay.webtv.net> Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:41:47 GMT In article <17100-439B4FA8-17@storefull-3176.bay.webtv.net>, oldcoot@webtv.net says... > > >From John G.: > >>..there are a special set of lightning rules >for Florida the Lightning >Capital of the >>World!... >> >>maybe its all the sand they have here?... > >How many of y'all have ever seen a fulgurite- a gnarly looking tube of >fused silica formed by lightning's passage thru sand? Seems the longest >one on record was found in Florida. See- >www.weathernotebook.org/transcripts/2000/03/27.html > Bill(oc) > Yup that explains it well... don't think a bunch of 8 foot ground rods would do much good when "Ground" isn;t anywhere near the surface of the earth... John k9uwa Article: 327404 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" Subject: New idea for transmitter Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:52:02 GMT A short time ago I posted a few photos of the Crosley home. I had a radio on a small table, playing Christmas music and OTR, from a transmitter behind a door. The display was definitely a hit; several of the "train" guys told me they loved it, the spectators loved it, the chairman of the Crosley Foundation loved it, and during the times when I was there I noticed people remarking about it -- so it certainly appears it will be part of the annual tradition there. Now for my idea: in that home in particular, the reception is awful -- I literally had to run the transmitting antenna wire up the leg of the table and underneath the radio to get good reception -- without the transmitter the radio was silent, and could not even pick up a radio station whose tower is located within eyesight! The radio had to be there so I could use the transmitter, but it might make a better display elsewhere in the room. My idea: why not mount the transmitter (a good ol' AMT-3000) inside the drawer of the table? On the drawer itself, I could mount a couple of AC outlets inside on the back for the wall warts, another outside on the back or bottom for the radio (I don't want to use a ready-made power strip because of the big, fat, white, and too-short power cord), then set or mount the AMT-3000 inside the drawer. There is also just enough room for a portable CD player in front, and still enough room for a short stack of CD's. For ground I can use the ground lug of the AC. For the power cord I'll use a flat three-wire zip, something that looks as close as possible to regular zip cord. The plug might also be a challenge but would probably only be noticed by the nit-pickers. What I'm trying to achieve is to have a table with a radio on it, with only one power cord that appears to be the radio's own AC cord. That covers everything except the antenna. The AMT-3000 has a long white stretch of wire. I suppose I could use a brown wire and staple it to the table legs as I run it up and down each leg, but as a better alternative could the transmitter be tuned to work with a loop antenna fastened underneath the drawer? This would be much neater, and all of the hardware would then be contained in the drawer itself. For what it's worth, this table was purchased at Wal-Mart for around $30, just for the Crosley display. It's handy for the purpose, but I suppose any similar table could be modified in this way. Of course if I build this, it will be used at the Crosley during Christmas, but will be at home serving a similar purpose the rest of the year. I'll probably keep my AMT-3000 as is, and purchase a second one for the table. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com Article: 327405 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Graham being a PITA From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <11p4p0ii58g6i7a@corp.supernews.com> <78GdnbAXibD-BgbenZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d@comcast.com> Message-ID: <7aXmf.4891$md.2429@tornado.tampabay.rr.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:00:19 GMT In article <78GdnbAXibD-BgbenZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d@comcast.com>, grahamiba@comcast.net says... > > >.. thanks for letting us know about this one ... > > John k9uwa / w4 Article: 327406 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brian Hill" References: Subject: Re: UPS can't be THAT slow! Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:26:49 -0600 "Tim Mullen" wrote in message news:dn2mbh$b2l$1@reader2.panix.com... > > Recently I've gotten into hardcore phonography. Boy Tim, at first I thought you said something else? My eyes must be going :) -- Regards B.H. Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/500.htm Article: 327407 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439C4B40.A55E3AF4@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: When you can't find your tools... References: <439B71B5.EAFE5073@earthlink.net> <9sWmf.1808$n1.532@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:52:39 GMT Gary Tayman wrote: > > So THERE'S our answer as to what happens to tools on a messy bench -- they > turn to compost! They slowly rust away from neglect. :( -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327408 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439C4BAC.503F7587@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: Attica Antenna Question References: <17100-439B4FA8-17@storefull-3176.bay.webtv.net> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:54:26 GMT "John Goller, k9uwa" wrote: > > In article <17100-439B4FA8-17@storefull-3176.bay.webtv.net>, > oldcoot@webtv.net says... > > > > > >From John G.: > > > >>..there are a special set of lightning rules >for Florida the Lightning > >Capital of the > >>World!... > >> > >>maybe its all the sand they have here?... > > > >How many of y'all have ever seen a fulgurite- a gnarly looking tube of > >fused silica formed by lightning's passage thru sand? Seems the longest > >one on record was found in Florida. See- > >www.weathernotebook.org/transcripts/2000/03/27.html > > Bill(oc) > > > > Yup that explains it well... don't think a bunch of 8 foot ground > rods would do much good when "Ground" isn;t anywhere near the > surface of the earth... > > John k9uwa The ground rod for our electric service was over 85 feet when we lived in Lake County, Florida, which is mostly sugar sand over clay. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327409 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439C483E.9B31F513@sympatico.ca> From: John Stewart Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:39:42 -0500 Thankyou to all those who offered help & information. But I was not soliciting that sort of thing. My objective was to demonstrate an alternative circuit most have never seen & then point out some of the design goals & problems (tradeoffs) that result. From that I had hoped a discussion of various circuit properties would follow & perhaps we could all learn something. I have to my credit at least a hundred power supply designs at this point, most from the ground up. They include everything from 1.5 volts, 0.25 amp DC to a 4500 volt, one ampere DC regulated monster. I've done it with tubes, germanium, silicon & combinations of those technologies. And certainly aware of present technologies. Sold lots of power supplies while in HP sales against Lambda, Kepco & others. Also worked in a transformer lab where the end products had to be taken away on railway flat cars. At the time we had 2MV DC for lightning testing. And another source for 336 KV AC. And two 1300 HP synchronous motors driving 7500 KVA 3-phase alternators used as sources for copper & core loss measurements. Not sure what to make of Bret Ludwig. A quick look this AM on the Nutscape counter shows he has had an important opinion on 25 occasions in less than 48 hours. Why anyone as informed as Bret can afford to sit in front of his tube pulling his dick while he could be out chasing pussy is a mystery! When I have time to do these projects I try to bring something different to the readers of the magazines in which I've been published. There is a limit to what one can do with the ordinary topologies such as SET & PP Pentodes. Over time I've built & tried them all. Each topology has both valuable features & some problems. From all the measurements made on these various circuits I can assure everyone the best bang for a buck is Crowhurst's Twin Coupled clone of the McIntosh circuit. Bret seems to differ. But he offers no proof. And probably can't. How about Bret? Are you able to ID the hot end of a soldering iron?........................................Smiles! A lot! Cheers to all, John Stewart Article: 327410 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439C4D68.A6478587@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: The Big 8 ! References: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:01:50 GMT "Carter, K8VT" wrote: > > Interesting response Jeff and reminds me of a few stories... > > Jeff, WB8NHV wrote: > > > I'm not in the business of > > commercial broadcasting, > > Well, I'm currently not in broadcasting, but that's how I started my > engineering career. I worked at WTPS (1560 kHz, 1 kW daytimer) in > Portage, MI, WKMI-AM/WSEO-FM in Kalamazoo, WLIN-FM, Detroit and was > Chief Engineer at WQRS and WGPR, both small FMers in Detroit; however, > the most fun I had was working at WJBK-TV, Channel 2 in Detroit, the CBS > outlet back then. Did lots of neat stuff like studio camera, board audio > and filmsound man on a newsreel crew (back when it was actually 16mm > film, not tape). Lots of stories and lots of adventures, like going > through the '67 Detroit riots on a news crew from 6 in the evening until > 9 or 10 the next morning for every night of the riot (and seeing more > dead bodies than a 22 year old should ever have to), meeting Earl Ruby, > brother of Jack Ruby (yeah, *that* Jack Ruby) and even getting to zip up > the dress (not as bad as it sounds) of Marilyn Turner , the weather lady > of the day. However, the reason I'm writing this is because of your > statement below and WLW comments: > > > ...and since I > > understand a lot about the technical end of commercial broadcasting, > > it interests me immensely as well > > > ...you need look no further than Cincinnati's WLW on 700 kHz. This > station > > began in the 1930s or so, IIRC, as a 500kW powerhouse that even lit up > > light bulbs in farmhouses near its towers when it was on the air--even > > if the bulbs were not in sockets or were installed in lamps that were > > not turned on or plugged in! > > WJBK-TV was owned by old man Storer and his Storer Broadcasting. He also > had an AM and FM outlet in Detroit. Well, he got it in his head that he > wanted to compete with WJR and boost the power of his AM station (1500 > kHz)to 50 kW. However, to avoid co-channel interference, he had to go > directional---boy, did he have to go directional! It took a twelve > (12!!!) tower array, the first in the country at the time and maybe it > was the only one in the country to this day. A map of the pattern was a > sight to behold. It looked like a banana, about 15 degrees wide, > pointing to the northeast, right at Hudson Bay in Canada. (and we did > have a *powerful* signal into Hudson Bay and yet we were virtually > un-listenable a little past Toledo). It was *extremely* directional, as > you would expect with 12 towers. > > BTW, the transmitter was an RCA "Ampliphase", two 25 kW transmitters > phased together to emulate a 50 kW plate modulated rig and thus save the > expense (and electric bill) of needing a 25 kW plate modulator. Even > though it did (barely?) meet FCC Proof-of-Performance, the radio guys > laughingly referred to it as "Ampli-Fuzz". > > The transmitter and antenna farm were in Lincoln Park in a residential > neighborhood. If you lived in roughly the 345 degree null of the > pattern, you were OK, but if your house was in the main lobe, heaven > help you! > > First, as you mentioned, there were numerous cases of switched off > incandescent house lighting flashing in time with the modulation. Next, > there was the problem of TV set "rabbit ears" antennas, quite common in > those pre-cable days. The home owners would get RF burns every time they > tried to adjust their antenna. A similar complaint was offered by the > telephone company. Every time their craftsmen worked on the aerial > distribution plant or the aerial drop, they would get an RF poke. > > The most unusual trouble I heard about was that there was signal > rectification (due to dis-similar metals) in the forced air heating > ducts and that the homeowner could actually hear the station through the > ducts! > > With 12 towers, it was a real nightmare to maintain the pattern. The > radio engineers hated to see it rain because they then had to spin the > antenna phasor controls like the wheels on a slot machine to keep the > antenna base current readings in limits. BTW, that 50 kW antenna phasor > was quite an impressive piece of equipment. > > The other problem they had was that any large metallic structures nearby > would put holes or bumps in the pattern. If you drive around Lincoln > Park to this very day and look at the Edison high voltage transmission > towers to the northeast of the transmitter, you will notice that each > tower has a 25 or 30 foot wire mounted alongside a tower leg on > stand-off insulators and terminating in a metal box with a variable > capacitor inside. This was so the engineers could adjust out any bumps > or holes in the pattern caused by the high tension tower. > > It cost them millions to install this station and to maintain the > pattern. It was said (only semi-jokingly) that it would have been way > cheaper for Storer to buy WJR and be done with it! > > So, not quite the 500 kW of WLW, but an interesting piece of radio > history none the less... > > 73, > Carter K8VT At one time I was offered several of the 16 mm newsreel cameras and 16 mm color film processing equipment from a TV news department in California, but the cost of shipping it across the country was just too high. I wonder how many of those cameras and 16 mm color film processing systems still exist? -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327411 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439C4E25.DCC0EAC3@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: American Made Transformers to Spec! References: <0P8mf.1426$3Z.172@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net> <3dOdnfff88jRTAbenZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@comcast.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:04:59 GMT Phil B wrote: > > Looks great. I just have one question. "All units are wound with the finest > virgin copper magnet wire". What is virgin copper? > > Phil B "All of our copper wire is made from freshly mined copper ore. No recycled copper is used in any of our transformers! Why would you subject yourself to the grainy sound caused by using copper that used for 60 Hz only?" ;-) -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327412 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: New idea for transmitter Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:58:35 -0700 Message-ID: <22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> References: If you have the cd player that close to the radio why not hook it directly to the radio and forget the transmitter . Do you have an XM radio ? they play christmas music 24-7 Article: 327413 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Removing paint from plastic . Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:02:50 -0700 Message-ID: <22868-439C4DAA-74@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> References: I use westleys extensively for cleaning jukebox parts including the amp & selector chassis and dont have that problem but i`m not realy soaking things for long . Article: 327414 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: Transoceanic Sensitivity Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:09:42 -0700 Message-ID: <22867-439C4F46-287@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> References: Mark when working properly , tubed TO`s are very sensitive good preformers right up there top shelf . I have had my share of TO`s and some were a bit weak because of lack of strong tubes & alignment off Article: 327415 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: OT door opener Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:14:03 -0700 Message-ID: <22868-439C504B-75@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> References: My drive nut is loose too :-) say i see the neighbors are not having this problem and they never clean or oil anything . I will play with it today ( the door not the neighbor ) Article: 327416 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Nelson Gietz" References: Subject: Re: AK 20 interstage transformers Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:02:17 -0600 "Gerald K4NHN" wrote in message news:pDOmf.2324$3Z.953@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net... > I read somewhere that Gary doesn't have those replacement transformers > anymore and won't be getting any either. > Gerald K4NHN > > > "Nelson Gietz" wrote in message > news:K5Bae.6415$Mj.63061@news1.mts.net... > > > > "Tom Adkins" wrote in message > > news:J-KdnW-C6OtiXvTfRVn-3g@comcast.com... > >> Nelson Gietz wrote: > >> > Hi all, > >> > An Atwater Kent 20 here has had the audio transformers removed. > >> > Does anyone have info on impedance ratio, physical size, > >> > appearance, > >> > and where/how they were mounted? > >> > >> Hi Nelson, > >> If you have or can locate the correct cans with open audios, Gary > > Schneider at > >> Playthings of Past has replacement audios that fit perfectly into the AK > > cans. I've > >> used them in a few AK-20s and they work just fine. > > (snips) > > I purchased a pair of good originals, and paid too much, > >> only to have them fail shortly after. Gary tried to warn me, but did I > > listen??..Noooo. > >> Try here http://www.oldradioparts.com/2a23cfl.txt 8th item down on > >> the > > page > >> 1017-001. > >> > >> Hope this helps, Tom Adkins > > Thanks Tom, I saw those in passing. Gary had a couple of original AKs > > 'way down the list, but he says they're gone. Sounds like his replacement > > audios restuffed into original cans would be the way to go. > > Now to find a couple of dud original cans.... > > Cheers, > > Nelson > > Wow, that sure came out of a time warp! I watched Gary's site and got a couple from him earlier this year when more showed up. Nelson Article: 327417 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ron in Radio Heaven Subject: Re: UPS can't be THAT slow! References: Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:56:31 GMT Brian Hill wrote: >> Recently I've gotten into hardcore phonography. > Boy Tim, at first I thought you said something else? My eyes must be going > :) > I had to look at it twice TOO.... Ron Article: 327418 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "David Austerman" Subject: WTB: pilot light jewel lenses(plastic version) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:27:18 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <6845d64e6c7ffeb73e81aba639988673.32924@mygate.mailgate.org> Hi, looking for some of the small standard size (like 6-volt panel-mount bayonet bulb holder) pilot light jewel type lens covers. Looking for all-plastic types in clear, white, orange, and yellow. Some versions are opaque, some totally clear and some have a "fluting" look on the inside. Any will work. I appreciate anybody letting me buy some of these out there that might be extra and getting dusty. thanks/73, dave austerman, n5wnm, oklahoma city,ok -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG Article: 327419 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> <439C483E.9B31F513@sympatico.ca> Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:36:33 GMT John Stewart wrote: > Why anyone as informed as Bret can afford to sit in front of > his tube pulling his dick while he could be out chasing pussy > is a mystery! Because it's probably safer than having aforementioned stuff beating him senseless with a bat. Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327420 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: American Made Transformers to Spec! References: <0P8mf.1426$3Z.172@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net> <3dOdnfff88jRTAbenZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@comcast.com> Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:38:14 GMT Phil B wrote: > Looks great. I just have one question. "All units are wound with the finest > virgin copper magnet wire". What is virgin copper? Stuff that's fast enough to out run the electrons? Jeff -- RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Article: 327421 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: dialcover@webtv.net (Bill Turner) Subject: GLASS DIAL COVERS Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:50:48 -0600 Message-ID: <9829-439C66F8-219@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net> SOMETIME AGO I DISCONTINUED HANDLING GLASS AND PLASTIC DIAL COVERS. MY SON STARTED MAKING PLASTIC DIAL COVERS AND GLASS DIAL COVERS. IN THAT HE HAS RUN INTO SOME DIFFICULTIES, I WILL BE TAKING BACK THE GLASS DIAL COVERS. I HOPE HE WILL RESOLVE HIS PROBLEMS AND START UP MAKING THE PLASTIC DIAL COVERS SOON. IN THE MEANTIME I WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ORDERS FOR PLASTIC. CHECK MY WEBSITE: www.dialcover.com Bill Turner, excuse caps, short answers, stroke. Business SASE, each order a copy of The Pocket Resource Guide. Article: 327422 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Bob in Phx" References: <439b358e$0$38604$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <11pn4gf40iagqb9@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:23:18 -0700 I've picked up lots of stuff from ebay locally. Some at folks homes, some in public places... Its always worked out for me... Bob in phx "Hagstar" wrote in message news:11pn4gf40iagqb9@corp.supernews.com... > Steve wrote: > >> >> One jerk locally tried to charge me shipping even >> though I picke up the item at his house. > > This is allowed if mentioned in the auction. They can also simply refuse > pickup. This is perfectly legitimate- no should be expected to be home all > day for strangers wanting to case the place to pick up five dollar items. > > John H. > Article: 327423 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Adam Stouffer Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> <439C483E.9B31F513@sympatico.ca> Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:41:13 GMT John Stewart wrote: > Thankyou to all those who offered help & information. But I was not > soliciting that sort of thing. My objective was to demonstrate an > alternative circuit most have never seen & then point out some of the > design goals & problems (tradeoffs) that result. From that I had hoped a > discussion of various circuit properties would follow & perhaps we could > all learn something. > Hmmm the LM317 datasheet shows how to slave a transistor to increase the current capacity. Bet that could easily be adapted for positive grid bias on an 811A. > Not sure what to make of Bret Ludwig. A quick look this AM on the > Nutscape counter shows he has had an important opinion on 25 occasions > in less than 48 hours. Why anyone as informed as Bret can afford to sit > in front of his tube pulling his dick while he could be out chasing > pussy is a mystery! Sounds like another Phil Allison. A lot of regulars from here have migrated to web based forums which I can't stand. Shame that only a few people can ruin usenet... Why can't some space junk fall out of orbit and land on Allison and Ludwig. > > When I have time to do these projects I try to bring something different > to the readers of the magazines in which I've been published. There is a > limit to what one can do with the ordinary topologies such as SET & PP > Pentodes. Over time I've built & tried them all. Each topology has both > valuable features & some problems. From all the measurements made on > these various circuits I can assure everyone the best bang for a buck is > Crowhurst's Twin Coupled clone of the McIntosh circuit. Bret seems to > differ. But he offers no proof. And probably can't. Unfortunately being married has limited my time to work on projects. When there's time I escape to the basement and fire up the soldering iron :) Adam Article: 327424 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: jim rozen Subject: Re: Die or nut Date: 11 Dec 2005 11:49:04 -0800 Message-ID: References: In article , Gerald K4NHN says... > >I have been using the Dykem blue to work on it... Someone asked what is it. >It's the base of a RCA horn and it's made of "Pot Metal". It had been broken >and someone glued it back together. All indications is that the overall size >is about 15 thousands out of round and the thread are bottoming out and >binding on the first turn. A machinist friend is looking at it and is going >to see if he can chuck it up in a lathe and true up the thread depth..If >it'll stay together and not crush. If it's pot metal then tell him to do this, instead of trying to chuck up the entire horn: Make up a split die from a piece of cold-rolled steel. Drill three or four holes on a bolt circle such that when he bores it out to the minor diameter of the thread, the bore will intersect the holes at their centerline. Then have him ID thread it to fit the thread on the horn. If he splits it with a hacksaw on one side, he can expand or reduce the diamter slightly. For pot metal it would not have to be hardened for a one-off repair. Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== Article: 327425 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Omer Suleimanagich" References: <9829-439C66F8-219@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net> Subject: Re: GLASS DIAL COVERS Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:46:09 GMT Bill, Good to see you still fighting the fight, we all appreciate your services here! As in the study of dentistry, the more plastic teeth you work on, the better you get! Eventually, your son will be able to make covers better than OEM. Radio restoration is an art worth keeping and your products have helped many of us with our projects. Omer "Bill Turner" wrote in message news:9829-439C66F8-219@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net... > SOMETIME AGO I DISCONTINUED HANDLING GLASS AND PLASTIC DIAL COVERS. MY > SON STARTED MAKING PLASTIC DIAL COVERS AND GLASS DIAL COVERS. IN THAT > HE HAS RUN INTO SOME DIFFICULTIES, I WILL BE TAKING BACK THE GLASS DIAL > COVERS. I HOPE HE WILL RESOLVE HIS PROBLEMS AND START UP MAKING THE > PLASTIC DIAL COVERS SOON. IN THE MEANTIME I WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING > ORDERS FOR PLASTIC. > > > CHECK MY WEBSITE: www.dialcover.com > Bill Turner, excuse caps, short answers, stroke. > Business SASE, each order a copy of The Pocket Resource Guide. > > > > Article: 327426 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439C97BE.4D1CF754@hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:18:54 +0000 From: Pooh Bear Subject: Re: Regulated Power Supply Circuit Thoughts References: <439B01BC.E54F8E14@sympatico.ca> John Stewart wrote: > Overtime I’ve been thinking about how best to build a relatively > wide range regulated DC Power Supply for use with vacuum tube > circuits. The query reference use of high mu triodes as the series > pass element got me thinking about that again. There are many > possibilities. > > As well, there are a number of criteria to consider as follows- > > 1) Cost- what kind of budget of time & money will be available? > 2) Safety- no high voltages exposed on top of the chassis. > 3) Practicality- that might exclude switch mode circuits. They are > good RF generators if one is not careful. How many volts and milliamps do you need ? The concept of a regulated high voltage smps intruiges me. It could prove to be quite simple in fact. As for the RF - a decent bit of attention to the transfomer should fix that. I've been running pro-audio in very close proximity to a small smps with no real problems at all. Graham Article: 327427 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: OT door opener Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:11:02 -0700 Message-ID: References: <22868-439C504B-75@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> <3y2nf.1935$n1.343@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:3y2nf.1935$n1.343@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > I've had this problem with my garage door before -- and I read through the > entire thread to see if anyone suggested the cause -- so far nobody has, > so I will. > > All of the newer garage doors have a light beam sensor near the bottom. > Usually the light and sensor are clamped to the door tracks. If that > light beam is broken, it assumes something is in the way and the door > operation will stop. You would think this only affests closing, but in > many cases it can affect opening as well. Somehow, I suppose by > vibration, those light sensors move out of alignment. Even though the > tracks appear to be very stiff, the movement of the garage door can be > enough to swing or twist the tracks, just enough to misalign the light > beam so as to make it appear blocked. You can lube the bearings till > you're blue in the face (if it's cold enough up there this shouldn't take > long) and you can adjust the torque sensitivity all over the place, but > the door will continue to stop, usually in the exact same place although > at times it will change its mind and start stopping elsewhere. > > Realign that light beam and see if this doesn't clear up the problem. no garage door will cause the door to reverse direction and close if that beam is broken. thats the whole purpose its there. randy Article: 327428 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: OT - Looking for Tripp Lite PR-25 dc supply schematic From: Larry References: Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:52:17 -0500 "Paul P" wrote in news:gBQmf.143518$qk4.125453@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net: > Tripp Lite PR-25 dc supply schematic Have you called 'em at: (773) 869-1111 I blew up one of my many Tripp Lite sine wave inverters and they sent me the schematic, free!... Article: 327429 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: New idea for transmitter From: Larry References: <22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> <6qudnenWpbEQNAHenZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@rogers.com> <1134347165.395192.234080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:01:21 -0500 "Bret Ludwig" wrote in news:1134347165.395192.234080 @g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > AF bandpass is communications-grade, perhaps > 200-3500 Hz anyway so it will have plenty of vintage squawk. Or just > have someone Pro Tools the CD and burn one already predistorted, > squashed, and strangled and noise-added. > > This one is compact and even solves those insensitive front end problems. The whole neighborhood or town can listen to the great old programs! http://www.broadcast.harris.com/product_portfolio/product_details.asp? sku=WWWDAX%2D5%2F6 Article: 327430 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Tom Mills" References: <22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> <6qudnenWpbEQNAHenZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@rogers.com> Subject: Re: New idea for transmitter Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:08:22 -0500 Build the real deal! Wireless Oscillator, Rider's volume 11-61 under RCA. Tom >> "Ken G." wrote in message >> news:22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net... >> > If you have the cd player that close to the radio why not hook it >> > directly to the radio and forget the transmitter . >> > Do you have an XM radio ? they play christmas music 24-7 >> > >> >> Ah... No, not the same!. OTR requires that the signal be manually >> tuned in an received "out of the ether", changed in frequency by a >> local oscillator/mixer of vintage design (if a superhet), amplified by >> authentic IF amps of the time, detected by vintage diodes, amplified >> by vintage triodes and finally output through original OPTs and >> speakers. >> Anything less does not keep the faith. > > Even that is too little to keep the faith, you also need a reasonable > facsimile of an authentic 1930's tube broadcast transmitter, not some > modern solid state pretender like an "AMT-3000". > > > Regards, > > John Byrns > > > Surf my web pages at, http://users.rcn.com/jbyrns/ Article: 327431 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439CE06F.F9FFD34A@shaw.ca> From: John Barnard Subject: Re: BEWARE david munro keene ontario References: <1133390327.690101.281010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:28:44 GMT Brian Hill wrote: > wrote in message > news:1133390327.690101.281010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > > Amazing, this guy is still up to his old tricks. Same address, same > > name, same MO. > > > > He ripped me several years ago for a Uniden 2510. > > If theres so many, you should all form a club and go vacation in Canada next > summer, right on his lawn and make him pay for the trip. :) > > -- > > Regards > B.H. > > Brian's Basement > http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/6.htm > > Brian's Radio Universe > http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/500.htm Is this the fall-up-the-stairs and then fall-down-the-stairs several times trip? If so, count me in! JB From stephanie-at-gordsven-dot-com Mon Dec 12 00:35:42 EST 2005 Article: 327432 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Stephanie Weil Subject: Re: Secret Santa 2005 References: <1133194585.389772.261290@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <8RGif.43776$2k6.4519@tornado.socal.rr.com> <1133282120.592393.271220@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1133808964.111459.137590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: stephanie-at-gordsven-dot-com Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 16 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:09:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.65.49.10 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.nyc.rr.com 1134356946 66.65.49.10 (Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:09:06 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:09:06 EST Organization: Road Runner - NYC Path: news1.isis.unc.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.glorb.com!newsfeed2.easynews.com!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news-west.rr.com!news-wrt-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news-feed-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-out.nyc.rr.com!twister.nyc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: news1.isis.unc.edu rec.antiques.radio+phono:327432 In article , Jeffrey D Angus wrote: > Just a reminder. if you submitted you name to the "list" and Got my little treasure in on Friday. A bench-top B&K Precision digital multimeter, courtesy of our resident car stereo god Gary Tayman. Thanks Gary!! :) [I just hope I never burn the fuse on that thing - do they still make them that big?] I've gotta send out my thing in the mail sometime this coming week. Already know what I'm sending. Hope the person likes it or can get some benefit out of it. -- Stephanie Weil New York City, U.S.A. Article: 327433 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: New idea for transmitter Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:01:08 -0700 Message-ID: <18913-439CE7F4-435@storefull-3232.bay.webtv.net> References: I didnt mean to clip the cd player to the radios speaker . What i had in mind was hooking the cd player to the radios volume control so it uses the radios amp . I have done this a few times and it does sound fine . A decent walkman type cd player has a bass boost feature that can be turned off for less bass . Each radio would need one wire tacked onto the volume control so the cd players input can be clipped on it and chassis ground . TRF radios wold be a bit tough The final sound from the whole setup would depend alot on how the material used was recorded But you knew all that already :-) I understand your needs however the geneal public would not be able to tell one way from the other long as the sound is coming from the old radio-s Article: 327434 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: GLASS DIAL COVERS Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:03:34 -0700 Message-ID: <18914-439CE886-109@storefull-3232.bay.webtv.net> References: <1134353118.019513.313950@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Thanks for the update Bill . Someone is now working on a good system to make the plastic covers . If that all works out it will take some load off of you . Article: 327435 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: OT door opener Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:13:53 -0700 Message-ID: <18913-439CEAF1-436@storefull-3232.bay.webtv.net> References: The door does not reverse it stops dead . My light sensors are mounted to the wood frame of the building not to the door tracks . When the sensor beam is broken a green light on each sensor blinks . Nothing blinks . I was working on a radio all day long and totaly forgot to work on the door . Raincheck Article: 327436 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <439CEDD4.A3C1127C@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: New idea for transmitter References: <22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> <6qudnenWpbEQNAHenZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@rogers.com> <1134347165.395192.234080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:26:25 GMT Larry wrote: > > This one is compact and even solves those insensitive front end problems. > The whole neighborhood or town can listen to the great old programs! > > http://www.broadcast.harris.com/product_portfolio/product_details.asp? > sku=WWWDAX%2D5%2F6 So, the Xnews/5.04.25 can't even post a URL without breaking it? Even Netscape 4.78 can do THAT right. -- ? Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 327437 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> <6qudnenWpbEQNAHenZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@rogers.com> Subject: Re: New idea for transmitter Message-ID: Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:54:51 GMT Ho hum . . . . . (yawn) ((Sigh) I asked a question, which was simply -- can an AMT-3000 be easily tuned to work with a LOOP ANTENNA hidden underneath a drawer? Answers I've received so far: 1. Process the sound ahead of time, and hard wire the CD player to the volume control of every radio I have or intend to get. Translation: Connect the LOOP ANTENNA to the AMT-3000, but don't turn it on. 2. Use a boatanchor-style transmitter or signal generator, and try to stuff it into the little drawer. Translation: Must be thinking about a pretty large LOOP ANTENNA, for it to be bigger than a pro signal generator or transmitter. 3. Modify every radio to play XM, with high hopes they'll be receiving exactly what I intended to play from my CD's. Translation: although it receives different signals that I have to pay for, an XM receiver is a good substitute for a LOOP ANTENNA. I gather nobody knows the answer to my question. Bummer. (Even so, as always I appreciate the comments.) -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Tom Mills" wrote in message news:K14nf.1690$w7.588@bignews7.bellsouth.net... > Build the real deal! Wireless Oscillator, Rider's volume 11-61 under RCA. > > Tom > >>> "Ken G." wrote in message >>> news:22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net... >>> > If you have the cd player that close to the radio why not hook it >>> > directly to the radio and forget the transmitter . >>> > Do you have an XM radio ? they play christmas music 24-7 >>> > >>> >>> Ah... No, not the same!. OTR requires that the signal be manually >>> tuned in an received "out of the ether", changed in frequency by a >>> local oscillator/mixer of vintage design (if a superhet), amplified by >>> authentic IF amps of the time, detected by vintage diodes, amplified >>> by vintage triodes and finally output through original OPTs and >>> speakers. >>> Anything less does not keep the faith. >> >> Even that is too little to keep the faith, you also need a reasonable >> facsimile of an authentic 1930's tube broadcast transmitter, not some >> modern solid state pretender like an "AMT-3000". >> >> >> Regards, >> >> John Byrns >> >> >> Surf my web pages at, http://users.rcn.com/jbyrns/ > > Article: 327438 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Re: New idea for transmitter Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:04:55 +0900 Message-ID: References: <22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> <6qudnenWpbEQNAHenZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@rogers.com> "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:fw6nf.2385$QQ1.594@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Ho hum . . . . . (yawn) > > ((Sigh) > > > I asked a question, which was simply -- can an AMT-3000 be easily tuned to > work with a LOOP ANTENNA hidden underneath a drawer? I don't see any reason why a loop antenna wouldn't work with your AMT-3000. I don't know anything about the output circuit of the AMT-3000, but I do know that you should be able to match impedances to nearly anything. Were it me, and without knowing the parameters above, I would make a tuned loop, and couple it capacitively into the AMT-3000's output circuit (ground to ground, RF out through a variable capacitor of say 30-150pF). Article: 327439 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brenda Ann" Subject: Re: New idea for transmitter Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:24:44 +0900 Message-ID: References: <22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> <6qudnenWpbEQNAHenZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@rogers.com> <1134347165.395192.234080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> "Larry" wrote in message news:Xns9729CBB18C88Dnoonehomecom@63.223.7.253... >> > > This one is compact and even solves those insensitive front end problems. > The whole neighborhood or town can listen to the great old programs! > > http://www.broadcast.harris.com/product_portfolio/product_details.asp? > sku=WWWDAX%2D5%2F6 BYTE YOUR TONGUE, Larry... IBOC???? There goes the neighborhood.. Ya want a nice AM transmitter? Send me money for parts and I'll put together a nice high level (plate) modulated transmitter that will not only sound great but keep your room warm in the winter... :) How about a paltry 200 watts? Article: 327440 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul Dietenberger" References: <1134359042.309617.163980@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Is Zenith 5S127 Strippable? Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:38:37 -0600 Message-ID: <439cfbbb$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net> You're safe. Strip away. If you don't already have the green Zenith book, pony up and get it. The restoration notes will tell you which sets have photofinish. This one doesn't (and the pictures I've seen don't show it either.) Good luck! -paul "RadioGary" wrote in message news:1134359042.309617.163980@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Good evening all. Would anyone be able to tell me if the Zenith 5S127 > tombstone cabinet is strippable, or does it have a photo or faux > finish? I've been looking at a few photos and from what I can see > it's difficult to actually tell what's original and not. The finish on > the one I'm restoring is quite worn and I see no signs of a faux or > photo finish. > > This is a nice set. Not sure if you all have been following my > adventure with this radio from Ebay. After firing up the set on a > variac tonight, it has life. Just needs some cleaning up and TLC. > Thanks, GB. > Article: 327441 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Hagstar Subject: Re: What's your opinion? Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:42:38 -0500 Message-ID: <11ppvtuf0cc2k73@corp.supernews.com> References: <439b358e$0$38604$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <11pn4gf40iagqb9@corp.supernews.com> Bob in Phx wrote: > I've picked up lots of stuff from ebay locally. Some at folks homes, some in > public places... Its always worked out for me... Me too, I was just pointing out pick up isn't ALWAYS appropriate. It could be a huge hassle for multiple small value items. John H. Article: 327442 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Paul P" References: Subject: Re: OT - Looking for Tripp Lite PR-25 dc supply schematic Message-ID: Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:52:22 GMT Thanks for the number. No I have not but I will. PP "Larry" wrote in message news:Xns9729CA28048A0noonehomecom@63.223.7.253... > "Paul P" wrote in > news:gBQmf.143518$qk4.125453@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net: > >> Tripp Lite PR-25 dc supply schematic > > Have you called 'em at: > (773) 869-1111 > I blew up one of my many Tripp Lite sine wave inverters and they sent me > the schematic, free!... > Article: 327443 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: New idea for transmitter From: Larry References: <22867-439C4CAB-286@storefull-3238.bay.webtv.net> <6qudnenWpbEQNAHenZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@rogers.com> <1134347165.395192.234080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:00:21 -0500 "Brenda Ann" wrote in news:dnitrs$4mt$1 @news2.kornet.net: > How about a paltry 200 > watts? > > Make a nice driver for the Dougherty power amp....(c;