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- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 94 04:30:29 PST
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- Subject: Ham-Equip Digest V94 #56
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-
- Ham-Equip Digest Tue, 8 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 56
-
- Today's Topics:
- Battery Packs
- Does anyone make a better AM filter for the TS-50?
- ICOM 2SRA antenna adapter
- Icom IC22A Crystals?
- MFJ SWR Analyzers
- Need documentation for Kenwood TR2500 HT
- Opinions on IC-2SRA?
- Reviving Old Equipment
- Sidebands
- TM732A owners tip of the month
- WANTED: Test Equipment
-
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-
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- herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
- policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there.
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-
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 20:55:46 -0500
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Battery Packs
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- I have a friend who has a Kenwood TR2500HT with a BP25 Battery Pack.
- He has found a source of replacement ni cad batteries for the battery
- pack, but he is a little hesitant about opening up the pack. It
- does not look like it was designed to be taken apart on a whim.
- The place he bought the replacement batteries was no help on this.
- Does anyone have any experience with this? Should he just unscrew
- everything that looks like it unscrews and pry the unit open,
- or is their a secret password (other than Anglo Saxon)?
- Gordon
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 8 Mar 1994 01:24:47 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel!olivea!inews.intel.com!scdt!dbraun@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Does anyone make a better AM filter for the TS-50?
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- I like my TS-50, but the cheap 2-pole stock AM filter
- is not that great for listening to SW broadcasts.
- Does anyone know if it's possible to get an aftermarket
- AM filter for the TS-50? Unfortunately, this radio
- uses a non-standard (for AM/SSB, at least) IF of 10.7 MHz.
-
- --
-
- Doug Braun Intel Design Technology
- 408 765-4279
-
- dbraun@scdt.intel.com
-
- / decwrl \
- | hplabs |
- or maybe: -| oliveb |- !intelca!mipos3!cadev6!dbraun
- | amd |
- \ qantel /
-
-
- "There is no human problem which could not be solved if
- people would simply do as I advise." -- Gore Vidal
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 21:27:39 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!ukma!rsg1.er.usgs.gov!dgg.cr.usgs.gov!bodoh@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: ICOM 2SRA antenna adapter
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- I have found a source for the female BNC to 1/8" male phone adapter needed
- to connect a BNC antenna to the scanner side of the ICOM 2SRA (or 4SRA). In
- order to defray the relatively high shipping costs, I ordered 15 of them. I
- have resold 8 of them, so 7 are still available. I haven't weighed one yet but
- I am figuring that I'll be able to cover my cost, plus shipping for $3 - so
- if you are interested, please email me. Bye...
-
- --
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- + Tom Bodoh - Sr. systems software engineer, Hughes STX, N0YGT +
- + USGS/EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA 57198 (605) 594-6830 +
- + Internet; bodoh@dgg.cr.usgs.gov (152.61.192.66) +
- + "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends!" EL&P +
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 18:08:27 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!news.unomaha.edu!news.nevada.edu!jimi!envoy!jim@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Icom IC22A Crystals?
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- I recently ordered 2 pairs of crystals to put my Icom IC22A on
- 2 local packet frequencies: 144.95 & 144.97. When the crystals
- arrived and were installed, they gave operating frequencies of 144.93
- & 144.95 respectively, 20 kHz below the desired frequencies. I called
- Icom and verified that the formulas & crystal specifications used by the
- crystal manufacturer were correct. The crystal frequency formulas are:
-
- (1) T=Ftx/8
-
- (2) R=(Frx-10.7)/9
-
- where: T = transmist crystal frequency in MHz
- R = receive crystal frequency in MHz
- Ftx = transmitter operating frequency in MHz
- Frx = receiver operating frequency in MHz
-
- The crystal capacitance is specified as 20 pf for both R and T.
-
-
- I even sent 2 pairs of orginal crystals (146.94 simplex
- and 146.88/146.28) back to the crystal manufacturer for testing to
- make sure that these crystal matched the orginal specifications, which
- they did.
-
- The only thing I can think of is that the crystal frequency formula (or the
- radio!) is not linear down in the lower part of the band. To test this
- idea I should have sent back for testing a 145.01 crystal pair that is
- marked correctly and works just fine.
-
- Can anyone offer any ideas regarding this problem? I considered just
- keeping the 144.97 pair and using it on 144.95, and then ordering a 144.99
- pair for use on 144.97, but I would like them to be marked accurately,
- and in any case I would like to understand why the problem exists in the
- first place. Thanks.
-
-
-
- --
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Jim Mueller | Work : (702) 689-3111 | net: jim@unssun.scs.unr.edu
- 11865 Deodar Way | Home : (702) 677-2775 | WB7AUE
- Reno, NV 89506 | |
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 4 Mar 94 06:26:11 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!uotcsi2!hassan@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
- Subject: MFJ SWR Analyzers
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- Henry B. Smith (henrys@netcom.com) wrote:
- : Is anybody familiar with either the MFJ-249 or MFJ-259 SWR analyzers?
- : Can the MFJ-259 really measure feed-point resistance when it is
- : inserted at the equipment end of the coax?
-
- : A general question: Can you dependably determine the resonance of an
- : antenna by looking for the lowest SWR?
-
-
- I'm familiar to neither but I can tell you that you can't determine
- the feed point resistance using SWR information only. With SWR you
- can only determine the magnitude of the reflection coefficient. If
- you wish to determine the feed-point resistance, you also need to
- have the phase of the reflection coefficient at the feed point. One
- of the ways of knowing the phase is through determining the position
- of the first voltage minimum. I don't know if the above analyzers can
- provide that. If they do, you can always find the relationship
- between the position of the first voltage minimum with the reflection
- coefficient phase from many antenna books.
-
- As to your second question, the answer is generally Yes! But be careful,
- the resonance is also dependent on the reactance (in fact capacitance)
- resulting from the junction between the antenna and the coax. With
- different junctions you have different capicitances and hence the
- resonance shifts even if the antenna is the same. Examples of what
- makes different junctions is different coaxial lines, different
- coax connectors etc
-
- Hassan <<hassan@aix1.uottawa.ca>>
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Mar 1994 16:55:11 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!etch-eshop.Berkeley.EDU!ron@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Need documentation for Kenwood TR2500 HT
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- Hello,
-
- I need to get the manuals and sckematics for a Kenwood TR2500 HT.
- Does anyone have these ? I'd be more than willing to pay for copying
- etc.
-
- Maybe someone could e-mail me the address and phone # of Kenwood so
- I could purchase them directly.
-
- 73's
-
- Ron Viegelahn
-
- ron@etcheshop.Berkeley.EDU
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 18:06:08 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!newshub.nosc.mil!news!Roger.Keating@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Opinions on IC-2SRA?
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- Dave, I own a 2SRA. If you have specific questions please email me.
- There are several good and bad things in general about this radio.
-
- Good: Icom quality 2m radio, full features standard just as W2A has,
- etc. Scanner has WFM mode. Radio has good audio, provided good
- speaker and mic are used.
-
- Bad: Scanner antenna is poor, and the connector is poorer. Print
- wears off
- the rubber buttons. Power is controled by a soft-switch rather than a
- hardware switch. Mic attachment is non-standard and so is external
- audio.
- Battery attachment is not rugged enough to suit me.
-
- Other comments certainly apply.
- I have had mine for two years; no service and it works fine. I have no
- intention of selling it, so I guess that tells you what I think of
- mine.
-
- Roger Keating - KD6EFQ
- keating@nosc.mil
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 4 Mar 94 02:56:29 GMT
- From: sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!srgenprp!alanb@hplabs.hp.com
- Subject: Reviving Old Equipment
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- frsni00!taleona@frsni08 (frsni00!taleona@frsni08) wrote:
-
- : In article <2knvpb$5jg@tymix.Tymnet.COM>, <flanagan@niagara.Tymnet.COM> writes:
- : > Back in 1972 I decided to indulge myself and bought a Drake Line: ...
- : >
- : > After more than twenty-one years, those boxes are still unopened.
- : >
- : > Questions for the net:
- : >
- : > 1. How should I re-introduce this equipment to power after all these
- : > years? Visions of leaking capacitors, cracking resistors and
- : > flaking insulation fill my head. . . .
- : >
- : I have used for many years an AC variable transformer and
- : start at 10vac and bring up th volatage by 10vac about
- : every 15 min. ...
-
- There are several possible problems. One is the electrolytic capacitors
- gradually lose their voltage rating when not used. Applying voltage
- allows the insulation between the internal plates to "form" again, but
- if you apply it too suddenly, the leakage current will be high enough
- to blow the caps. So bringing up the voltage slowly with a Variac is
- a very good idea.
-
- Another possible problem is moisture within the power transformer
- windings. Again, if you bring up the line voltage very slowly
- WITH THE TUBES PLUGGED IN so the filaments provide a load, the
- transformer will have a chance to warm up and drive off the moisture
- before the voltage gets high enough to arc the damp windings.
- When I say "very slowly", I mean over a many-hour period.
-
- : The r4 and t4 where good rigs in there day but as
- : you say do not have the bands of today or the selectivaty
- : of todays rigs
-
- The selectivity of the R4 filters was pretty good. For one thing, it
- came standard with a good selection of different bandwidths, which
- are extra-cost options on most modern transceivers. For another,
- the R4 has much better front-end selectivity than the broadband-tuned
- designs in use today, and the local oscillator has less phase noise,
- for better rejection of out-of-passband interference.
-
- It's true the R4 does not have 0-30 MHz receive capability, but you
- can buy crystals to add the bands you are interested in.
-
- AL N1AL
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 15:14:53 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!barnbore.watstar.uwaterloo.ca!CROUNG@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Sidebands
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- Can anyone out there tell me what the upper and lower sideband
- means. For example what is the difference between the upper sideband of
- 3.860 MHz and the lower sideband of 3.860 MHz.
-
-
- Chris
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Mar 1994 18:37:43 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!dfk@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: TM732A owners tip of the month
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- Brett Miller - Support Engineer (bmiller@landesk.intel.com) wrote:
- : I just thought I would pass this along to save others some grief.
-
- : I usually hop in my car, start the engine, push the power button on my
- : 732A, and then hold down the memory button to start scanning the memories.
-
- : TOTAL RADIO RESET!!!!
-
- I've had my 732 since August, and I've done this twice now. I think Kenwood
- made a big mistake in allowing a total wipeout of all memory by just pushing
- one button, and that button is commonly used!
-
- SOOOOOOOO, has anyone figured out to backup the radio using the clone mode?
- I was hoping that one could save all the data through the mic cable
- if it comes out in an RS-232 fashion by saving it in a PC or laptop.
- Then the next time I reset the 732, I could just download the data
- instead of punching 64 memory channels back in and trying to remember
- how to set back all the differents modes I had.
-
- Dave N0UVR
- dfk@col.hp.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 8 Mar 94 01:14:42 GMT
- From: nprdc!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.utdallas.edu!feenix.metronet.com!serafin@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: WANTED: Test Equipment
- To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-
- I am looking for the following test equipment:
-
- HP141T Display Mainframe
- HP8552B Spectrum Analyzer IF Plug-In
-
- Tek 7B53A Dual Time Base Plug-In
-
- I'd also be interested in other 7000 series plug-ins that you might want
- to part with.
-
- E-mail or post
-
- Mike Serafin
- serafin@metronet.com or
- serafin@spdc.ti.com
-
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-
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