[AMRadio] Boat Anchor Receiver

[Neal Newman]

Well guys I finally found some time to  get some. Antenna's up in the air this weekend
 A 160 dipole 124 feet per side, and an 80 meter dipole.
For those unaware I had a house fire in 2007 lost just about everything.
Finally got my kenwood ts520s working.
 And I got the R-390a running. I think the sensitivity is down but I am receiving stations.
I think I need to send the R390a out to be rebuilt and calibrated. It was totally dead after the fire.
And when I started cleaning it up a few weeks ago .
The Viking Valiant  I opened up today. It was full of dirt from the fire.
It needs some work if I am to be on for the Heavy Metal Rally.
The insurance company electronics specialists said there was nothing wrong with it. LOL.
First the nuturalization cap needs to be replaced.
I need 2-866 tubes both caps broke off the tops.
Under the chassis. There are a few barrier strips broken . And 2 what looks like 2- Mylar caps totally toasted off the band switch in series with other caps to ground.
I have a funny feeling these clowns. Powered up the transmitter without a dummy load. Ad it arc'ed over burning up the caps.  I have no idea what the value of these 2 caps are.

 I have not started to rebuild the RCA BTA 1r1 or the gates BC1-H
  Happy holidays 
Neal KA2CAF

Sent from my iPad

On Dec 20, 2011, at 6:13 PM, "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Bob Macklin <macklinbob at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Why haven't the AM people tried working in a "PHONE" contest?
> 
> There are a few contesters who operate AM, Bob. Just not during
> contests. I doubt their contest buddies would look on them kindly. My
> guess is that most AMers prefer an actual conversation/discussion/QSO
> rather than a mere contact. Whether technical in nature, old radio,
> newer Class E or Flex/sandstate related, it's just not much fun in my
> opinion to key the mic, blurt out a number or three, then repeat the
> cycle endlessly for hours.
> 
> Keep in mind that the Heavy Metal Rally is coming up next week, and
> last I heard, the AM Transmitter Rally is the first weekend in
> February. I hesitate to refer to them as contests even though points
> are awarded and some do compete as if it was really important to do
> so. The vast majority I've heard and worked seemed to be much more
> into enjoying all the different transmitters with the varied types of
> audio from different parts of the country and Canada. IIRC, there were
> a few stations on last year from south of the border too.
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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