[Boatanchors] 50kc genny

Sat, 15 Jun 2002 00:08:00 -0500

I guess I should explain the pet accident term.  Knocked over a table near a
stairwell and the whole thing fell to the floor bounced a little and
proceeded to act like a slinky down a stairwell in an older home with 10
foot ceilings (long stairs).  The stair was wood also and a certain amount
of refinishing is now in order.  A dog which doesn't normally get into the
house got in and took off trying to avoid the obvious expulsion.  A friend
had borrowed the generator besides.  And we still are ----- friends that is.
As you might surmise, there were children involved in letting the dog in.

----- Original Message -----
From: "third Eric" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 1:17 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] 50kc genny

> de N4TGC Eric
>
> I concur on the URM-25.  I have the F model, and think it's fantastic -
> WAY better than the older heterodyne gennys, with a usuable attenuator,
> and solid, "splash-proof" constuction.  (Pet accident?!)
> I lucked across mine for the princely sum of $25 at a Hamfest, but it
> did need shafts pulled and cleaned, and contacts ditto, and all the
> cables were gone (tho the front cover wasn't), etc., but it was still a
> great deal for such a stable, accurate genny.
> I had extensively researched which genny I needed (and could afford)
> for the 50 and 85kc i.f.'s, after having to align a Drake RB-2, and lo
> and behold, there it was at the very next Hamfest.  Can't beat that for
> coincidence - except for the previous year, in finding the HP 182T
> "specalyzer" (8558B) at the same locale (Moulton, AL has been lucky for
> me!)
> One resource for what's available is Fair Radio.  They usually offer
> "as is" and "checked" versions, so you gets a choice.  The URM-25 (10kc
> to 50mc in 9 bands) is "used-reparable" for $110; checked, $179.50  On
> the same page is the URM-26, which, while it looks much like the -25, is
> actually quite different: 4 to 405mc in 6 (I assume the highest f's are
> harmonics), checked version only, for $160.  (Say: is the '02 catalog
> out yet?!)
> There really aren't a lot of older, affordable gennys that go below
> 100kc - the somewhat rare Hickok 288AX is one that does (35kc and up -
> anyone have one for sale?!), but it's a heterdyne/harmonic type, and
> doesn't give near the accuracy of the URM's.  And as for an attenuator,
> it does at least have one - sort of.
> BTW, K5BCQ has rebuilt/repaired a number of URM-25's: goto
> http://www.qsl.net/k5bcq/ (unless it's been changed - YMMV) e
>
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