[Boatanchors] Joy of Boatanchors (?)

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:21:03 -0400

Both my HQ-120 and HQ-129 had bad output xfmrs.
Must be the weak link that makes them a joy to own.
Regards,
Bob Mattson...W2AMI   WN2AMI  1962
http://www.qrz.com/callsign.html?callsign=w2ami

----- Original Message -----
From: "W2AGN" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 5:07 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Joy of Boatanchors (?)

Just finished restoring my old TBS-50C transmitter. Got it working FB with
an old Lysco VFO. Not even any chirp! So, I turn on the trusty old HQ-129X,
and am listening
around in preparation for a QSO, when I hear that annoying
"snap.crackle,pop." Since I wasn't eating cereal, I figured I had a problem.
Then the HQ-129X went dead, no
audio, just a little hum....

Checked it out and it appears the primary of the audio output transformer
opened. (Since there is B+ on one side of the winding but not on the other).
Rats! I am assuming
I can replace this with a garden variety 20K to 8 ohm output transformer,
say around 8 watts.

I was just thinking my projects were done for a while, and I could play with
some of this stuff....
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