[Boatanchors] Joy of Boatanchors (?)

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 20:30:24 -0400

A good source of  output xfmrs is car radios. Single and PP 6V6 and 6AQ5's
was popular for many years. You can often find an old carcass at an auto
swapmeet for a few bucks. Mopars often had a seperate PS/Audio deck.

Carl

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> Idf you need an output tx, the 6V6 needs a 5K ohm tx, not 20K.  Be sure
> to replace  the 6V6 plate to screen or ground cap. If that shorts it can
> take the trans out.
> 73  jack
>
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:07:23 -0400 W2AGN <[email protected]> writes:
> > 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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