[Boatanchors] Re: Boatanchors Digest, Vol 46, Issue 28
aerosmithl
aerosmithl at comcast.net
Thu Nov 22 09:59:03 EST 2007
I've been licensed for 49 years ,and when young (younger) hams refer to me
as an "old timer", I don't hesitate to correct them explaining that I'm a
"mid timer", you can call me an "old timer" after I have 50 years on my
ticket. Rick K8PJQ 5-59
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> 1. Old Timer (Joe Walden)
> 2. Re: Old Timer (W?QFC)
> 3. Re: Old Timer (Receiver)
> 4. Re: Old Timer (jeremy-ca)
> 5. TEST (w4wsz)
> 6. Re: Old Timer (mikea)
> 7. FS: Solid State Rectifiers (w4wsz)
> 8. Muzak amp (telegrapher at att.net)
> 9. Re: Muzak amp (Harry Vaught, KT4AE)
> 10. Fw: Giving Thanks (David Knepper)
> 11. Re: Muzak amp (jeff)
> 12. Re: Fw: Giving Thanks (rbethman)
> 13. Hallicrafters SX-16 info needed (howard holden)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:00:14 -0600
> From: "Joe Walden" <w5jdy at intergate.com>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Old Timer
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
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>>From Joe Walden w5jdy in Okla... I also fit the profile. I was 72 in
> Sept 2007 and licensed since High School. I owned and operated the Campus
> TV Shop in Norman,Oklahoma for over 40 years. I am still in the same
> location only now it is the Campus Music Store (small instruments and
> musical accessories). I still like to make Old Military & Antique Radios
> (1930-1940 work again. Happy Turkey Day to all and may your favorite
> football team win it all! Joe
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:43:19 -0500
> From: W?QFC <erastber at tampabay.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Old Timer
> To: "Joe Walden" <w5jdy at intergate.com>, <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <0c7601c82c76$c4f4f4d0$1302a8c0 at HP31038114196>
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> Well Joe, I got you by one year and four months and have been licensed
> since
> 1953.
>
> Also liked military surplus and got a lot of it from Mars in the 60's.
>
> Guess the reason I like boatanchors now is because when they were new and
> not called boatanchor, I could not afford them.
>
> Maybe I am the one who is a boatanchor. . . .
>
> 73
>
> Gene, WØQFC
>
> www.w0qfc.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:22:42 -0500
> From: "Receiver" <r390a at gumlog.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Old Timer
> To: "Joe Walden" <w5jdy at intergate.com>, <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
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> Joe and Gene,
>
> I'm a little ahead of you, I'm 76 and was licensed in May, 1949 while a
> senior in high school. Worked a 47 year stretch in the telecommunications
> (telephone) industry. Have been collecting and restoring boatanchors and
> other hollow state gear for a long time. Still at it, spending more time
> at
> the bench than I do on the air. Have a great Thanksgiving!
>
> 73, John, W4NET
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:13:08 -0500
> From: "jeremy-ca" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Old Timer
> To: "Joe Walden" <w5jdy at intergate.com>, <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
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> I came down from NAS Olathe, KS as part of the group closing down NAS
> Norman
> in 1960 I believe it was.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Walden" <w5jdy at intergate.com>
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:00 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Old Timer
>
>
>> >From Joe Walden w5jdy in Okla... I also fit the profile. I was 72
>> >in
>> Sept 2007 and licensed since High School. I owned and operated the
>> Campus
>> TV Shop in Norman,Oklahoma for over 40 years. I am still in the same
>> location only now it is the Campus Music Store (small instruments and
>> musical accessories). I still like to make Old Military & Antique Radios
>> (1930-1940 work again. Happy Turkey Day to all and may your favorite
>> football team win it all! Joe
>>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:05:05 -0500
> From: "w4wsz" <w4wsz at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] TEST
> To: "boatanchors" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
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> TEST
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:24:57 -0600
> From: mikea <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Old Timer
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
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> On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 04:13:08PM -0500, jeremy-ca wrote:
>> I came down from NAS Olathe, KS as part of the group closing down NAS
>> Norman in 1960 I believe it was.
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>
> I was there from 1948 to 1953 while my dad was getting his BSME at OU,
> and moved back in 1970 when I got out of the USAF. I remember the BOQ
> at NAS Norman burning down, but can't put a date to it: I would have
> been under 7 then, and probably closer to 4.
>
> I'm still there, and probably won't go anywhere else, as I can't
> afford to move all the books and boatanchors.
>
> I suppose I'm not particularly an old-timer: I got my ticket in 1962,
> and I'm only 61. Call me a Young Fogey, then.
>
> --
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:58:36 -0500
> From: "w4wsz" <w4wsz at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] FS: Solid State Rectifiers
> To: "boatanchors" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <B2F648A094804A4381702764E11408BB at XPS410>
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>
> I have two Wilkinson Electronics Solid State plug in replacements for
> 872's
> or you can substitute for other requirements.
>
> SR-10-6 These are the types that enable you to replace any of the
> components should a failure occur (open frame)
>
> Pictures available if you are not familiar with these.
>
> $59.95 shipped
>
> 73,
> Bob,W4WSZ
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:53:16 -0700
> From: telegrapher at att.net
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Muzak amp
> To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <4744C4EC.1090900 at att.net>
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>
> I found this one up on a shelf in the garage. When and where i obtained
> it is long lost in my past.
>
> It's a really nice unit, probably almost an 8 on the scale.
>
> It fired right up but i have some questions if anyone is familiar with
> them. This one uses several 6SJ7's and a pair of glass 6L6 output
> tubes. Inside it is a place for a couple of plug ins, whether they are
> matching networks or just plugs to set a particular impedance i don't
> know as the only one in there is a sealed unit. This particular unit
> has the plugin module for "low impedance" and says to use a different
> one for high impedance. Now my question is, first of all, what did they
> mean by "low impedance" on the input side? The output is set for 600
> ohms which is what i want but i have no clue about the input. I know
> that they, in my heyday anyway, interconnected with a telephone line
> carrying the music for distribution within a business or wherever it was
> to be used.
>
> Anyone out there familiar with these? Like to put it to use and see
> just how good those 6L6 tubes sound.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
>
> BTW, Happy Turkey Day to all you great people. And remember what makes
> it possible, yep, the troops that went before you.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:11:35 -0500
> From: "Harry Vaught, KT4AE" <kt4ae at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Muzak amp
> To: telegrapher at att.net
> Cc: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <4744C937.20404 at bellsouth.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
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> I have a Webster Electric PA amp which has a similar tube lineup. Mine
> has plugin matching transformers and only XLR mic inputs so I assume
> they are low impedance. I imagine that "low impedance" means about 600
> ohms on the mic inputs.
>
> Also, I've found that 5881's work just fine in place of the quite
> expensive 6L6GB's the chassis is marked. They just don't look as good.
> Right now, it's running with a pair which were mellowed in my son's
> Marshall in his Heavy Metal guitar player days.
>
> I use mine with a PA speaker to annoy the neighbors when I'm washing the
> car.
>
> Harry, KT4AE
> Maryville, Tennessee
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:41:08 -0500
> From: "David Knepper" <collinsradio at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Fw: Giving Thanks
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: amradio at mailman.qth.net
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> On the eve of Thanksgiving, I would like to express my thanks to GOD for
> giving me the ability to talk to fellow hams around the world on ham
> radio. Without the ionosphere that HE created, all of this would be
> impossible.
>
> Finally, I want to give thanks to the ARRL and the FCC for 52 years of
> being on the air, beginning with WN3BJZ at the age of 15.
>
>
> Dave, W3ST - W3CRA
> Collins Radio Association
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:47:26 -0500
> From: jeff <jeffv at op.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Muzak amp
> To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
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> Harry Vaught, KT4AE wrote:
>> Also, I've found that 5881's work just fine in place of the quite
>> expensive 6L6GB's the chassis is marked. They just don't look as good.
>> Right now, it's running with a pair which were mellowed in my son's
>> Marshall in his Heavy Metal guitar player days.
>
> For shame, sir.
> Everybody knows you need to use EL34/6CA7's in a Marshall.
>
> 5881's are for *girls* :)
>
>
> Is it just today's market or is there a significant difference between
> the 6L6 and 5881? Along these lines, the 7025 is a mil 12AX7, right?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:20:42 -0500
> From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Fw: Giving Thanks
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net, amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <4744D96A.5020207 at comcast.net>
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>
> Paid for in sweat and blood by the 200+ years of U. S. Military.
>
> Bob - N0DGN - Fourth Generation U.S. Military Retired - Sr. NCO
>
> You are welcome!
>
>> On the eve of Thanksgiving, I would like to express my thanks to GOD for
>> giving me the ability to talk to fellow hams around the world on ham
>> radio. Without the ionosphere that HE created, all of this would be
>> impossible.
>>
>> Finally, I want to give thanks to the ARRL and the FCC for 52 years of
>> being on the air, beginning with WN3BJZ at the age of 15.
>>
>>
>> Dave, W3ST - W3CRA
>> Collins Radio Association
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:57:37 -0500
> From: "howard holden" <holden7471 at msn.com>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Hallicrafters SX-16 info needed
> To: "boatanchors" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <BAY115-DAV285DC7473D88C716131FEC4790 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Tried to post this earlier but it has not surfaced yet.
>
> Just acquired a reasonably nice SX-16 which has been stored in a very
> hospitable home environment for many years, and looking for info on
> restoration.
>
> Besides the usual first time power-up precautions including new
> electrolytics and variac control, anything specific to this RX I should
> look out for or do?
>
> Some issues I can see about which I am not clear thus far are:
>
> What is the usual method of hooking up a non-original speaker. It appears
> that I could hook up a standard audio output transformer primary of
> sufficient power rating to the 5000 ohm terminals on back.
>
> The dial needs to be restrung. The manual I downloaded from BAMA for the
> SX-17 shows no dial cord info. It looks to be rather straightforward. Any
> issues here?
>
> The lettering on the front panel, while all intact, is kind of darkened,
> whether by age or by sunlight. Is there any particular cleaner preferred
> or special care to be taken to avoid further fading when I clean the
> panel? What about cleaning the bandspread "glass"?
>
> There are some very small chips in the paint of the front panel, mainly
> around the outer edge. What kind of paint would make a decent touch-up?
> I'm thinking a semigloss or flat black paint applied with a Q-tip.
>
> The 6J7 BFO tube apparently was originally the glass version, and had a
> shield. The current tube in this one is a metal version, and the tube
> shield is gone. Is this an issue, or does the metal tube shell provide
> adequate shielding?
>
> The phasing crystal is MIA. Does anyone perhaps have one floating around?
> (A long shot I know!)
>
> What style screws were used to hold the case onto the front panel, and
> were finishing washers used there?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Howie WB2AWQ
>
>
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