[Boatanchors] SB-200 info needed

[Carl]

First you are assuming the amp is 100% functional and not ready to blow the 
PS caps or tubes.

Place right big knob (BS) on 80, center big knob (TUNE) somewhere in the 80M 
sweep painted on the panel and left big knob (LOAD) pointing straight up.

Meter switch on Grid, thats the left little knob

Hook up input and output coax and relay control, ignore the ALC connection. 
NOTE: The relay is 115VDC, absolutely not compatible with most SS xcvrs, get 
an amp keyer interface or install a Soft Key kit from Harbach.

Apply drive and wiggle both Tune and Load big knobs until grid current is 
mid scale, Use left big knob to increase or decrease and center big knob to 
peak. Do not leave key down over 30 seconds.

Granny should stay within a 75M frequency range that doesnt require 
retuning, about 50kc (granny probably isnt int Hz) either side of where 
tuned.

I bet she has a muzzle loader over the mantle and an AK-47 under the bed.

Carl
KM1H




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Wiley" <jwiley at alaska.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 1:20 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] SB-200 info needed


>
> I am helping an elderly ham get her station back together, and she needs
> the basic tuning info for her linear amplifier, a Heath SB-200.  I used
> to have one of these , some 40 years  or so ago, but cannot remember the
> process well enough to prepare a "quick start" guide for my friend.  She
> is KL7OT, Buddy Clay, who lives in Aniak, Alaska, and has just
> celebrated her 98th birthday!!  Aniak is in western Alaska, on the
> Kuskokwim river, several hundred miles from where I am.  I am in
> Anchorage.  Fortunately, there is a former telecomm technician there
> that can help if I can get the correct instructions to them.  He is not
> a ham, but understands technical issues well enough if I can get him
> started.   Buddy is, as far as I know, the only ham in her town.
>
>
> I have been helping her, and she needs detailed instructions for tuning
> the amp.  She uses only one band (75 meters) so this won't be a big
> deal, but I need to know what the exact names of the various controls
> are, and where they are on the panel, so I can build a step by step
> "quick start" sheet for her.  I have already done this for her basic
> transceiver, a ICOM IC-737, and the process works fine.
>
>
> I looked on the BAMA sire, but no Heath listings.  I remember someone
> mentioning that they were moved due to a copyright squabble, but that
> was some months ago.  I did find a down-loadable schematic, but that was
> it, no operating instructions.
>
>
> Any help out there?
>
>
> Also posted to the Glowbugs list,  my apologies if you get this twice.
>
>
> - Jim, KL7CC
>
>
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