[GreenKeys] Saturday Morning Woes

[Jeffrey Golas]

Its my understanding 32s can potentially be set for 20 or 60 mills. Mine runs at 60. Check to see what interface card it has.

Jeff

> On Nov 12, 2023, at 2:29 PM, W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:
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> 
> Ha, many of those issues you list I am sure plague all of us from time to time. I’ve had problems with plugs and jacks not doing what is expected of them. As it ends up, this is a complex hobby! Not to mention the machines themselves.  I have a problem with my 28 ASR where its printing accuracy is much less than my KSR, but it isn’t a range finder problem. Whatever it is, it might kill me to track it down. This hobby isn’t for the faint of heart!
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>  
> 73 Eugene W2HX
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> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net <greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Tom Hunter
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2023 2:00 PM
> To: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Saturday Morning Woes
>  
> Eugene,  You aren''t the only one who had trouble Saturday, I have a Dovetron for copying The 850 group.
> But it does not always play nice. The Signal Loss sometimes flickers with space and that throws it into mark hold.
> That makes it useless. I dug out a URA-17 and got it working. It worked like  a champ two Saturdays ago.
>  
> My 28 is on top of a rack just above eye level so I have to stand on a 9 inch stool to see it.
> With the arthritis in my knees, it is hard do get up and hell to get down. I decided to run my 32 from the URA-17.
>  
> That day the Dovetron was working so I was printing while I was shooting the 32 problem
>  
> Could not even get a good looking reading on the URA-17 loop current meter.
>  
> First problem - I must have fooled with the URA-17 during the week. The controls were set all wrong. Corrected them.
> Problem solved.
>  
> I set the loop for 20 Mils and because I have a 3-circuit plug on the 32 and 2-circuit plugs everywhere else, I built an adapter cable.
>  
> The 32 ran open. I normally  use the 32 on an IRL FSK-1000 through a box with a 50 mil meter and a 275D mercury relay which I can use to key a 60 mil loop. I confirmed that the 32 worked with the IRL and the box. So I plugged the box into the URL-17 loop. The 32 ran open. I pulled the box on the bench several times and rang out the wiring with an ohmmeter.
>  
> Second problem - box finally failed on the bench, The coil in the relay was intermittent. Another relay solved that.
>  
> Still the 32 ran open and there was no indication on the meter. Yet another meter in the same loop read fine.
>  
> Back to the bench. The box now tested fine, even through the adapter cable.
>  
> Third problem - The jack I was using did not like a Switchcraft plug.When I plugged it in, the shorting contact on the jack stayed shorted. I formed the contact ( that is technical speak for bend it until it works.) Problem solved.
>  
> Now the meter read and I could hear the relay clicking. But the 32 ran open
>  
> Fourth problem -  had to increase the current to 30 mils. The 32 started printing. Final Problem solved.
>  
> By now it was 7 PM. But I will be all ready for next Saturday!
>  
> Tom   N3CRK
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