[Lowfer] Look what followed me home

[stan, W1LE]

Hello Dex,

I like the air plenum to cool all 6 tubes.

I have had success with the variable capacitors and a dishwasher, came 
out sparkly clean,
then added some De0oxit to the critical conducting surfaces.
I am not sure if I would add the fixed caps to the dishwasher, any 
imperfections in the seal
and the heat/cool cycle might suck up some water into them.
You might not know of the water leaks until it blows up, under RF load

So, tell me, what is a "frugal yankee" doing down there ?

Stan, W1LE   Cape Cod


On 05-Apr-14 10:16 AM, Dexter McIntyre W4DEX wrote:
> Michael Lodico wrote:
>> What was written on the two tags???  It appears to military surplus.
>>
> Mike,
>
> That is the transmitting capacitor data.  Here's a close up:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/5t3s7r86973dp1k/IMG_0883.jpg
>
> It looks a bit to crude to me to be military related.  The size of the 
> coil and capacitors looks to me to be in the 1 to 2 MHz range.  The 
> only connections I see are two coax cables, each connected to one side 
> of the dual section variable capacitor, and the two binding post 
> connectors.  I'll investigate the circuit later.  WX is to nice for 
> bench work.
>
> I've uploaded a few more photos to the album:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m8vt3nwry43qoi0/VVcI4od5sG
>
> Regardless of what it was intended to be the value of the two 
> transmitting capacitors are worth 100X on the surplus market than what 
> I have invested.  And I find it a bit weird that those two capacitors 
> are exactly like the two I recently used on 29.5 kHz. Maybe I'm going 
> to need two more and just don't know it :)
>
> Dex
>
>
>
>
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