[Milsurplus] power requirements

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

In a message dated 11/24/2007 11:12:06 AM Central Standard Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> >And a tip, do not ever under any circumstances ever solder to any of the 
> male 
> >mini-banana pins.  From the standpoint of destroying the receiver, you 
> might 
> >just as well drill holes all over it.
> 
> Though I've never seen it pointed out, it may be worth mentioning that the 
> connections made at that front-panel 8-pin connector also vary between models 
> and versions.

That's true.  And some production, as I mentioned earlier WRT the IF and RF 
can plugs, omits some to many of the pins in the front panel connector.

> 
> Every old ham-compendium of "command set" characteristics that I've ever 
> seen burps out some arbitrarily selected SCR-274-N receiver, transmitter, or 
> modulator schematic and pretends that the schematic will apply to any item that 
> one comes across that looks even vaguely similar.  As Robert mentions, they 
> usually don't to varying degrees.  Try applying a BC-456-B modulator schematic 
> to a MD-7/ARC-5!
> 

That's true.  And the same type comment applies to BC-348 (and 224) 
schematics in the old conversion handbooks and probably (having all the manuals I've 
never bothered to look) on the internet stuff.  One schematic (most commonly -J 
or -Q) is shown as though it covered all models.  Which it very much doesn't.

Robert Downs - Houston
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