[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Navy GP-7 Transmitter Connectors Available

[Joseph Pinner]

Jack, et al,

Can you run a GP-7 or TBW on 400 cycle power?

I have a TBW I want to get on the air and I do not want to butcher it  
to do so.

I cannot find a 800-1 to date.

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On Dec 21, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net> wrote:

> I have had a GP-7 on the air as well.  RIght now the set as awaiting
> re-assembly, but it is working its way up the project list. It will be
> paired with an RU-19 set.
>
> I run mine off a PE-206 inverter, which I obtained from Robert Downs,
> and a 400 cycle variac from Fair Radio. The PE-206 is only an 80V
> unit. The combination is a little light in the power department to run
> full power CW, but works OK on AM.
>
> I've always been a dollar short or a day late in finding an 800-1
> Inverter, or newer solid state 800 cycle power supply.
>
> In my case, the GP-7 is not quite as stable as the BC-375, but
> certainly plenty good enough for 75 meter AM. It may be due to
> my power setup, I need to experiment with including the variac
> in the regulator circuit of the inverter.
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
>
>
> On 12/20/2010 10:25 PM, mac wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> How many operating GP-7s or GP-* are out there?  I run one off an 800
>> cps MG set originally paired with the TBW but have never heard (or
>> heard of) another one.
>
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