[NJARC] Antenna results

[John Ruccolo]

Hi Scott,

You meant *Heathkit* HX-20 correct? Someday, you and I will have the world's first HX-20/Cheyenne QSO. I think HX-20 is nothing more than a repackaged Cheyenne; Heath was famous for that.

JR


--- On Wed, 1/21/09, Scott Roberts <ng19delta at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Scott Roberts <ng19delta at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Antenna results
> To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 3:07 AM
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> Here is the latest on the HT-37 issue:
> I had determined I had a short to ground from the filament
> windings, and I still suspect this is so. Tonight I pulled
> out the power transformer, and removed the end bells.
> Everything looked clean, however, while I had no continuity
> to the primary windings, just about every other secondary
> lead showed some continuity to the filament windings. None
> was a dead short, but all had a few hundred ohms resistance
> showing.
> 
> To check my theory, I tested a new-in-the-box Thodarson
> transformer I recently bought. To no surprise, I found no
> continuity to the other leads form the filament leads, other
> than one which I believe to be a center tap. So that seems
> to confirm it to me, that the problem is a shot transformer.
> 
> In other news, my SX-111 was having fun pulling in some
> good 20-40 & 80M dx this morning. I was quite happy- I
> had been suspicious of it for the longest time, since, until
> I got the antenna in the attic last week, I really  never
> had much good reception. Today I was listening to people
> CQ'ing from Bavaria, Belgium, Cuba, Kuwait, and several
> other countries- and some with very strong clear signals!
> Looking forward to tomorrow AM... I can't wait to be
> able to TRANSMIT sometime soon! I am looking into getting my
> late Uncle Bill(WB3KSM, SK)'s Hallicrafters HX-20 back
> online. It is supposed to be my back-up unit for the
> HT-37... But If I must... lol...
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Marty Friedman
> <radiomf at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Marty Friedman <radiomf at comcast.net>
> > Subject: Re: [NJARC] Antenna results
> > To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club"
> <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 5:55 PM
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> > Previous reply still in cyberspace.
> > FB on the antenna Scott. 20 meters should be UPPER
> > sideband. Filiment 
> > windings usually don't fail. They are wound on the
> > outside with very heavy 
> > gage wire. maybe something else is shorting ,perhaps a
> tube
> > socket
> > 73, Marty F.
> >  
> > 
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