I have been tricked into restoring a Bendix TA-12 by Al. He said that he came into one from his Elmer's estate and wouldn't it be nice to put two of them on the air. So I got Brown W1VZR to dig one out for me from his stash and bring it up to Nearfest. He did and shortly after Al brought his unit over. We compared units and plans and I started working on the unit. I cleaned it up, reversed a bunch of mods and actually cobbed a couple of power supplies onto it and got it on the air on CW. Then I started building the power supply modulator unit. At this point Al had not even reached under the kitchen sink to grab the Windex! Al, this procrastination must stop.
The unit has such a big keying relay that it shakes on its shockmount when keyed so I named it Shakira after the Colombian entertainer who is known to also shake her hardware.
So I have been sending Al Shakira videos to try and start his engine. He is not responding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAhTt60W7qo&feature=relmfuMike WU2D