3.892 a disaster and a disgrace

[AF9J]

Oh Cool!  So your're the one who got the amp that Cliff, N6ZU restored!  I read the article about it in the July issue of ER.  The cover of ER shows Cliff (who's a REAL Old Buzzard) standing next to your amp.  Cliff is the original builder of that amp!  Nice toy to play with!!

73,
Ellen - AF9J

[ka2zni]

Hello Ellen,

 Sure looks like were going to end up with it! It's mine if I want it, it's sitting in washington state right now, 'course I'm in Pa, but the gentleman that has offered it too me is the same one I bought the Dentron Clipperton L off of, and am waiting for that to arrive this week.

 I guess the power supply is something to the tune of 120 lbs or so, what's nice it also comes with a 20 Amp variac, and an extra 4-1000a tube. But yeah, as soon as I saw the original owners callsign, that's exactly who the gentleman said had built it!!

This is great! 

This further confirms my confidence in the seller in Washington!


Thanks a bunch Ellen for passing that along! i hope to run into you sometime on the bands as well!

'73's,
Kevin
KA2ZNI

[AF9J]

Kevin,

If you'd like a copy of the the article, let me know.

Ellen - AF9J

[ka2zni]

Kevin,

If you'd like a copy of the the article, let me know.

Ellen - AF9J

If you could Ellen that would be fabulous! You can send it to my Email address on QRZ if you don't mind??

Thanks so much!

Kevin - KA2ZNI

[N0WVA]

Yep, just like Don says...ignore the swampmouths and light the big bottles.

And yes, the HQ 170 is awesome in combat mode, but dammit, I sold mine years ago. And the notch could also get rid of at least one carrier while you flipped between sidebands and narrowed her up. Only complaint with the hammarlund was AGC pop and noise factor. But it was a great receiver.

[AF9J]

Thom & the others,

Thanks for the info about using the Sideband response (a.k.a. LSB or USB) to deal with QRM. It's not only helped with QRM on my SX-96, but has helped me to deal better with the line noise problem I have.  I wish I could have operated this weekend.  Problems came up, that had me chasing around dealing with both a stray cat I found, and visiting a friend who wound up in a hospital in northern Illinois.

73,
Ellen - AF9J