Get a Collins KWM-2....................... THEY have meters and
knobs..........and TUBES TOO!

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Allodoxaphobia wrote:

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:02:54 GMT, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

If I'm going to run a piece of equipment from a computer I'd rather
do it from a real computer and not even see the other parts of the
system.

The highway patrol is gonna frown on that 17" monitor up on the
dashboard.

HI!HI!

73
Jonesy


Who has time to operate mobile when there are so many retired crazies
on the road around here?

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

John Franklin wrote:

Get a Collins KWM-2....................... THEY have meters and
knobs..........and TUBES TOO!


No thanks, the last transmitter I took care of was a 130 KW Comark
UHF TV transmitter with the antenna on a 1749 foot tower and it had a 5
MW ERP from Orange City, Florida. I prefer working on high end
receivers and their design problems but I had to leave the business due
to health problems. This was my last project:
http://www.l-3com.com/te/PDF/Microdyne/RCB-2000.pdf I worked as an
engineering tech to help move it from hand built prototypes to the
production floor.
It sold for about $80,000 when I left Microdyne.


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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

I worked in broadcasting too...........got tired of the heat from the big
jugs in the xmitter. He said he didn't like LCD...........would he prefer
LEDS that consume MORE current? I always liked the Collins r-390A recvr,
good box.

John

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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No thanks, the last transmitter I took care of was a 130 KW Comark
UHF TV transmitter with the antenna on a 1749 foot tower and it had a 5
MW ERP from Orange City, Florida. I prefer working on high end
receivers and their design problems but I had to leave the business due
to health problems. This was my last project:
http://www.l-3com.com/te/PDF/Microdyne/RCB-2000.pdf I worked as an
engineering tech to help move it from hand built prototypes to the
production floor.
It sold for about $80,000 when I left Microdyne.


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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

John Franklin wrote:

I worked in broadcasting too...........got tired of the heat from the big
jugs in the xmitter. He said he didn't like LCD...........would he prefer
LEDS that consume MORE current? I always liked the Collins r-390A recvr,
good box.

John


I worked around a 5 MW ERP TV station, No heat problems working on
the 130 KW Comark transmitter but it was a royal pain to flush the
cooling system and refill the antifreeze every year. Truck loads of
distilled bottled water in five gallon bottles because the well water at
the site was so hard. We used a cleaner called Tyglos (sp) to remove
any scaling from the plumbing but we had to keep it out of the three 65
KW Klystrons. We had to drain the system, disconnect the tubes and
bypass them then flush the system. I bought some fiberglass duct board
to put around the heat exchanger and used a "Salamander" heater to bring
the system up to normal temperature so the cleaner would work.

I have a National NC-183R on the bench right now to rebuild. Its a
better radio than either of the Radio Shack DX-300 or DX-375 radios but
I can't use it when the power lines are down after a hurricane. So, I
keep the DX-375 and a Sony SRF-49 around for the hurricane season.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

That's why my wife and I left Florida, last years 4 hurricanes were more
that too much!

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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John Franklin wrote:

I have a National NC-183R on the bench right now to rebuild. Its a
better radio than either of the Radio Shack DX-300 or DX-375 radios but
I can't use it when the power lines are down after a hurricane. So, I
keep the DX-375 and a Sony SRF-49 around for the hurricane season.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

John Franklin wrote:

That's why my wife and I left Florida, last years 4 hurricanes were more
that too much!

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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John Franklin wrote:

I have a National NC-183R on the bench right now to rebuild. Its a
better radio than either of the Radio Shack DX-300 or DX-375 radios but
I can't use it when the power lines are down after a hurricane. So, I
keep the DX-375 and a Sony SRF-49 around for the hurricane season.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida


I'm old, sick and on disability so I'd rather take my chances than go
through the stress of moving again. I'm here till I die.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Here, here or hear, hear (never did know the right spelling for that)
but, hear,here...I too am too old and disabled to move from this
precious gulf coast, BUT, I won't have a green, or blue, or damn near
red LCD on any rig/receiver in my house when I'm found dead in it.

Butch said that

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
John Franklin wrote:

That's why my wife and I left Florida, last years 4 hurricanes were more
that too much!

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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John Franklin wrote:

I have a National NC-183R on the bench right now to rebuild. Its a
better radio than either of the Radio Shack DX-300 or DX-375 radios but
I can't use it when the power lines are down after a hurricane. So, I
keep the DX-375 and a Sony SRF-49 around for the hurricane season.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida



I'm old, sick and on disability so I'd rather take my chances than go
through the stress of moving again. I'm here till I die.