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I broke out the mint DX100 (I know.....it's not the best) but after reading I
think Franks post about it I figured I'd put it to work. I set up a little
listening post in the living room.

Here's my question, actually two or three of them. I ran a 500ft. spool of 12
guage and hooked it up. I have a made-shift handle on the spool, so from the
receiver-out the window to the top of the deck on the inside part (it was dark)
I have a hook and I just hung the spool up on the hook. What type of antenna
would that be so too speak? I plan on running a little around underneath the
deck when it warms up. It really is doing a great job, night time as well as
day.

#2 Since I've turned it on, last night around 10p, I decided just to leave it
on or when a tv commercial would come on I'd listen to it (by then it was rock
solid-no drift whatsoever) it has a 'standby.' When you hit it, it moves the
receive meter all the way (buries it.) Is this bad to leave it on 'standby'
for a long time or is there a certain amount of timebefore I should take it off
that? I thought about it and decided to just turn the volume down to be safe.

But after about a little over an hour, that piece is pretty much
drift-free......after two hours forget it, it isn't going anywhere. It's
pretty nice to break out my first receiver ever, I'm having a lot of fun
turning the dial. :-)

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#2 Since I've turned it on, last night around 10p, I decided just to leave
it
on or when a tv commercial would come on I'd listen to it (by then it was
rock
solid-no drift whatsoever) it has a 'standby.' When you hit it, it moves
the
receive meter all the way (buries it.) Is this bad to leave it on 'standby'

for a long time or is there a certain amount of timebefore I should take it
off
that? I thought about it and decided to just turn the volume down to be
safe.

Still no answer to this?

~*~*Monitoring The AirWaves~*~
*****GO BEARCATS*****
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wane Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/RhapsodyMultiBand
DX100/394/398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
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"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message
...
#2 Since I've turned it on, last night around 10p, I decided just to
leave
it
on or when a tv commercial would come on I'd listen to it (by then it was
rock
solid-no drift whatsoever) it has a 'standby.' When you hit it, it
moves
the
receive meter all the way (buries it.) Is this bad to leave it on
'standby'

for a long time or is there a certain amount of timebefore I should take
it
off
that? I thought about it and decided to just turn the volume down to be
safe.

Still no answer to this?

~*~*Monitoring The AirWaves~*~
*****GO BEARCATS*****
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wane Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/RhapsodyMultiBand
DX100/394/398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message
...
#2 Since I've turned it on, last night around 10p, I decided just to
leave
it
on or when a tv commercial would come on I'd listen to it (by then it was
rock
solid-no drift whatsoever) it has a 'standby.' When you hit it, it
moves
the
receive meter all the way (buries it.) Is this bad to leave it on
'standby'

for a long time or is there a certain amount of timebefore I should take
it
off
that? I thought about it and decided to just turn the volume down to be
safe.

Still no answer to this?

~*~*Monitoring The AirWaves~*~
*****GO BEARCATS*****
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wane Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/RhapsodyMultiBand
DX100/394/398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message
...
#2 Since I've turned it on, last night around 10p, I decided just to
leave
it
on or when a tv commercial would come on I'd listen to it (by then it was
rock
solid-no drift whatsoever) it has a 'standby.' When you hit it, it
moves
the
receive meter all the way (buries it.) Is this bad to leave it on
'standby'

for a long time or is there a certain amount of timebefore I should take
it
off
that? I thought about it and decided to just turn the volume down to be
safe.

Still no answer to this?

"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message
...
#2 Since I've turned it on, last night around 10p, I decided just to
leave
it
on or when a tv commercial would come on I'd listen to it (by then it was
rock
solid-no drift whatsoever) it has a 'standby.' When you hit it, it
moves
the
receive meter all the way (buries it.) Is this bad to leave it on
'standby'

for a long time or is there a certain amount of timebefore I should take
it
off
that? I thought about it and decided to just turn the volume down to be
safe.

Still no answer to this?



It looks like all the standby position does is mute the audio and disable
the S meter. The AC current draw stays the same (about 32 ma) and the local
oscillator keeps running. I don't see much practical difference between
turning the volume down and using the standby position.

Frank Dresser

GO BEARCATS wrote:

#2 Since I've turned it on, last night around 10p, I decided just to leave
it on


Does that long antenna cause any image problems? I had a set a while
back that would repeat stations three or four times on the AM dial when
they were 'over antennaed'.

mike

The AC current draw stays the same (about 32 ma) and the local
oscillator keeps running. I don't see much practical difference between
turning the volume down and using the standby position.

OK Frank, I appreciate the info, I was just curious.
Thanks

~*~*Monitoring The AirWaves~*~
*****GO BEARCATS*****
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wane Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/RhapsodyMultiBand
DX100/394/398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
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Does that long antenna cause any image problems? I had a set a while
back that would repeat stations three or four times on the AM dial when
they were 'over antennaed'.

Haven't ever had a problem with it Mike. Like I said, it's a spool of 500ft.
of wire but only maybe 10ft. is exposed (straightened out) and the spool is
hooked to a hook on the top of the inside of the deck.

So I don't know what kind of 'antenna' that would be. {?} I'm not going to
hook a buttload of wire to it, maybe thirty-fourty ft. just circled around the
inside of the deck. No big deal.

I'm very lucky to live in a pretty much rf free environment. Some of the
stories I read in here that some of you guys/gals have to go through would blow
me away if I had to deal with those problems with interference.

~*~*Monitoring The AirWaves~*~
*****GO BEARCATS*****
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wane Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/RhapsodyMultiBand
DX100/394/398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
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