It has been quite some time since I did the SX and Gates series recap. My old fuzzy brain is saying that the mounting is set for a specific physical size of cap................... I was able to get an answer from a friend. The caps need to be physically sized due to the mounting in the PDM area. The...

Well, here we are at one hour past Armageddon, and my bell never rang. I suppose that those of us in "fly over country" without the benefit of smart phones, won't hear any alerts on our devices. I wonder just how well this really worked out. I saw news videos of all kinds of folks looking at their p...

Bob:

I have run into that high temp solder as well, and after reading your post, I am wondering if that stuff is "lead free", or reduced lead solder. And you are are absolutely right about the solder sucking issue.....it really don't suck!

Fossil

Just had a somewhat similar issue in an AM-10A. Take a look at the "drive led". Ours would not light up at low power and when I hit full power, the LED flickered, and I had some flickering of output power. Turned out to be a bad IC and fuse. This was a spare module that had been previous;y "factory ...

I would go with the FX-30 as well. The THE-1 is going to be more difficult to work on. And I agree 100% on the parts availability!!!! I don't think an extender board is required for the BE.

Fossil

Just a bit off the topic...... Quite a few years ago my wife bought me a wrist watch that has a couple of nice features. It is a Casio that has a solar charging feature and the time update is from a satellite. It has been amazingly robust as I tend to be pretty hard on watches, and really hangs tigh...

Well, I always thought it was fun to watch equipment blow up. Besides, it helped the income side of the ledger look good. Also kinda got the adrenalin flowing if you just happened to be leaning against the xmttr when the lightning hit! Not to mention the other effect you had not experienced since yo...

IIRC, there was a Canadian time station just above 7.3 mHz (40M). think it was CHU - Dominion Observatory, Canada. I liked it better than the WWV as it gave the time every minute. Is that one still operational? Or like me, slowly fading away, but picking up speed???

Fossil

Not specifically knowledgeable on the Digit.....I think a bit more info would be helpful. Is the exciter showing any serious VSWR? I assume you are hooking it up into a good dummy load with wattmeter. I experienced two problems with an MX-15 exciter showing similar problem that was traced to two are...

I have seen this many times over the years. In the ones I have seen, most were the result of lightning strikes. Some caused by bullets (from guns). The lightning not only can put a hole in the line, but introduces carbon deposits. That stuff migrates and will make a huge length of line useless. Only...

Duhh! Getting old.....try Phasetek and Kintronics also since they both maker twr liting chokes. They probably have them inn stock.

I should have thought of those folks first.

Fossil

RF PARTS has those gray mica caps. I think I saw them the other day when I was looking at their web side. The other possible source is Nebraska Surplus Sales (or maybe listed as Surplus Sales of Nebraska). Most times. I have seen those caps in a brown color with a combo of solder tabs and holes for ...

When they remounted the receive antenna, did they change the polarization from it's original position?

If they went opposite, that definitely could explain the signal change.

Fossil

Back in the early 80's Cablewave had those inner connectors for 7/8" line exactly like in the photo. They were bad batched and the end that slips over the inner conductor had those slotted contacts fracturing which caused lost contact with the inner. Be careful removing that inner and careful when r...

Check the Gates Air site and go yo their EBAY listings. I think I saw something like that a couple days ago..........just saying. I am old and could have been having a senior moment.

Again.....

Fossil