Well, Rooster, I'm here to tell ya, now, that my front-line assault weapon ( aka - main talkin' radio station ) still uses them "big crystals"... Although I...
Hello Jeff: A suggestion if I may: The Moonraker 4 and PDL Antennas work great. But be real careful with the Hubs that mount the elements to the boom. These...
Hi Jay and Jeff, I had to reply because you two are talking right down my ally I like the old 1960's radios in fact most all of the great tube radios, But this...
Hello Allan: I have also rebuilt of few of the Penetrator 500 Antennas, a great antenna. What all mods are ya doing to it? It is possible to make the antenna...
Made the main loop out of large copper like used for ground at this point feel it will broaden the antenna will let you know the results when tested. Allan ......
Thanks, Jay... yep, you can sure cause havoc by over-tightening them carn-sarn hubs, eh? ... And Allan, the gammas on my older-style Moonraker were the...
Love them MC-11A Generals!!! LOL! ... Own two of 'em, myself... just let BT 159 - KC Witch Dr., my "brother" Joe, have my D201A... I still run a modified...
Hi Jeff, Should you get that penetrater 500 would like it if you could duplicate the gamma on it out of same size wire and send it to me would help me here...
Hi Any luck with your friends up the road? Rider ... __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As...
k5svc@... ABOVE IS ANOTHER TUBE SOURCE. HE HAS A CRAP POT LOAD OF NEW TUBES OF EVERY KIND. PRICES ARE SO-SO BUT HE HAS ALOT OF HARD TO FIND ONES. HOW...
HI MIKE; HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT WWW.TUBES PLUS.COM ? ALAN IS A GREAT TECH FOR BROWNING RADIOS. HE IS THE ONLY ONE I LET WORK ON MY BROWNING MARK III. HE ALSO...
_www.tubesandmore.com_ (http://www.tubesandmore.com) i get most of my tubes here. This guy has legendary status on tube equipment. Ray's Electronics in...
For Sale: CB Sams, $5.00 plus S/H first come limited number.. 5 for $20 .. Also hard to get IC's, parts and factory manual/tech data. B&K CB test equipment...
I'm restoring a Raytheon TWR-2 which has an interesting story behind it. It was originally in a milk truck then ended up in a high school electrical teacher's...
Bryan The actual frequency of the crystal depends upon the specific radio osc offset. You are are very lucky if its even in the ball part. If you are way way...
Actually I have two Chevy's as well. An 85 Caprice for a work car and a 92 Caprice wagon for the wife and kids. The Galaxie is a project car that is...
Hi Bryan, Chevy guy here even though I am driving a Dodge Ram250 Custom Van right now which is for Sale or trade and it is loaded, But love Tube radios and a...
I had just bought back the Raytheon TWR-2 I sold to a buddy 20 years ago when a TWR-2 shows up on E-Bay last week. I got it for $9.95 and it apparently works...
You will have to have a watt/swr meter. Try to borrow one. Tune it to max reading on watt meter then very slight touch up on antenna then check reflected swr....
Hello all, just screwing around with some of my radios and tubes that I have. I am bread boarding a SET deal and changing out different tubes. Got me to...
I have replaced the audio and RF output tubes in the Mess I and II with the 6GM5 tube. It is 6 volt so fil volts must be altered in the 12 volt models. They...
Yep, I've done it... pulled the 12AB5 out, put the 7061 final in the modulator socket, & installed a new 7061 in the final socket... also replaced the 12BW4...
I've been working on an R27/S23 with very poor receive. At first it didn't pick up anything, now, it picks up very close truck drivers and Channel 6 skip....
There is an outfit out there called Multicomp who allegedly supplies manual copies of old electronic equipment. They have a slick website, good selection, take...
If everyone who encountered one of these rip-off artists would just spread the word, as Tom has, it'd sure go a long way toward stopping the poor quality...
