Return-Path: Received: from rly-me09.mx.aol.com (rly-me09.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.43]) by air-me07.mail.aol.com (v121_r4.4) with ESMTP id MAILINME074-9d94971f16e32c; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:56:01 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-me09.mx.aol.com (v121_r4.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINME095-9d94971f16e32c; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:55:44 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1LOCaB-00008b-CG for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:55:31 +0000 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1LOCaA-00008S-RL for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:55:30 +0000 Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.42]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LOCa5-0004vD-SR for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:55:30 +0000 Received: from DR2 ([96.237.141.73]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0KDM00IIJES18UP2@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:55:14 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:54:53 -0500 From: "dave.riley3" To: Cc: "600MRG" Message-id: <5F58F45041374CCF9357470BF861EA59@DR2> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <00f501c9772f$3f44ede0$0301a8c0@mal769a60aa920> <016101c9782d$922aa6e0$0900a8c0@AM> <1D5EFEE819914BF49931A907C881CBE6@DR2> X-Spam-Score: 3.4 (+++) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK=3.36 Subject: LF: Re: Plug and Play Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=response Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.6 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 correction www.radiocom.net/600M/LOOP1107.jpg ----- Original Message ----- From: "dave.riley3" To: Cc: "600MRG" Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 8:32 AM Subject: LF: Plug and Play > At this stage of the game I've graduated to 'plug and play' RF > electronics, thanks to Mini-Circuits and like parts, all available for a > song on E-Bay. > > The IC706 made many trips so sea and was most useful as a duplex CW > transceiver on the marine CW and SITOR frequencies, and it is so old as to > be almost serial #1. > > The picture @ this link shows a scheme for 10kc-510kc transceive. It is > most self explanatory with the only hidden info is that I cut the B+ lead > to the final of the IC706 and so by magic the RF output level @ 10.500 > mhz. dropped to 7 milliwatts, talk about luck and a happy mixer. > > www.radiocom.net/600M/TxVerter2.jpg > > The QRG is held to tight specs by use of the GPS diciplined clock 10mhz as > the LO input to the DB Mixer. > > On 500kc. I use the modified Ramsey 1W amp shown, followed by a modified > 200W Mitsubishi stereo amp with giant 900V FETS, and thence to a modified > SB200, now designated as a SB600M. The Greenlee punches around here are > all dull and old, so why start from scratch any more?? > Rework of junk commercial and military boxes is now the caper. > > www.radiocom.net/600M/SB600M3.jpg > > And here is the best TX antenna I have used so far here, free of any > ground radials and many top load wires hung up in trees, but only meant > for really poor soil conductivity mind you and that is < .5 millimho here > on silica soil. Always wondered how it would be to have an antenna in > 'free space'. > It amounts to a 65' vertical of #4 wire inside garden hose and laid over > high pine trees. A free extra is that the loop is certainly more quiet > than the Marconi vertical. It also works DX up to 6M so we took all the > other wire antennas down. Life is getting simple, so we do. > > www.radiocom.net/600M/Loop1107.jpg > > Too much fun and not enuf air time!! Even had a SKN QSO on 600M, ham > radio is still fun... > > Regards to all, > > Dave@WD2XSH/17 > > > > >