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1Premium-Rx ArchivesSept 19, 1999 to Jan 1, 2001Note: Audio and picture files removed …premium-rx-digest Saturday, September 25 1999 Volume 01 : Numbe

10> the noise blanker question. The control line for the NB goes to the> preselector A19 on J10 pin 1. Unfortunately my manual does not> have

100The latest controller firmware is v.04.01.10. A replacement chip costs about $130 and requires thatthe HF-1000 have a controller board labelled 797

101Filter IF filter description 1 1 2.80 LSB 2 2.80 USB, FSK 3 0.30 CW, FSK 4 1.00 CW, FSK 5 3.20 AM6 6.00 AM 7 10.00 AM 8 16.00 AM, FMFilter IF filte

102Also, are the filters supposed to be soldered in?Thanks and 73, Ed KA6DBY San DiegoPS: Also inquired about the optional Noise Blanker...$750!!! If

103------------------------------Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:43:52 -0500From: "Peter Gottlieb" <[email protected]>Subject: Pr

104work at all with anything currently on the air unless it has the 60KHz option for WWVB. Let me knowif you think I can help.Best regards, AlJohn Ree

105It has been really quiet on our List . . . . . This must be the result of the arrival of Santa or thepreamble of the Y2K syndrome!I would like to t

10630 with an active antenna. The receiver works fine, but the antenna was too low for the purpose, butthe combination worked. In September 98 I was i

107Dear Al and all other VLFers, the signal from SAQ today was easy to receive, as there was no static orother interference. Field strength on the S-m

108Subject: Prem-Rx: SAQ, QSL-listDear friends, Al Klase espesially, the Grimeton station SAQ has published a list of all people whichhave sent in a Q

109------------------------------Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 23:27:22 -0800From: Larry Gadallah <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: Intermitten

11I wonder if there is anything going on in the code. I lost my eprom reader/programmer and dump fromthe old prom so it may take me some time before I

110Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: Fault on 2050Hi Walt and everybody: I reported earlier on my success with cooling via a tray-mounted twin-turbofan cooler. Th

111------------------------------Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:37:05 -0000From: [email protected]: Prem-Rx: Collins 5480Hi all,does anyone know

1124) Have a commented version (well, the best I can do) of the source code, modified to be relocatableand changeable.5) Can re-assemble this source c

113many of you are personally exchanging information off line on your work. One such item popped uptoday which I think will be of genuine interest to

114Well I hope this is not off the "Premium" path here, but I think these are in that "related" scope ?? Ifnot...time to chew me o

115was the preselector board itself. THe board is housed in an aluminum enclosure, with a single ribboncable coming out the side.Installation instruct

116------------------------------Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:14:33 -0600From: "Davez" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: Ten Tec RX340He

117At 01:14 PM 2/24/00 -0600, Davez wrote:>Hello to all,>Just in case you might have missed this, ..Fred Osterman has posted a great>color pi

118GregP.S. You may want to check the "bible", **Short Wave Receivers past and Present** that one of ourfellow List members, Fred Osterman,

119------------------------------Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 23:19:28 -0500From: "Tony Ward" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: Ten T

12Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: Harris 590A noise blanker bypass modificationIn the newer version of the preselector the logic/LPF board uses another set of r

120Good listening!Spencer Bahner N7UMO in Seattle.------------------------------Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 06:49:23 -0500From: "James C. Garland"

121>This one (soft-bound, not even a nice binder) came to $248. Ouch!>It was a very good manual but had one real flaw- no prints of the parts>

122Subject: Prem-Rx: WJ HF-1000 TestAnyone in Southern California have a WJ HF-1000 that they'd like to A/B with mine? Be curious...Justinstalled

123------------------------------Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 07:58:28 -0800From: "Don" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: WJ HF-1

124If you have any background or information you might drop a note to:Michael Brown at: [email protected], Greg------------------------------Da

125I goofed as is evidenced by the number of postings regarding the Mackay 3031A.Jan Skirrow, Ed Tanton, Bob Parness, (and I assume Dr. Walt if he eve

126> BoatAnchors> Receivers).Ed Tanton N4XY <[email protected]>Website: www.qsl.net/n4xy"Do what's right. You'll please some pe

127to ITT. At the time of his tour, the 3031 was priced at $7,800. From all the e-mail generate recentlyover the 3031A, I assume that we have a growin

128For that price, Ten-Tec must need to amortize one hell of an expensive software development effort.Either that or it's way overpriced.- -- Jer

129telephones for aircraft. His radio interests are primarily digital modes, military aircraft, and AM Dxingof European stations.Matt is one of the &q

13Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:52:57 -0700From: "Greg W. Bailey" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: Harris 590, For Sale NoticeGent

130From: "Greg W. Bailey" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: New Member- Paul BernhardtGentlemen:Paul Bernhardt, KF4FOR, is our

131I am trying hard to navigate my way through the waters of the premium receiver list without landing onthe rocky shoals of the no advertising policy

132Premier Metal Products has a series called "Trimline" if memory serves. Reasonable appearance atstandard rack heights and your choice of

133faculty of Central Washington University ( http://www.cwu.edu ) Ellensburg, Washington. I am amazedat his workmanship thus far, in fact he has alre

134------------------------------Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:22:58 EDTFrom: [email protected]: Prem-Rx: ITT MACKAY MARINE 3020A RECEIVERHi, Does

135a separate very high quality preselector for the low frequencies. It divides the 10-500kHz region into 4separate bands. Neat receiver.Regards,Jim G

1364) Have a great weekendgreg------------------------------Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 22:38:16 -0700From: "Greg W. Bailey" <[email protected]

137------------------------------Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 17:11:36 -0700From: "Walter (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD" <[email protected]>Subject

138see no copyright notice. (Can't imagine they'd have a problem with a discontinued receiver...it avoidsthem dredging up old manuals)Not su

139he admits his interest in receivers is relatively new. As an audiophile he is specifically interested inthe quality of audio available from various

14Second.-------------------------------------Steve Stutman KL7JTCambridge, MA, USA"Most people don't think about what they don't think

140C154 looks like maybe a candidate but the parts list says it's only .1 uf at 5.5vdc. That seems illogicalor a misprint - .1 farad would be lik

141Bob Parnass, AJ9S [email protected]: Mon, 08 May 2000 18:05:25 -0700From: John Reed <[email protected]>Su

142> separately.> Hiss, whine, and other noise observed at the audio> output can be produced by leakage from sources other> than IF leakag

143But beware, protection against the damage of lightning strokes is not that easy. In most cases thedamage is not done by the direct stroke, but by v

144This review will help formulate my decision on which radio I would like to purchase which is why Ihave requested some detailed information on them.

145>a few list members have them. The 9000 has at least one major problem-- It>heats up like a toaster with normal use. The folks at ICOM seemed

146Paul VE7KHZ------------------------------Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 09:43:35 +0200From: [email protected]: Prem-Rx: RA1792 and RA67

147It's a great receiver. Some people don't think so, but the A version is definitely better than the straight590. Make sure the display loo

148From: [email protected]: Re: Prem-Rx: HARRIS RF590ADear list, Many thanks for your replies to my questions about anything to look for when b

149No new or ADDITIONAL spam reported here SIR !!!!------------------------------Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 11:38:31 +0100From: "Bob Duckworth"

15From: [email protected] (Robert S Parnass)Subject: Prem-Rx: ITT Mackay Marine 3031A full specsFYI, here are Mackay's specifications for the IT

150------------------------------Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 22:33:50 -0500From: "Robert Nickels" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: Offi

151------------------------------Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 05:44:17 -0400 (EDT)From: Steve Stutman <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: 600 o

152I forgot to mention that the HARRIS 590 size cabinet has been produced and back here for actualverifying of fit and dimensions..it looks very nice,

153Subject: Prem-Rx: Harris RF-590A AM FilterI need to know either the Harris or Filtronics part number for the optional 3.2 KHz AM filter in theabove

154Note: I have no business interest in Radio Shack (just a customer). Thought I'd pass along the info incase other readers are interested... Hop

155Hello all ...I think this qualifies as a premium radio.If anyone is interested in acquiring a premium kilowatt Mackay station, including the MSR800

156John England ++++++++++++++++------------------------------Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 16:13:20 -0500From: IPAssets <[email protected]>Subject: Pr

157Greetings Premium-Rx'ers:As Greg indicated in my 'intro' message, I've got a Racal RA6790/GM receiver.Embarassing as it sounds,

158Jim Garland W8ZR=========== Amateur Radio Website: http://www.muohio.edu/~4cx250b/web/===========------------------------------Date: Mon, 5 Jun 200

159Neil:Cubic Communication is located in San Diego, California, and is without question active. In responseto other Cubic questions on the List, I ha

16dummy antenna. Overload There is no damage to the receiver when an input signal of 30 volts EMF isapplied for 15 minutes using a standard antenna. O

160===========------------------------------premium-rx-digest Friday, June 23 2000 Volume 01 : Number 078-------------------------------------------Da

161Regards,Paul Wende------------------------------Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:00:11 +0100From: "Bob Duckworth" <[email protected]>Subject:

162> Does anyone out there know> if Racal ever produced a model that controlled the digital IF> from> the processor. This would take the&g

163You can contact Mel at the address given above.Greg------------------------------Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:20:27 -0700From: "Greg Bailey"

164Best regards, Al- -- Al Klase - N3FRQ [email protected] Flemington, NJ 08822 Web Page:http://www.webex.net/~skywaves/home.htm------------------

165- -------------------------------------Steve Stutman KL7JTCambridge, MA, USA"Most people don't think about what they don't think abo

166Well, my RF 590 has intermittent audio on LSB. The byte test reports back "Assy 05, fault 3" whichdescribes a line level failure. Problem

167-------------------------------------------Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:26:34 -0400 (EDT)From: Steve Stutman <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-R

168I have compared stock AR7030 against R8B, HF1000, NRD535, RA17 over past 5+ years. *excellent for SWBC listening, esp. fluttering signals with Sync

169Those with JRC-535's will REALLY see a difference with the KIWA mods. "Stock" JRC audio,regardless of receiver model is poor on even

17-------------------------------------------Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 20:49:09 -0700From: "Greg W. Bailey" <[email protected]>Subjec

170I know we have a bunch of VHF and UHF operators in the membership, I assume Dan has some ideason those repeater questions you may have????Welcome t

171Here's some suggestions for brands to include: Watkins-Johnson, Norlin, Applied Communications,Racal, Microdyne, Cubic. Criteria would be the

172Paul------------------------------Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:12:33 -0500From: Turkisher Dan-CSLC82 <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-R

173Greg------------------------------Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:05:06 -0400From: Fred Osterman <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: RacalI h

174If no one here is interested, these items will end up on ebay. Cleaning up my office, everything mustgo...- -- tnx es 73 de John KE5FX------------

175Gentlemen:The following E-Mail address are being returned to me because they are no longer active. If you knowthe whereabouts of the following, ple

176This guy is fast...I encountered him TWICE out in the ARIZONA desert...going to and from the SanDiego area...my anglo daughter's deep tan was

177premium-rx-digest Tuesday, August 15 2000 Volume 01 : Number 084-------------------------------------------Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:45:42 -0500From

178>My solution was to purchase a 2 N-cell battery holder along with two N-cell nicads. I located theholder in the unused space normally occupied b

179I've read in an ARRL Handbook that nicads, with careful handling, should be good for more than 500discharge/recharge cycles. Mine may not have

18RACAL: (1) RA-17C (2) RA6790/GMRCA: AR-88RME: Two: RME-6900Spec.Prod.: SR7-R WWV rcvr -looking for schematic/anything!Ten Tec: Ten Tec SP-325TMC: GP

180From: "Ted & Linda Minchin" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: Manual wanted for WJ-340 LF receiverGreetings, everyone. I recen

181I need a copy of Chapter 8 (only) from the Racal RA1792 manual. Will pay costs. TNXFred Osterman Universal Radio------------------------------Date:

182Subject: Prem-Rx: RE: [Racal] Interesting RX/ConverterHi Bob, I have one of these units with no name tags on it. I reverse engineered it and got it

183Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:04:40 -0700From: "Greg Bailey" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: Slightly Off TopicGentlemen:I hav

184Subject: Prem-Rx: Re: Old things in original packagingNo, no, I'm not talking about myself, even though my own factory-sealed packaging has on

185Is it just me or are the days really getting shorter?------------------------------Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 07:58:34 -0700From: [email protected]

186This all reminds me of a very beautiful High School girl friend who was a sister of one of my classpals. She was three years younger and her Dad wa

187*********************************** W8ZR Amateur Radio Website:http://www.muohio.edu/~4cx250b/web/*******************************------------------

188------------------------------Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 05:07:23 EDTFrom: [email protected]: Prem-Rx: Manual for Mackay/Electronav?My search fo

189******************************************************************> W8ZR Amateur Radio Website: http://www.muohio.edu/~4cx250b/web/>*********

19Nice to have a representative of the British join us...Greg>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<

190I localized the problem to my Ginza by Night dashboard power supply - a complicated switchingsupply supplying electrons to many fussy little circui

191...Walt.------------------------------premium-rx-digest Monday, October 2 2000 Volume 01 : Number 089------------------------------------

192white compound (its actually glass impregnated silicone, don't get it in your eyes) on the aluminiumheat sink. The white compound serves as a

193configuring it, I found that while the CPU indeed had a heat sink and fan, there was none of the usualwhite compound (its actually glass impregnate

194Under the "MAJOR TOPIC AREAS FOR REVIEWS AND TIPS" section, click on the PELTIER andWATER COOLING subcategories.Lots of interesting stuff

195From: John Collins <[email protected]>Subject: RE: Prem-Rx: 2050 further viewHi all,I've been a bit of a lurker for many month

196The Freon/LN2 comment reflects something which has putatively been done. A friend wanted to do so;he got the 5-minute thermal stress, bad for inter

197they're still involved with radio, its UHF and up, laser comm, digital comm technology, and otherthings beyond the technical range of most cur

198Thanks Mike for some great suggestions. Just to let everyone know what's happening at my end. Well Iinstalled a tiny fan to blow across the pr

199It's interesting that the HF-8064 is described as an "agile" preselector suited for scanning applicationswhere the more conventional

2One conclusion I reached was that either MC stuck in front of a high performance receiver degradesperformance to some extent. Hardly surprising and n

20Was wondering if anyone here in the group has had any personal experence using the Watkins JohnsonHF-1000(A) with a comparson in sensitivity between

200Hope this helps and 73/Karl-Arne Markstrom SM0AOM=================== Senior Radio Engineer Maritime Networks Telia Mobile ABNacka Strand Sweden Pho

201For the software-inclined, another suggestion for preselector control would to let a microcontrollereavesdrop on the HF-2050 RS-422 monitor data bu

202Back to the RCA CU-5069 m/c unit - some time ago I found one of my units had gone very dead - the2N5160 in the hi level driver stage was gone. This

2038711/488 IEEE-488 INTERF.OPTIN $1,150.00 WJ-8711A DIGITAL HF RECEIVER $5,295.008711/PRE SUBOCRAVE PRESELETOR $1,100.00 8711/REF HIGH STABILITY RE.O

204main project constraint." His radio collection includes a number of pieces of Watkins-Johnson, CEI,and LTV receivers and accessories."I a

205Periodic thermal (hence, frictional) stresses in high-current connections can help prevent oxidation-related intermittents. (Anyone else on this li

206The question is, why do gold contacts become intermittent, particularly in digital circuits? If they don'tcorrode, they should always conduct.

207Anyway, they are sure not hard to find at this point. Might be useful to have a few spares around, butmy two couplers have no dead channels, and I

208have seen electron microscope shots of this damage,and it is quite beautiful even if its effects arenot!The effect is worse the higher the gold con

209they can be modified with just the EEPROMS, I might put them both at 10Hz. Any info. muchappreciated, Dave------------------------------Date: Wed,

21different than with a perfect 1:1 type match - in other words you can wind up tuning for best match onthe signal and a slightly worse match to the n

210When I had to replace three of these, I built the lamp out of LEDs. I used the endcaps off of a regularfuse. I cut a piece od perfboard such that t

211------------------------------Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:48:13 -0500From: "Mac McCullough" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx:

212I have a RA6790GM that has developed an intermittent (the hardest) display problem. What happensis all the segments in the left LCD light up at onc

213------------------------------Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 14:53:17 -0600From: "George Wagner" <[email protected]>Subject: RE: Pr

214A friend of mine obtained several HF-2050s that he was told were missing "two chips." When theyarrived, they were demil units with smashe

215My new job has got me terminated in the spare time department, BUT, I still enjoy reading the posts onthis List. In this regard, I've been rea

216Well, consider yourself lucky if they just trashed the power supply - of all the boards it is the simplestto repair and all the parts are very comm

217Subject: RE: Prem-Rx: HF 2050 PanelsHi Group,I've following this thread with great interest. I have a WJ 8617B with a damaged front panel. Jus

218Our newest member joins us from Tokyo, Japan. Takashi operates a WJ HF1000A, NRD545, and R-9000 at the moment. He also states he owns (but does not

219Advantages to Endura Polyurethane 2 component paint:Standard filler can be used to cover standoff devots. Extremely flexible. Extremely durable. Ne

22Did you mean 590 and 590A? Both these receivers are normally equipped with mechanical filters. Themain difference between them is in the layout of t

220must admit, I gave Ben the name of "money bags" when Qualcomm's stock peaked over $200 a share. Iconsider Ben a dear friend who has

221But !!! Murphy's has that genuine SURPLUS aroma...------------------------------Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:51:43 -0800From: "Greg Bailey

222(Fred Osterman is the author of Short-wave Receivers Past and Present, and is also a member of theList. Fred Osterman <[email protected]>).R

223Now an Official Beta test site for the Chaos Theory ...------------------------------Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:37:09 -0500From: "Chuck Rippel&

224Hi All,Believe that Dan Arney of 390 list has one as do some chums. I have an original manual of which hemade some copies. Perhaps he can comment.I

225From: "Peter Gottlieb" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: Confessions !!!!Hi,I've never really used ISB for anything

226I appreciate the answers that have been offered, and I see the gaps in my ISBunderstanding...However more specific what Im expecting is why or shou

227which I'll happilly pay for copying, etc. Many thanks! I'm using it for the RA 8772, which essentiallyidentical...Walt. (Driver of

228Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 13:10:14 -0800From: "Don" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: Multicouplers...Need advice!I have a b

229Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 18:13:12 -0600From: "Mac McCullough" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: HARRIS RF- 590 RF- 590A and R -2368

23Those who own the HF-2050 receiver know that the receiver's tuning rates are either maddeningly toofast or way way WAY too slow (about the spee

230Hello To Everyone: Just a quick update on the restoration project. Late last week eight 2050 panelsand four sets of handles arrived here, via Don M

231At 07:10 PM 12/4/2000 +0100, Christer Bergstrom wrote:>Hello Ed and Group>To my humble knowledge the NV14 series from>Rhode & Schwarz

232------------------------------Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 23:50:25 -0800From: John Miles <[email protected]>Subject: RE: Prem-Rx: DeOxit & where d

233that Murphy is selling are brand new with a manufacture date of the mid 1992 era..and come needingno "peaking or field alignment" ...as a

234> ED etal. yes and no..the Murphy unit is mounted INTERNAL within> the receiver, and offers the 20db rate...while the EXTERNAL unit is> co

235(1) John Bryant, author/architect/college prof- who directed the antenna installation the first night. . .only to find in the light of the followin

2361140110512 1120110512 1120110501Thank you mac/mc------------------------------Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:35:40 -0600From: "Mac McCullough"

2374) Disconnected antenna-noise ceases...applied pass-through terminator...still quiet...if I touch thecenter conductor test point, big noise problem

238Any idea what could cause this, and solutions? Seems to occur more after the set has been on for awhile.Thanks, and Merry Xmas to all!!! From a rai

239These radios are quite complex, and maintenance normaly amounts to swapping boards. This meansthere is an ever increasing number of "hanger qu

24Gentlemen:> Our list of interested participants continues to grow with the addition> of Robert "Rob" Sherwood. Presently calling his

25Unless you live in a high-RF environment the preselector filter does not help you; as a matter of fact,it's presence actually degrades the rece

26Ultra-premium probably and definitely belong here!I was very impressed with the two BBC recordings on Rob's website with and without the SE-3.

27> These was a question on preselectors in reference to the Harris RF590A.> The response about it only being helpful if the front end is being&

28Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 17:21:56 -0700From: "Walter (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: New Member- Rob

29> choice of AM filters, and no sync detector. We offer both. With our filter> mods you will have 12, 9, 6, 4, 3, and 2.7 kHz AM bandwidths to

3From: "Greg W. Bailey" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: New Member- Joe TalbotGentlemen:Our newest member, Joe Talbot, is loc

30I'm working on a description of these mods, which will consist of a schematic on an 11" x 17" sheet (Bsize, drawn with Orcad) and a w

31(Ed Note- Harri mentions a number of things in his letter, far more than there is space for me to share,HOWEVER, an item not to overlooked... he ha

32it something I really, really, really want, then I will take a 'bye' on it. I wonder what others think. TheWJ on Ebay at the moment is saf

33> Presently our policy about selling items on the List is in an "evaluation> phase" until November the 25. It should be noted, thus

34Alerting people to eBay stuff is a no-no on the other lists that I'm part of, and can get you kicked off! Ican understand why - one list used t

35second IF of 100 kHz is the same, and the bandwidths of the filters are very close, so I expect thefilter setup is common to both. Also the first IF

36From: "Ted & Linda Minchin" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: Eddystone receiversDave, I am the proud owner of an Eddystone

37> Further comments? I'm especially interested as the 2050 does not have a> notch filter, nor synchronous detection modes.> Walter R. S

38Dear John, Many thanks for your reply about the codes on the serial number plate of my RA-1792. Myreceiver is in first class condition, and has the

39On the subject of 6790 frequency coverage -- I can help you ... I have pretty good EPROM burningcapability here. So not a problem for 6790 upgrades.

4At 09:31 PM 9/21/99 -0400, Pete Ferrand wrote:>Hi Jan, just got the magazine today and read the piece,>interesting how the two compare. You wer

40on the number of copies I order. There are *lots* of fold-out schematics. The binder is approximatelytwo inches thick, to give you an idea. I'm

41P.S., Someone a while back asked me if I could modify the 590 firmware to use any filter in any mode.After examination of the setup, it appears that

42Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:52:17 -0400From: "Peter Gottlieb" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: RF-590A PC control p

43I have worked on quite a few 6790's and none have exhibited your problem -- I only experience dropoff lower than 50kc. sort of expect that.Coul

44------------------------------Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 17:41:25 EDTFrom: [email protected]: Re: Prem-Rx: Antenna for VLF ?How low did you want to

45> Loops work well, too. If you have several meters of horizontal space, that changes thingscompletely! Let us know!Yes, I do have some space avai

46Dear Group:I have stumbled on a source for some new & demo Lowe gear and some filters, Collins, Icom,Kenwood, etc. (Stateside) The prices seem v

47the SSB performance of the 1051. For the premium-receiver group, my Collins HF-2050's areperforming admirably, compared to all of my other rece

48the lady from the PO talk about the new issue of stamps. - -- Paul V E 7 A V V Paul B. PetersStoneyGround Station Cobble Hill, B.C., Canada (48.68N

49You'd think there would be some hobbyist on the island who could find a place for the old transmitter,power connection, and antenna to rig for

5From: "Peter Gottlieb" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: RE: MulticouplersOh, I thought of a stupid question.If it

50Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 18:01:01 -0700From: "Walter (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: Re: [sthelena] Prem.

51------------------------------Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:08:11 +0200From: [email protected] (KD Elektronik GmbH)Subject: Prem-Rx: Service manuals fo

52------------------------------Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:47:38 -0700From: "Greg W. Bailey" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: M

53I placed the thing on my second floor porch and brought the shielded & balanced cable in to myreceiver. As a quick and dirty test (since I haven

54- -- Al Klase - N3FRQ [email protected] Flemington, NJ 08822 Web Page:http://www.webex.net/~skywaves/home.htm------------------------------Date:

55On 160 meters the loop did not prove useful since my tower and beams (top loaded vertical) werenearly resonant on 2.0 MHz, so everything either null

56Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 23:07:46 -0700From: "Walter (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: Collins HF-2050 for

57expensive to reproduce. I continue to offer them for the next few days at the same price, ie $70 US.postpaid to the US and Canada. After that, I&apo

58has three channels). Channel 1 was placed in the forward compartment, under the front power supplycasing. Channel 2 was mounted midway, halfway down

59I just finished installing my fan mod to cool the Power Supply and called "All Electronics" to buy 2fluorescent lamps to light the display

6Hi All ...I got one of these awhile back. It was used with R-390s and R-390As (as well as with other radios) andmight be of interest to the list. I w

60I performed this backlight mod some time ago on one of my HF-2050's and I have been very happywith it. Hope this helps out those who wish to do

61found it oui I was only able to find one (13.00) works good look around you might find some.Wouldlike to find a couple more. Carl-------------------

62Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 06:50:26 -0800From: "Greg W. Bailey" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: New Member- Paull PattersonGent

63The attached note, posted today on the Racal mailing list, is of interest Racal receiver owners on thepremium-rx list.===================Copyright 1

64Cool!One of these units, the LCR-2000 is a "black box" receiver meant solely for computer control. Thesoftware they mention on the data sh

65-------------------------------------------Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 08:06:44 -0700From: "John Fallows" <[email protected]>Subject:

66Hmmm... perhaps Dr. Walt should reconsider his reprint manual pricing structure? It's really tough todecide between these two sources for the 2

67>of the engineers on the 2050 project was a Mr. D.H. Church who lived in>Toronto>when he was with the co., but who is since retired, and th

68Mike,Try A.G. Tannenbaum a http://www.agtannenbaum.com/ . They are a reliable supplier of manuals, andI know Mike the coowner actually has an HRO-60

69Elsewhere, please e-mail me for details. For those of you who made firm commitments, please forwardyour payment to me at:Dr. Walter Salmaniw 1736 St

7>a 51-J in the past. He reports he has some QMs friends in>the Canadian regular Army. He reports that he has "asked them to>search out

70From: "Bob Duckworth" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: R-7 filter exchange. I got 8kc I want 500cy and 300cyFellow R-7 owners,Retro

71But this is such an amazing collection of radios that I thought some of you might be interested. Thereis an HF-2050 in the bunch, so it fits "p

72>http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~robross/Pictures/boat17.jpg>SX-28A with Speaker, RCA Multi-Coupler, Sp-600 and Speaker, and some>Collins Junk..a

73restoring BA's, including a 390A (I can see Chuck smiling) and a "bunch" of other tube types.However, let's not write him off ..

74of the United Kingdom. With 17,000 employees, MNA designs, develops, manufactures, sells andsupports a wide range of advanced products and intellige

75Today I rec'd my Manual Reprint for the Collins HF-2050 Receiver. Many thanks to Walt Salmaniw forthe Time and effort he put into having these

76Try the following site for the backlighting. I know they do this mod for the Racal RA 6790/GM.http://www.mgs4u.com/index.html#companyGood luck!Ed KA

77Ever since joining this list, there has been major receiver proliferation in my household. I would thuslike to enjoy each and every receiver purchas

78Thanks for the welcome,but I would like the 2050 and 590 rxs to add to my collection,I havnt obtainedthem yet! Any ideas??? There was one(2050)on eb

[email protected]: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:55:16 -0800From: "Greg W. Bailey" <[email protected]>Subje

8- -- Al Klase - N3FRQ [email protected] Flemington, NJ 08822 Web Page:http://www.webex.net/~skywaves/home.htm------------------------------Date:

80power supply. All of my previously mounted surface and internal fans were not powered up. The rackfan assembly is your standard 4 front and 4 back f

81Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: HF-2050 Cooling. The final chapter.Hi,At the end of the day when using this type of simple cooling it's airflow that tell

82List Members, Yesterday I was offered a number of high spec Racal HF and VHF/UHF receiversystems from the British Destroyer HMS LONDON,a type 42 Cit

83From: "James C. Garland" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: Question on MulticouplersHi Ed,I use the RCA multicoup

84From: John Reed <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Prem-Rx: Question on [email protected] wrote:> I am trying to plan my "dream&

85A fellow list member was kind enough to provide me with a copy of the 4.01.10 controller firmware,but I have found that I also need to upgrade my DS

86I don't use the D-connector output. Instead I have Sherwood Engineering SE-3's tied to the IF output(this is 455kHz post filtering). You s

87the FT-1000D, I can use both). On the other hand, the Yaesu also lacks many of the nice features ofthe W-J. For SWL use, and certainly for AM listen

88The HF-2050 manual arrived yesterday, and I am very pleased with it. This is obviously a "must have"for every 2050 owner, or potential own

89Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 23:50:38 ESTFrom: [email protected]: Prem-Rx: EDDYSTONE RECEIVERSDear list, I have just acquired three Eddystone recei

9Hi All,I have a multicoupler made by "Delta" for uncle I suspect. Has 2N5109 or similar. Will post the printif anyone wants.- -------------

90On that band there is some feedback that causes regeneration and it has to be slightly misaligned toeliminate this.The receiver is very stable for a

91Hi Walt,I have an ITT Mackay Marine 3031A, model 600164-800-012. Sorry the audio on your 3031A isweak.Do you have the proper connections? There is a

92Sylvania R1414/URR Noise floor at 2.0 MHz -134 dBm Dynamic range at 5 kHz offset 70 dBDynamic range at 10 kHz offset 91 dB Dynamic range at 20 kHz o

93POLICY CHANGE: Our concerns regarding the posting of personal items available for sale wasunsubstantiated. Thus, I would like to announce the adopti

94must) discussion of favourite combinations from list members, who must have just about every high-end rig known between them all.Antennas? Long wire

95That's consistent with the way it falls apart when connected to a 132' dipole listening to 75 meters atnight. Had to add over 40 dB betwee

96Finally, lets put the 958 back in the museum/collection -- Most are out of service now -- a fine 25 yearservice in Maritime and Coastal Services thr

97Note that sometimes it is necessary to make the DR measurements at slightly unusual spacing, and onnon-even frequencies. Example: You cannot measure

98Sorry, I can't comment on this receiver. I decided that the W-J HF-1000 wasn't all that great (I tradedfor Harris), and an earlier vintage

99Greg------------------------------Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:46:10 -0800From: "Greg Bailey" <[email protected]>Subject: Prem-Rx: