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kb2crk
03-17-2013, 04:40 PM
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/beufortandtek095_zps6dd787c0.jpg
Multimeter by heathkit
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/beufortandtek091_zpsdccde90c.jpg
Bird meter
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/beufortandtek088_zpsb0898979.jpg
B&W dummy load watt meter

kb2crk
03-17-2013, 06:07 PM
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/beufortandtek086_zps807b675c.jpg
Tek o scope
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/beufortandtek094_zpsbb2a16d5.jpg
sinnadder 3
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/beufortandtek096_zps7f7f6223.jpg
TRI Freq counter

WØTKX
03-17-2013, 06:49 PM
Pics are hard to see, unfortunately.

N8YX
03-17-2013, 07:43 PM
Before you do anything with that Bird 43...buy and install an element, either a real one or a dummy (shorting) version. They don't like to be jostled around without the meter being damped electrically.

kb2crk
03-17-2013, 07:54 PM
I have several slugs for it so not a problem. I don't know how the pictures came out so poor with a PHD camera. But they are what they are. damn computer has been a PIA all day too.

K7SGJ
03-17-2013, 08:33 PM
Does your camera have a macro setting? The Bird is worth a few bucks by itself. Too bad the slugs for HF are so damned expensive.

kb2crk
03-18-2013, 04:39 AM
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/Testequipment008_zps20836a8f.jpg
Some better pictures, I hope The Sinadder 3
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/Testequipment007_zps541114d1.jpg
The freq counter
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/Testequipment003_zpsf3c55d76.jpg
Heathkit multimeter
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/Testequipment002_zpsc09b0e69.jpg
The dummy loads

wa6mhz
03-18-2013, 08:21 AM
The B&W wattmeter/dummy load is sure rusted up, but those are really nice and useful. Also the SINNADDER is great for peaking up rigs. It analyzes the audio signal. The scope looks nice, hope U can fix it. Probably just oxidized switches.

X-Rated
03-18-2013, 08:58 AM
Don't give your Bird and/or slugs away. Those are like cash.

K7SGJ
03-18-2013, 09:23 AM
Someone just gave me a bird the other day, but I was driving at the time.

X-Rated
03-18-2013, 09:25 AM
There was probably some reflected signal he could measure from his feedpoint, I would imagine.

K7SGJ
03-18-2013, 09:28 AM
At least he didn't give me a slug, too.

X-Rated
03-18-2013, 09:33 AM
I figured I could get you to say something like that with a little coaxing.

W3WN
03-18-2013, 11:10 AM
Nice finds. So where'd you find them?

K7SGJ
03-18-2013, 12:01 PM
I figured I could get you to say something like that with a little coaxing.


Wire just full of puns today.

X-Rated
03-18-2013, 01:13 PM
Wire just full of puns today.

Thee swr just a few.

K7SGJ
03-18-2013, 01:31 PM
After coming up with those gems, you should be beaming.

NQ6U
03-18-2013, 01:36 PM
After coming up with those gems, you should be beaming.

His gain has made him tower above the rest.

X-Rated
03-18-2013, 01:37 PM
His gain has made him tower above the rest.

Watts your problem?

W3WN
03-18-2013, 02:01 PM
OK, I give. Let the puns commence.

Because resistance is futile.

NQ6U
03-18-2013, 03:28 PM
OK, I give. Let the puns commence.

Because resistance is futile.

Perhaps we can all reach common ground.

X-Rated
03-18-2013, 03:40 PM
OK, I give. Let the puns commence.

Because resistance is futile.

LOL. I can imagine you doing the impy dance when you get the resin ants from the solder corps.

K7SGJ
03-18-2013, 04:03 PM
OK, I give. Let the puns commence.

Because resistance is futile.

Congrats on your inductance to the thread. It's nice to know you have the capacity to participate. Many show a reluctance to join in. Just ask Mho. We finally had to send him ohm. I really want to have sex with his mother. I just can't seem to resistor. But, I don't want to transformer into the neighborhood slut.

kb2crk
03-18-2013, 07:18 PM
Nice finds. So where'd you find them?

My new next door neighbor used to be a partner in a local 2 way radio shop and used to be a ham. He had asked me a while back if I knew anyone who might be interested. I finally caught him home this weekend. The price was fair so I jumped on it.

kb2crk
03-18-2013, 07:47 PM
The B&W wattmeter/dummy load is sure rusted up, but those are really nice and useful. Also the SINNADDER is great for peaking up rigs. It analyzes the audio signal. The scope looks nice, hope U can fix it. Probably just oxidized switches.

The B&W looks rough but works great. I started working on the scope first but I will probably have to go though most of the stuff.

kb2crk
03-18-2013, 08:27 PM
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/Testequipment004_zps192225fe.jpg
One Power supply
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/Testequipment005_zpsd869359b.jpg
Variable power supply

kb2crk
03-18-2013, 08:40 PM
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/Testequipment006_zpsa9319ef0.jpg
Flipping the bird
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/Testequipment012_zps455835fc.jpg
Under the scope
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/Testequipment009_zpsd9be78fb.jpg
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/beufortandtek100_zpsd2792774.jpg
Turning up the amps
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n404/kb2crk/beufortandtek101_zpse0151217.jpg

kb2vxa
03-19-2013, 11:48 AM
At least you're learning how to focus a camera, keep practicing and eventually we'll see what we're looking at. (;->)

You're a bunch of punny guys!
"Many show a reluctance to join in. Just ask Mho. We finally had to send him ohm."
I always thought Mho was the conductance who made many join in so I had to ask him. He has no idea what you're talking about, reluctance is Farad's and his son Micro's magnetic domain.

W3WN
03-19-2013, 01:38 PM
My new next door neighbor used to be a partner in a local 2 way radio shop and used to be a ham. He had asked me a while back if I knew anyone who might be interested. I finally caught him home this weekend. The price was fair so I jumped on it.Nice. Glad it worked out for you.

Personally, I'd pull the cover off that Astron, sand it, and then hit it with a couple of coats of black or grey Rustoleum. But I'm sure you already knew that.

W3WN
03-19-2013, 01:42 PM
Watts your problem?Watt's on second.

X-Rated
03-19-2013, 01:46 PM
Watt's on second.

Can't come back with a good one to frequency counter with. Let me go take a grid leak and I'll be back in a while.

NQ6U
03-19-2013, 01:54 PM
Let me go take a grid leak

Just don't take a dip afterwards.

kb2crk
03-19-2013, 07:11 PM
Nice. Glad it worked out for you.

Personally, I'd pull the cover off that Astron, sand it, and then hit it with a couple of coats of black or grey Rustoleum. But I'm sure you already knew that.

I was planning on doing that before it takes its place in the shack. The B&W is going to get some clean up also. I was told that the Astron might not work but when powered up the only thing that did not work was the meter on the face.

W3WN
03-20-2013, 12:56 PM
Can't come back with a good one to frequency counter with. Let me go take a grid leak and I'll be back in a while.It's a classic.

Watt else can I say? It's a waste of energy to counter-dict those.

W3WN
03-20-2013, 12:59 PM
I was planning on doing that before it takes its place in the shack. The B&W is going to get some clean up also. I was told that the Astron might not work but when powered up the only thing that did not work was the meter on the face.Funny you should mention that. I was sent a link to an outfit that was selling digital voltmeters for a pittance. I ordered a couple, but since they're coming from VR2, I don't expect them for a few weeks yet.

I'm hoping to use one each on my RS-35, RS-12, and RS-7. If they all work & I don't blow one up, I ought to have a few extras... but let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

X-Rated
03-20-2013, 02:16 PM
It's a classic.

Watt else can I say? It's a waste of energy to counter-dict those.

Do you still give your xyl a high frequency slug? I wanted to give my xyl that but I was always afraid she would turn it and I would see reflected power.

W3WN
03-20-2013, 02:37 PM
Do you still give your xyl a high frequency slug? I wanted to give my xyl that but I was always afraid she would turn it and I would see reflected power.
No, we don't have a slug problem in the garden. Or much of a general critter problem there in general. LucyFurr takes care of that...

kb2crk
03-20-2013, 08:26 PM
You are a bunch of Punny guys. I am trying to maintain the capacity to resist the temptation for additional input. I may have to spin the knob.../

kb2vxa
03-20-2013, 10:45 PM
Did someone say... knob?

NQ6U
03-20-2013, 11:05 PM
Did someone say... knob?

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/knobjob-1.gif

X-Rated
03-21-2013, 08:33 AM
Would you prefer the knob high job, or the knob low job?

kb2vxa
03-21-2013, 12:32 PM
I'll take the high knob and you take the low knob and I'll get to GM before ye..........

kb2crk
03-22-2013, 04:19 PM
Oh boy... One knob comment and the thread goes off on a tangent.....

W3WN
03-22-2013, 06:07 PM
Oh boy... One knob comment and the thread goes off on a tangent.....Definitely taken a turn for the worst.

We need to slam the door on this one before things get out of hand. We really need to shelve it before it's too late.