Inexpensive 1/4'' shaft couplers: 1/4 fuel line cut to size clamped to rods
with two zip ties total cost 10 cents.
Cheap enough?
KD7RUR
Wayne
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> 3. Re: gg amp question... (Peter Voelpel)
> 4. Restoration of a Kenwood TS-940SAT (fainsbert)
> 5. Re: gg amp question... (jerome schatten)
> 6. Re: 1/4" shaft connectors (EP Swynar)
> 7. Re: 1/4" shaft connectors (Roger (K8RI))
> 8. Re: 1/4" shaft connectors (W7RY)
> 9. Re: 1/4" shaft connectors (Bob Maser)
> 10. Re: 1/4" shaft connectors
> (ToddRoberts2001@aol.com)
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:40:56 -0700
> From: "jerome schatten" <romers@shaw.ca>
> Subject: [Amps] gg amp question...
> To: Amps <amps@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <op.uh3p6ixoqdi3xw@linux.site>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes;
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>
> I'm trying to modify my pi network on a pair of gg
> 813's to work on
> 160. Looking back into the plate circuit from the pi
> network, how to
> estimate the ac plate circuit impedance that needs to be
> matched by
> the pi network?
>
> My handbook has a series of tables (11 of them) for
> determining
> C(load), C(plate) and L for various values of Z(plate) for
> each band.
>
> Basically it's a 10db amp that runs ~450w out with
> 2200v on the plates
> and key down Ip of 400ma
>
> Thanks for your insight,
> jerome - VA7VV
>
>
> --
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:42:01 -0700
> From: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] gg amp question...
> To: "jerome schatten"
> <romers@shaw.ca>, "Amps"
> <amps@contesting.com>
> Message-ID:
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> R = E/I = 2200/.4 = 5500 Ohms.
>
> Close as you're gonna get.
>
> -WB2WIK/6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of jerome schatten
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:41 AM
> To: Amps
> Subject: [Amps] gg amp question...
>
>
> I'm trying to modify my pi network on a pair of gg
> 813's to work on
> 160. Looking back into the plate circuit from the pi
> network, how to
> estimate the ac plate circuit impedance that needs to be
> matched by
> the pi network?
>
> My handbook has a series of tables (11 of them) for
> determining
> C(load), C(plate) and L for various values of Z(plate) for
> each band.
>
> Basically it's a 10db amp that runs ~450w out with
> 2200v on the plates
> and key down Ip of 400ma
>
> Thanks for your insight,
> jerome - VA7VV
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:02:18 +0200
> From: "Peter Voelpel" <df3kv@t-online.de>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] gg amp question...
> To: "'Amps'" <amps@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <338F4B3B442A47859D1D5D8348311DB1@ap200>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> About half of that will be right.
> Voltage swing is less then 2.2KV, and the conduction angle
> is not 360?.
>
> 73
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Steve Katz
> Sent: Freitag, 26. September 2008 20:42
> To: jerome schatten; Amps
> Subject: Re: [Amps] gg amp question...
>
> R = E/I = 2200/.4 = 5500 Ohms.
>
> Close as you're gonna get.
>
> -WB2WIK/6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of jerome schatten
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:41 AM
> To: Amps
> Subject: [Amps] gg amp question...
>
>
> I'm trying to modify my pi network on a pair of gg
> 813's to work on 160.
> Looking back into the plate circuit from the pi network,
> how to estimate the
> ac plate circuit impedance that needs to be matched by the
> pi network?
>
> My handbook has a series of tables (11 of them) for
> determining C(load),
> C(plate) and L for various values of Z(plate) for each
> band.
>
> Basically it's a 10db amp that runs ~450w out with
> 2200v on the plates and
> key down Ip of 400ma
>
> Thanks for your insight,
> jerome - VA7VV
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:47 -0400
> From: "fainsbert" <cmfainsbert@verizon.net>
> Subject: [Amps] Restoration of a Kenwood TS-940SAT
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <1E258030A21F4D43BF7198CDB1A9212E@Barn>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Can anyone recommend a tech who can do a mod upgrade and
> align a 5 million series Kenwood TS-940SAT?
>
> Since the 940 is so heavy, it would be preferable to work
> with someone on the East Coast [USA].
>
> Thanks
>
> Chuck Fainsbert
> KC2NB
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:27:47 -0700
> From: "jerome schatten" <romers@shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] gg amp question...
> To: "Peter Voelpel" <df3kv@t-online.de>,
> 'Amps' <amps@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <op.uh3xwlc4qdi3xw@linux.site>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes;
> charset=utf-8
>
> Thanks to all that replied... Got it now.
> Best,
> jerome - va7vv
>
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:02:18 -0700, Peter Voelpel
> <df3kv@t-online.de>
> wrote:
>
> > About half of that will be right.
> > Voltage swing is less then 2.2KV, and the conduction
> angle is not
> > 360?.
> >
> > 73
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
> > Behalf Of Steve Katz
> > Sent: Freitag, 26. September 2008 20:42
> > To: jerome schatten; Amps
> > Subject: Re: [Amps] gg amp question...
> >
> > R = E/I = 2200/.4 = 5500 Ohms.
> >
> > Close as you're gonna get.
> >
> > -WB2WIK/6
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On
> > Behalf Of jerome schatten
> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:41 AM
> > To: Amps
> > Subject: [Amps] gg amp question...
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to modify my pi network on a pair of gg
> 813's to work on
> > 160.
> > Looking back into the plate circuit from the pi
> network, how to
> > estimate the
> > ac plate circuit impedance that needs to be matched by
> the pi
> > network?
> >
> > My handbook has a series of tables (11 of them) for
> determining
> > C(load),
> > C(plate) and L for various values of Z(plate) for each
> band.
> >
> > Basically it's a 10db amp that runs ~450w out with
> 2200v on the
> > plates and
> > key down Ip of 400ma
> >
> > Thanks for your insight,
> > jerome - VA7VV
> >
> >
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:07:24 -0400
> From: "EP Swynar" <gswynar@durham.net>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> To: "W7RY" <w7ry@arrl.net>,
> <Gudguyham@aol.com>, <amps@contesting.com>
> Message-ID:
> <001501c92024$454c4e70$9c21334a@SwynarComputer>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I just clicked onto that site you mentioned, &
> looked-up their shaft
> couplers...
>
> Do I understand correctly that their most INEXPENSIVE
> coupler costs a
> whopping $9.30...EACH?! If that's correct --- and I
> think that it is --- all
> I can say is that I'm still catching my breath...
>
> Mother of pearl, NO WONDER nobody is doing any homebrewing
> anymore (PLEASE,
> someone, tell me I read the listing incorrectly!).
>
> ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
>
> *************************************
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W7RY" <w7ry@arrl.net>
> To: <Gudguyham@aol.com>; <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
>
>
> > 1/4" shaft couplers are available from
> www.smallparts.com They are easy to
> deal with.
> >
> > 73
> > Jim W7RY
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gudguyham@aol.com
> > To: amps@contesting.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:26 PM
> > Subject: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> >
> >
> > Hi, does anyone out there have a stash of 1/4"
> shaft connectors? Need
> not
> > be insulated. Want to buy quite a few if you have
> them. Let me know.
> The
> > digital wattmeter popularity goes to the LP-100 so
> far!
> > Lou
> >
> >
> >
> > **************Looking for simple solutions to your
> real-life financial
> > challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news
> and information,
> tips and
> > calculators.
> (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)
> > _______________________________________________
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> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:33:21 -0400
> From: "Roger (K8RI)"
> <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> Cc: amps@contesting.com
> Message-ID: <48DD7F51.3040104@rogerhalstead.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> EP Swynar wrote:
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > I just clicked onto that site you mentioned, &
> looked-up their shaft
> > couplers...
> >
> > Do I understand correctly that their most INEXPENSIVE
> coupler costs a
> > whopping $9.30...EACH?! If that's correct --- and
> I think that it is --- all
> > I can say is that I'm still catching my breath...
> >
> I just replaced the plastic window in a small radio.
> It's about 6" wide
> by 3/4" high. It has 3 small words stenciled on it
> with one 1/8" hole
> and a half moon cutout about 1/2" across. List price
> was $206. OTOH it
> did say King KY197, but still...
>
> I need to figure out how to replace those big glass
> frequency read outs
> in my Hallicrafters 101 series receivers with plastic.
>
> BTW if those couplings are of Brass, anything using copper
> has almost
> tripled in price over the last two years. If you want
> sticker shock
> price 3/4 and 1" copper pipe. OTOH I use a lot of
> square, steel tubing
> welded up for frames and fixtures. It's more than
> doubled in just over
> a year.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
> > Mother of pearl, NO WONDER nobody is doing any
> homebrewing anymore (PLEASE,
> > someone, tell me I read the listing incorrectly!).
> >
> > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:38:56 -0700
> From: "W7RY" <w7ry@arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <0707D514B09143F1BE16DDFA108E7D5C@jims>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
>
>
> Ed
> You wanted shaft couplers. I found them and passed the info
> onto you. I'm sorry they are too expensive from Small
> Parts. Buy them somewhere else then. I just responded to
> your want.
>
> I will waste no more time looking for items when someone
> posts a want... Usually because they can't , don't
> know how or wont use a search engine.
>
>
>
> Thanks
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: EP Swynar
> To: W7RY ; Gudguyham@aol.com ; amps@contesting.com
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 3:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I just clicked onto that site you mentioned, &
> looked-up their shaft
> couplers...
>
> Do I understand correctly that their most INEXPENSIVE
> coupler costs a
> whopping $9.30...EACH?! If that's correct --- and I
> think that it is --- all
> I can say is that I'm still catching my breath...
>
> Mother of pearl, NO WONDER nobody is doing any
> homebrewing anymore (PLEASE,
> someone, tell me I read the listing incorrectly!).
>
> ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
>
> *************************************
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W7RY" <w7ry@arrl.net>
> To: <Gudguyham@aol.com>;
> <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
>
>
> > 1/4" shaft couplers are available from
> www.smallparts.com They are easy to
> deal with.
> >
> > 73
> > Jim W7RY
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gudguyham@aol.com
> > To: amps@contesting.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:26 PM
> > Subject: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> >
> >
> > Hi, does anyone out there have a stash of
> 1/4" shaft connectors? Need
> not
> > be insulated. Want to buy quite a few if you have
> them. Let me know.
> The
> > digital wattmeter popularity goes to the LP-100 so
> far!
> > Lou
> >
> >
> >
> > **************Looking for simple solutions to your
> real-life financial
> > challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest
> news and information,
> tips and
> > calculators.
> (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)
> > _______________________________________________
> > Amps mailing list
> > Amps@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
> > _______________________________________________
> > Amps mailing list
> > Amps@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:53:54 -0400
> From: "Bob Maser" <bmaser@tampabay.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> To: "W7RY"
> <w7ry@arrl.net>, <amps@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <203125B7628649E3A663E0B73B802F7A@Main>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed;
> charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> Alan Bond at Max Gain has couplers a lot cheaper than Small
> Parts. $4 each.
>
> Bob W6TR
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W7RY" <w7ry@arrl.net>
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 8:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed
> > You wanted shaft couplers. I found them and passed the
> info onto you. I'm
> > sorry they are too expensive from Small Parts. Buy
> them somewhere else
> > then. I just responded to your want.
> >
> > I will waste no more time looking for items when
> someone posts a want...
> > Usually because they can't , don't know how or
> wont use a search engine.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > 73
> > Jim W7RY
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: EP Swynar
> > To: W7RY ; Gudguyham@aol.com ; amps@contesting.com
> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 3:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> >
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > I just clicked onto that site you mentioned, &
> looked-up their shaft
> > couplers...
> >
> > Do I understand correctly that their most INEXPENSIVE
> coupler costs a
> > whopping $9.30...EACH?! If that's correct --- and
> I think that it is ---
> > all
> > I can say is that I'm still catching my breath...
> >
> > Mother of pearl, NO WONDER nobody is doing any
> homebrewing anymore
> > (PLEASE,
> > someone, tell me I read the listing incorrectly!).
> >
> > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
> >
> >
> > *************************************
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "W7RY" <w7ry@arrl.net>
> > To: <Gudguyham@aol.com>;
> <amps@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> >
> >
> > > 1/4" shaft couplers are available from
> www.smallparts.com They are easy
> > to
> > deal with.
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Jim W7RY
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Gudguyham@aol.com
> > > To: amps@contesting.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:26 PM
> > > Subject: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi, does anyone out there have a stash of
> 1/4" shaft connectors?
> > Need
> > not
> > > be insulated. Want to buy quite a few if you
> have them. Let me
> > know.
> > The
> > > digital wattmeter popularity goes to the
> LP-100 so far!
> > > Lou
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > **************Looking for simple solutions to
> your real-life
> > financial
> > > challenges? Check out WalletPop for the
> latest news and information,
> > tips and
> > > calculators.
> > (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)
> > >
> _______________________________________________
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> > >
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:14:39 EDT
> From: ToddRoberts2001@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 1/4" shaft connectors
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Message-ID: <cb4.41c3b1ae.360ee2ff@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> Hil,
> Surplus Sales of Nebraska has 1/4 x 1/4 shaft couplers for
> $4 each, $3.50
> each 3 or more or $3.25 each for 20 or more.
>
> 73 Todd WD4NGG
>
>
>
> **************Looking for simple solutions to your
> real-life financial
> challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and
> information, tips and
> calculators.
> (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)
>
>
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