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Mon Mar 2 16:06:54 2009 -0600 Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:06:14 CST From: Old Tube Radios To: Old Tube Radios Subject: BOATANCHORS digest 4249 Message-Id: <20090302220616.8080510B15D@srvr1.theporch.com> BOATANCHORS Digest 4249 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Paul Harvey Passes Away by "David Stinson" 2) Teletype House Call by Richard Dillman 3) RE: Paul Harvey Passes Away by "Bill Hawkins" 4) RE: Teletype House Call by "TChirhart" 5) Re: Paul Harvey Passes Away by "David Stinson" 6) Re: Teletype House Call by Jerry Proc 7) Re: Teletype House Call by John 8) Re: Teletype House Call by ken@w2krh.com 9) Need B&W 6100 ad copy by "JAMES HANLON" 10) Ranger Front Panel by "Mike Hardie" 11) More on B&W 6100 by "JAMES HANLON" 12) Re: More on B&W 6100 by john ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <04C30B55F8D045C9BEAB45515A524DF9@boudreaux> From: "David Stinson" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Paul Harvey Passes Away Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 06:00:30 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alas- more sand through the hourglass. The world becomes more and more an alien place- no John Wayne, no Merrell Lynch, no Paul Harvey. Our Hank Reardens pass away, leaving us with only Wesley Moochs. CHICAGO - Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90. Harvey died surrounded by family at a hospital in Phoenix, where he had a winter home, said Louis Adams, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks, where Harvey worked for more than 50 years. No cause of death was immediately available. Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne. "My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news," Paul Harvey Jr. said in a statement. "So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend." ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20062058.1235931813254.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rubis.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:23:33 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Dillman To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Teletype House Call Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When's the last time you had a house call from a Teletype repairman? Not recently, I'll wager. But that's just what we had last Saturday at KSM. In response to my message to the Greenkeys list George Hutchinson packed up his Teletype tools and drove down to KSM from his home in Sequim, WA. He and Rich McClung showed up at about 1pm ready for business. First the problem with the Model 28ASR was addressed. George quickly unlocked the keyboard (the original problem) and then spent almost two hours removing the typing unit, lubricating everything, cleaning contacts, reassembling the machine and giving it a tune up. By the end of that process it was running sweet at 60wmp and 100wpm, maintaining lock even being fed a significantly distorted signal. The next item was the Model 28KSR that we plan to use as one end of a land line order wire between transmitting and receiving stations. This unit worked but just barely. George looked it over and declared that the typing unit should be swapped with one from a Model 20RO we had on hand that was in great shape. The new typing unit got the usual lubrication and tune up before being placed in the 20KSR. It too now ran very sweetly at both 100wpm and 60wpm. Rich and I agreed that it was a real pleasure to watch a master at work. Clearly, George knows Teletypes inside and out, a skill that comes only with long experience. After several hours work George packed his tools and test gear saying "my work is done here." The three of us went to the Station House Cafe in Point Reyes Station for a dinner that couldn't be beat. We agreed it was a great day before parting ways. Naturally such an event deserves photodocumentation so here are some photos. --- George beams with anticipation at having two Model 28s to work on: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-002.jpg --- A careful adjustment is made to the perforator: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-003.jpg --- The typing unit out for lubrication and adjustment: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-005.jpg --- The Model 28RO running well: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-004.jpg --- A video of the Model 28RO being tested at 100wpm: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-008.avi Thanks very much to George and Rich for generously making their time and skills available to help the MRHS move toward another goal. Once we have the TTY land line link working between the two stations it will be another step back in time to the days when such links were common. When that link is inaugurated - this year we hope - we'll be communicating the way transmitting and receiving stations did in the golden years. VY 73, RD ================================= Richard Dillman, W6AWO Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org ================================= ------------------------------ From: "Bill Hawkins" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: RE: Paul Harvey Passes Away Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 12:40:29 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit That would have been a nice note, if it left out fiction from the twisted mind of Ayn Rand. But yes, the sands of time run through the infinite hourglass, and evolution has its way with us. The voices of the past can no longer be heard on the radios of the past. Bill Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: owner-boatanchors@theporch.com [mailto:owner-boatanchors@theporch.com] On Behalf Of David Stinson Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:01 AM To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Paul Harvey Passes Away Alas- more sand through the hourglass. The world becomes more and more an alien place- no John Wayne, no Merrell Lynch, no Paul Harvey. Our Hank Reardens pass away, leaving us with only Wesley Moochs. CHICAGO - Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90. Harvey died surrounded by family at a hospital in Phoenix, where he had a winter home, said Louis Adams, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks, where Harvey worked for more than 50 years. No cause of death was immediately available. Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne. "My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news," Paul Harvey Jr. said in a statement. "So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend." ------------------------------ From: "TChirhart" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: RE: Teletype House Call Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:51:13 -0500 Message-ID: <383D658A3261433EAF5941E4BF96F690@warnerp93v1mse> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RD those are great photos and the video will bring back lots of memories = to any/all TTY repairmen. TTY school in the Navy was the toughest school I = went to and I recall the drop out rate was about 40 percent. Now try doing = TTY repairs while on a 400 ft destroyer in a North Atlantic winter storm. = The TTY repair shop was in Aux Radio on the 02 level forward of the after 5 = inch gun. I was working on a typing unit giving it a tune up after replacing = a clutch (major job) and had it going when the ship took a long slow roll = to starboard, I said... Uhoh....hung on and heard a wave flowing aft = striking the superstructure and kaawham it hit Aux Radio with such force it = knocked the monkey s*it out of an unused antenna feed through and gave me a salt water bath, along with the test gear. Being a TTY repairman (only one on = a tin can) was a collateral duty and I still had to stand my port and = report watches in Radio Central. Ever try doing repairs when the Gunnersmates = were having target practice with those 5 inch guns... Most of us also did = double duty repairing mimeograph machines, how many of the readers remember = these! 73 de TC K4NCG -----Original Message----- From: owner-boatanchors@theporch.com = [mailto:owner-boatanchors@theporch.com] On Behalf Of Richard Dillman Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 1:24 PM To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Teletype House Call When's the last time you had a house call from a Teletype repairman? = Not recently, I'll wager. But that's just what we had last Saturday at KSM. In response to my message to the Greenkeys list George Hutchinson packed = up his Teletype tools and drove down to KSM from his home in Sequim, WA. = He and Rich McClung showed up at about 1pm ready for business. First the problem with the Model 28ASR was addressed. George quickly unlocked the keyboard (the original problem) and then spent almost two = hours removing the typing unit, lubricating everything, cleaning contacts, reassembling the machine and giving it a tune up. By the end of that process it was running sweet at 60wmp and 100wpm, maintaining lock even being fed a significantly distorted signal. The next item was the Model 28KSR that we plan to use as one end of a = land line order wire between transmitting and receiving stations. This unit worked but just barely. George looked it over and declared that the = typing unit should be swapped with one from a Model 20RO we had on hand that = was in great shape. The new typing unit got the usual lubrication and tune up before being placed in the 20KSR. It too now ran very sweetly at both 100wpm and 60wpm. Rich and I agreed that it was a real pleasure to watch a master at work. Clearly, George knows Teletypes inside and out, a skill that comes only = with long experience. After several hours work George packed his tools and test gear saying = "my work is done here." The three of us went to the Station House Cafe in = Point Reyes Station for a dinner that couldn't be beat. We agreed it was a = great day before parting ways.=20 Naturally such an event deserves photodocumentation so here are some = photos. --- George beams with anticipation at having two Model 28s to work on: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-002.jpg --- A careful adjustment is made to the perforator: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-003.jpg --- The typing unit out for lubrication and adjustment: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-005.jpg --- The Model 28RO running well: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-004.jpg --- A video of the Model 28RO being tested at 100wpm: http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-008.avi=20 Thanks very much to George and Rich for generously making their time and skills available to help the MRHS move toward another goal. Once we = have the TTY land line link working between the two stations it will be = another step back in time to the days when such links were common. When that = link is inaugurated - this year we hope - we'll be communicating the way transmitting and receiving stations did in the golden years. VY 73, RD =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Richard Dillman, W6AWO Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ------------------------------ Message-ID: From: "David Stinson" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Re: Paul Harvey Passes Away Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:43:18 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hawkins" > That would have been a nice note, if it left out fiction from the > twisted mind of Ayn Rand. Thank you, Dr. Ferris ( heh heh.....) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:01:18 -0800 (PST) From: Jerry Proc Subject: Re: Teletype House Call To: Old Tube Radios MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <671036.60923.qm@web90601.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi Richard, You have a rare resouce there! Hang on to him. Its probably easier to find a doctor that makes house calls. :-) All this talk about Teletype repair inspired me to post two photos of scenes which will never be repeated again. Both photos centre on Teletype students. I got those photos from a recently dontated Model 15 Page Printer manual. These photos were inserted into the manaul by the previous owner. http://jproc.ca/test/tty_student1b.jpg http://jproc.ca/test/tty_students%202b.jpg Aboard HMCS HAIDA, I have 2 x Model 15 page printers, 1 x Mod 14 reperforator and 1 x Model 14 TD under my care. The gentlemen who donated the machines in 1994 overhauled them. I only need to oil them annually but to ensure their surviability, I have made it a point to acquire all the maintenance manuals. Also, having one-for-one spare units means this gear will be operational in perpetuity. -- Regards, Jerry Proc E-mail: jerry7proc@yahoo.com --- On Sun, 3/1/09, Richard Dillman wrote: > From: Richard Dillman > Subject: Teletype House Call > To: "Old Tube Radios" > Received: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 10:23 AM > When's the last time you had a house call from a > Teletype repairman? Not recently, I'll wager. But > that's just what we had last Saturday at KSM. > > In response to my message to the Greenkeys list George > Hutchinson packed up his Teletype tools and drove down to > KSM from his home in Sequim, WA. He and Rich McClung showed > up at about 1pm ready for business. > > First the problem with the Model 28ASR was addressed. > George quickly unlocked the keyboard (the original problem) > and then spent almost two hours removing the typing unit, > lubricating everything, cleaning contacts, reassembling the > machine and giving it a tune up. By the end of that process > it was running sweet at 60wmp and 100wpm, maintaining lock > even being fed a significantly distorted signal. > > The next item was the Model 28KSR that we plan to use as > one end of a land line order wire between transmitting and > receiving stations. This unit worked but just barely. > George looked it over and declared that the typing unit > should be swapped with one from a Model 20RO we had on hand > that was in great shape. The new typing unit got the usual > lubrication and tune up before being placed in the 20KSR. > It too now ran very sweetly at both 100wpm and 60wpm. > > Rich and I agreed that it was a real pleasure to watch a > master at work. Clearly, George knows Teletypes inside and > out, a skill that comes only with long experience. > > After several hours work George packed his tools and test > gear saying "my work is done here." The three of > us went to the Station House Cafe in Point Reyes Station for > a dinner that couldn't be beat. We agreed it was a > great day before parting ways. > > Naturally such an event deserves photodocumentation so here > are some photos. > > --- > > George beams with anticipation at having two Model 28s to > work on: > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-002.jpg > > --- > > A careful adjustment is made to the perforator: > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-003.jpg > > --- > > The typing unit out for lubrication and adjustment: > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-005.jpg > > --- > > The Model 28RO running well: > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-004.jpg > > --- > > A video of the Model 28RO being tested at 100wpm: > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-008.avi > > Thanks very much to George and Rich for generously making > their time and skills available to help the MRHS move toward > another goal. Once we have the TTY land line link working > between the two stations it will be another step back in > time to the days when such links were common. When that > link is inaugurated - this year we hope - we'll be > communicating the way transmitting and receiving stations > did in the golden years. > > VY 73, > > RD > > > > ================================= > Richard Dillman, W6AWO > Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM > Maritime Radio Historical Society > http://www.radiomarine.org > ================================= __________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.2.20090302063803.021ee5e0@pop-server.nc.rr.com> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:38:34 -0500 To: Old Tube Radios From: John Subject: Re: Teletype House Call Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Isn't it amazing that once upon a time, complex machines were made to be serviced? thanks for the cool scans John k5mo At 11:01 PM 03/01/2009, Jerry Proc wrote: >Hi Richard, > >You have a rare resouce there! Hang on to him. Its probably easier to find >a doctor that makes house calls. :-) > >All this talk about Teletype repair inspired me to post two photos of >scenes which will never be repeated again. Both photos centre on Teletype >students. I got those photos from a recently dontated Model 15 Page >Printer manual. These photos were inserted into the manaul by the previous >owner. > >http://jproc.ca/test/tty_student1b.jpg >http://jproc.ca/test/tty_students%202b.jpg > >Aboard HMCS HAIDA, I have 2 x Model 15 page printers, 1 x Mod 14 >reperforator and 1 x Model 14 TD under my care. The gentlemen who donated >the machines in 1994 overhauled them. I only need to oil them annually but >to ensure their surviability, I have made it a point to acquire all the >maintenance manuals. Also, having one-for-one spare units means this gear >will be operational in perpetuity. > >-- >Regards, >Jerry Proc >E-mail: jerry7proc@yahoo.com > > >--- On Sun, 3/1/09, Richard Dillman wrote: > > > From: Richard Dillman > > Subject: Teletype House Call > > To: "Old Tube Radios" > > Received: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 10:23 AM > > When's the last time you had a house call from a > > Teletype repairman? Not recently, I'll wager. But > > that's just what we had last Saturday at KSM. > > > > In response to my message to the Greenkeys list George > > Hutchinson packed up his Teletype tools and drove down to > > KSM from his home in Sequim, WA. He and Rich McClung showed > > up at about 1pm ready for business. > > > > First the problem with the Model 28ASR was addressed. > > George quickly unlocked the keyboard (the original problem) > > and then spent almost two hours removing the typing unit, > > lubricating everything, cleaning contacts, reassembling the > > machine and giving it a tune up. By the end of that process > > it was running sweet at 60wmp and 100wpm, maintaining lock > > even being fed a significantly distorted signal. > > > > The next item was the Model 28KSR that we plan to use as > > one end of a land line order wire between transmitting and > > receiving stations. This unit worked but just barely. > > George looked it over and declared that the typing unit > > should be swapped with one from a Model 20RO we had on hand > > that was in great shape. The new typing unit got the usual > > lubrication and tune up before being placed in the 20KSR. > > It too now ran very sweetly at both 100wpm and 60wpm. > > > > Rich and I agreed that it was a real pleasure to watch a > > master at work. Clearly, George knows Teletypes inside and > > out, a skill that comes only with long experience. > > > > After several hours work George packed his tools and test > > gear saying "my work is done here." The three of > > us went to the Station House Cafe in Point Reyes Station for > > a dinner that couldn't be beat. We agreed it was a > > great day before parting ways. > > > > Naturally such an event deserves photodocumentation so here > > are some photos. > > > > --- > > > > George beams with anticipation at having two Model 28s to > > work on: > > > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-002.jpg > > > > --- > > > > A careful adjustment is made to the perforator: > > > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-003.jpg > > > > --- > > > > The typing unit out for lubrication and adjustment: > > > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-005.jpg > > > > --- > > > > The Model 28RO running well: > > > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-004.jpg > > > > --- > > > > A video of the Model 28RO being tested at 100wpm: > > > > http://www.radiomarine.org/TTY/TTY-008.avi > > > > Thanks very much to George and Rich for generously making > > their time and skills available to help the MRHS move toward > > another goal. Once we have the TTY land line link working > > between the two stations it will be another step back in > > time to the days when such links were common. When that > > link is inaugurated - this year we hope - we'll be > > communicating the way transmitting and receiving stations > > did in the golden years. > > > > VY 73, > > > > RD > > > > > > > > ================================= > > Richard Dillman, W6AWO > > Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM > > Maritime Radio Historical Society > > http://www.radiomarine.org > > ================================= > > > __________________________________________________________________ >Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the >boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to >New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Message-Id: <33176906.1196481235999854437.JavaMail.servlet@perfora> From: ken@w2krh.com To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Re: Teletype House Call MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:17:37 -0500 The video, specially the sound, brought back memories of my time in the Army when at each station we had TTY techs working 24/7. Thanks for the posting. Ken, W2KRH ------------------------------ Message-ID: From: "JAMES HANLON" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Need B&W 6100 ad copy Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:22:14 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00D0_01C99B29.237CDDC0" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D0_01C99B29.237CDDC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm working on an article about the B&W 6100 transmitter for Electric = Radio. I've traced the B&W ads in QST from their first appearance in = February, 1937 through December of 1959 where my QST CD's run out. I'm = looking for a copy of the first advertisment for the B&W 6100. I have a = copy of QST for October, 1962, and the B&W ad for the 6100 in that = magazine. Moore lists the first year for the B&W 6100 as 1962, so the = first ad would be in QST somewhere between January and September, 1962. = I'd very much appreciate one of you folks looking through your QST's for = that time span and scanning in the first 6100 ad for me. Thanks very much! Jim Hanlon, W8KGI ------=_NextPart_000_00D0_01C99B29.237CDDC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ---REMAINDER OF MESSAGE TRUNCATED--- * * This post contains a forbidden message format * * (such as an attached file, a v-card, HTML formatting) * * Mail Lists at theporch.com only accept PLAIN TEXT * * If your postings display this message your mail program * * is not set to send PLAIN TEXT ONLY and needs adjusting * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------=_NextPart_000_00D0_01C99B29.237CDDC0-- ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4B3F44A07AF241D082BBD7881A0EC349@userd321deb08d> From: "Mike Hardie" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Ranger Front Panel Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:56:17 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My Ranger's front panel paint is badly worn. Does anyone know of a place that repaints them? Alternately does anyone have a front panel in good condition? Mike VE7MMH ------------------------------ Message-ID: From: "JAMES HANLON" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: More on B&W 6100 Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:01:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0152_01C99B47.B62EE640" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0152_01C99B47.B62EE640 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable First off, I want to thank Garey, K4OAH, with the help on the B&W 6100 = advertisement. This group is a really great resource! =20 The reason for this message is to ask if anyone out there has had any = hands-on experience with a B&W-6100. Ray Moore in his Transmitters book = says that there were only 200 of them made, so the chances of finding = another user/owner might be somewhat slim. But you never know. My 6100 = is serial number 123. Thanks to some notes made by the original owner, = I know it was updated in October 1964 per instructions sent out by B&W = to be like the latest production units. I wonder if it was the 123rd = one built or perhaps the 23rd built. My particular transmitter has a = switch on the front panel not shown on either the pictures of the rig in = the manual or in the ads I've been able to find in QST. It appears to = be an original part of the rig, and its label says "Carrier Osc Off." = It does indeed turn the carrier oscillator off when I throw it, but that = puts the entire rig off the air. I wonder what in the world it was for! = =20 If you have any stories about the B&W 6100, I'd appreciate hearing them. = I'm working on an article for the rig for Electric Radio, and they just = might find their way into the magazine. Thanks and 73, Jim Hanlon, W8KGI ------=_NextPart_000_0152_01C99B47.B62EE640 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ---REMAINDER OF MESSAGE TRUNCATED--- * * This post contains a forbidden message format * * (such as an attached file, a v-card, HTML formatting) * * Mail Lists at theporch.com only accept PLAIN TEXT * * If your postings display this message your mail program * * is not set to send PLAIN TEXT ONLY and needs adjusting * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------=_NextPart_000_0152_01C99B47.B62EE640-- ------------------------------ Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.2.20090302170440.047a6a70@pop-server.nc.rr.com> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:06:01 -0500 To: Old Tube Radios From: john Subject: Re: More on B&W 6100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi Jim, I have one and it's working pretty well.... I can get it out , send SN etc. I use it pretty regularly on the Vintage SSB net on Sunday afternoon. I've also got the matching amp, but have not gone through it yet. (Sound familiar). Can you send a pic of that extra switch you describe? 73 John K5MO At 05:01 PM 3/2/2009, JAMES HANLON wrote: >First off, I want to thank Garey, K4OAH, with the help on the B&W 6100 >advertisement. This group is a really great resource! > >The reason for this message is to ask if anyone out there has had any >hands-on experience with a B&W-6100. Ray Moore in his Transmitters book >says that there were only 200 of them made, so the chances of finding >another user/owner might be somewhat slim. But you never know. My 6100 >is serial number 123. Thanks to some notes made by the original owner, I >know it was updated in October 1964 per instructions sent out by B&W to be >like the latest production units. I wonder if it was the 123rd one built >or perhaps the 23rd built. My particular transmitter has a switch on the >front panel not shown on either the pictures of the rig in the manual or >in the ads I've been able to find in QST. It appears to be an original >part of the rig, and its label says "Carrier Osc Off." It does indeed >turn the carrier oscillator off when I throw it, but that puts the entire >rig off the air. I wonder what in the world it was for! > >If you have any stories about the B&W 6100, I'd appreciate hearing >them. I'm working on an article for the rig for Electric Radio, and they >just might find their way into the magazine. > >Thanks and 73, > >Jim Hanlon, W8KGI ------------------------------ End of BOATANCHORS Digest 4249 ******************************