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41. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "qrv@kd4e.com" <qrv@kd4e.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 21:02:00 -0500
I built steps to a pool deck that were crooked but appeared sturdy ... they even lasted until a few months after the pool supports rusted-out ... then started to fall apart. Fortunately they didn't f
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00117.html (10,063 bytes)

42. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: " Dave AA6YQ" <aa6yq@ambersoft.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 21:30:50 -0500
There was a time when many more ops were skilled in circuit design and circuit construction, and had the time and inclination to pass those skills on to newcomers. There are fewer such ops now. Hands
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00118.html (9,517 bytes)

43. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 16:41:33 +1300
From kit or from grain? I'd love to do beer from grain! I distill my own spirits (legal to do here), but it'd be an historic and superb experience distilling proper scotch whisky from mash, made from
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00120.html (8,905 bytes)

44. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 02:02:04 -0500
Yup! Get the good ones. They are now down from ~$100 73, Roger (K8RI) BTW cables and wiring used in aircraft MUST be crimped. No soldering is allowed because of the high vibration environment. REPLY:
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00121.html (11,439 bytes)

45. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "sm0aom@telia.com" <sm0aom@telia.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 08:18:33 +0100 (CET)
This was written almost 50 years ago, and gives some food for thought even today: "Homebrew Kilowatt Dear 73, Did you ever write an article that you later wished you had not written? I have written s
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00122.html (9,900 bytes)

46. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 02:45:08 -0500
My first computer was an OSI running a 6502 @ 1 MHz, 48K of dynamic RAM and dual 8" floppies. Cost $4,000 in 1980. (still have it - museums want it) Sorting the 144/440repeater directory for Mi, N Oh
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00123.html (13,389 bytes)

47. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 10:08:36 +0000
interesting. I built my first computer in 1975 some boards wirewrapped others were home done PCB a friend made for me, 6502 processor with a ascii parallel keyboard from polypacks and slow 2102 stati
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00125.html (13,949 bytes)

48. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 06:25:45 -0500
A dipole that will last is something I can build in a few minutes including the choke, support rope, and coax.that will take far more than the legal limit and will outlast me. True, I've built many a
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00126.html (12,540 bytes)

49. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 07:00:32 -0600
Indeed! Well done! 73 Jim W7RY Hey! I make my own beer.....doesn't that count for something? 73 Chuck, W6AJW On 01/05/2017 05:42 PM, Steve Wright wrote: On 06/01/17 10:28, Catherine James <catherine.
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00127.html (10,651 bytes)

50. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 07:17:59 -0600
I completely disagree! My first amplifier project was at age 16, shortly after I got my general class license. I modified (and extensively at that) a amplifier that was homebrewed by someone else. I
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00128.html (10,895 bytes)

51. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: Glen Zook via Amps <amps@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 16:29:35 +0000 (UTC)
I still home brew a portion of my equipment including the following: http://nebula.wsimg.com/a15396de4af2433027e30c7648f41cda?AccessKeyId=D1250C433DB440D6B60D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 http://nebul
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00134.html (9,568 bytes)

52. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "Mark Bitterlich" <markbitterlich@embarqmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 19:45:09 -0500
17 year olds still join the Marines today to serve (and sometimes die) for their country. I repeat, 17 year olds. The fact that some young man or woman might decide to build a KW amp a week after get
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00139.html (12,087 bytes)

53. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 22:04:51 -0500
My first project was a pair of 6L6s driven by a 6AG7 on the novice bands. I built it on the corner of an old TV chassis in 61. In those days a B&W TV PS was as robust as a Collins PS. It looked crude
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00140.html (13,264 bytes)

54. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: David Smith <w6te@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 03:37:44 +0000
My first HB project was a single tube 6L6, 25 watt transmitter in 1963. It had plug-in coils to change bands. I was a new novice and got a pink slip from an OO for chirp! I guess the power supply reg
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00141.html (14,741 bytes)

55. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: Jim Garland <4cx250b@miamioh.edu>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:07:56 -0700
The fact that some young man or woman might decide to build a KW amp a week after getting their ham ticket (and coming here for help to do so) does not bother me at all, in fact it shows some common
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00142.html (14,326 bytes)

56. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: Catherine James <catherine.james@att.net>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 14:47:38 +0000 (UTC)
I agree with most of this, Jim, and you've captured what I was thinking when I wrote about my own "new ham who wants to build a legal-limit linear" concerns. The only rule I'd disagree with is #1. No
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00143.html (9,724 bytes)

57. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 15:53:27 +0000
My first project was probably a regenerative receiver, even though I had a perfectly good S-38E I wanted a portable shortwave receiver. I usually used a 6V lantern battery and 67.5V B battery. It was
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00146.html (10,905 bytes)

58. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2017 09:02:37 -0700
Excellent advice, Jim. I was nearly killed at age 15. Thank goodness the mic cord/HV ground return broke when I jerked backwards. The muscle contraction kept me from letting go of the D-104. I still
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00148.html (14,223 bytes)

59. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: Ward Silver <hwardsil@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 10:14:47 -0600
Hear, hear! And another good piece of advice is to make sure you have an ac safety ground connection on every metal enclosure. With 12 Vdc being the normal power supply voltage these days, we can ge
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00149.html (8,866 bytes)

60. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1)
Author: Arthur Movius <ajmovius@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 09:58:24 -0700
I heartily second Ward's words and Jim's advice. Every one of the legal limit tube amps that I built incorporated interlocks. The first amp used a free TV station's timed out 4-1000A. It was built pe
/archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00151.html (10,519 bytes)


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