[Amps] Pem Nuts

[Jay Sturtevant]

Doug,

Thanks for sharing your experience with Signal One.

I don't want to get off topic, but I had to respond because most operators
probably are unfamiliar with the paradigm shift that radio caused, in my
opinion.

Fred, K2TR, (WB2OEU) lived nearby and was the first in the Niagara
Falls area to buy one around 1970.  After seeing Fred's scores, a couple of
us became owners of Signal Ones by not buying groceries, however,  I think
we were oblivious of a design factor, Hi, Hi.  Doug, I still have a spare
PA237 ic.

 I bought a Signal One transceiver in 1972 and enjoyed running it in
contests at a friend's house. We drove his Alpha 77 feeding a super antenna
farm. Oh, we were "loud"!!

 Nothing like a couple of Signal Ones on Field Day--not funny when my
friend lost the power transformer and mine blew a TIP 29A, $1.35 regulator
because the generator went nuts!

Thanks everyone-good memories!

Jay, K2ZT




On Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 11:19 AM Douglas Zwiebel <dougzzz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Way back when, during one summer, I was working at Signal/One in Franklin
> Lakes, NJ.
>
> We had lots of CX7s and CX7As to repair.  We found that "ground points"
> were actually slightly above ground.  We replace everything with Pem Nuts
> (or equal).  We placed them with a hydraulic press hand tool.  Very slick.
> They showed zero resistance to ground, which was the goal.  Of course, I
> have no idea how long that actually lasted (zero resistance) as there was
> no follow up while I was there.
>
> YMMV
>
> de Doug KR2Q
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