Re: Bird Termaline load repair
Hmm... I've attached some pix.? The one thing that doesn't fit is that the silver fitting on the wide end/front panel fits that 3/4" copper pipe perfectly; it will not fit any known (to me) dimension
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Scott Townley
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#40443
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
Hold on a sec Scott. If the resistor measures 2.7:1 out of oil it isn't going to improve when in oil. The mention of a copper center conductor makes me wonder if that was added or does it look
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Brandon DX
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
I've been futzing with the Termaline. Inside there is about a 14" long copper 'shell' that is the 'exponentially tapered line section'.? Inside the shell (which is the coaxial shield) is a 3/4"
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Scott Townley
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Re: 12 KW CCS ON 160-15M....USING THE 3CX-6000A7..... PART 18
Protection board install. Plate and also grid overcurrent protection. Both grid and plate meters have also been re-scaled to the new values required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfyRut3DgjI
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Jim VE7RF
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Re: Adjusting Ameritron AL-82 input coils
Thanks for the help everyone. Turns out there was a coil slug in the 20m coil. I was able to adjust it and now full power out on 20m. 73; Steve NY3A
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Steve Sluz
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Re: Adjusting Ameritron AL-82 input coils
Do all the coils look the same or is the 20 meter coil different? Bob W4JFA [email protected]> wrote:
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Bob
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Re: Adjusting Ameritron AL-82 input coils
There ?are no??adjustable caps, only the slugs are adjustable. ?If you don¡¯t feel the slug someone could have ran it all the way in and if fell out of the slug. ? Sent from the all new AOL app
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Louis Parascondola
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Adjusting Ameritron AL-82 input coils
I have an older AL-82 that works fine except the input SWR is right around 2:1 on 20m and it's just high enough to cause the K3 that I am driving it with to start to foldback so that the output power
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Steve Sluz
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
Maybe you can make a short jumper with some L or C (which ever's needed) to tune out the reactance at those UHF freqs? Bob W4JFA [email protected]> wrote:
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Bob
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
In? lieu of a DL, what else that works is.....? 160m at high noon......and 10m at midnight. On 40m, just find some SW AM broadcast station, and tune all you want.
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Jim VE7RF
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
I gave up the oil loads years ago. Also supposed to use a special silicone oil which is not cheap. I use air cooled loads, this one came out of the att ship to shore site in ocean gate New Jersey.
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Amp Guy Llc
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
Scott, I wonder if the resistor may have been replaced with one from a contaminated load or a water load, not knowing the history on it makes it a Sherlock Holmes case. Measuring near 50 Ohms dc does
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Brandon DX
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
It is an "exponentially tapered" section.? I can send a picture of the load assembly if that would help with suggestions.
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Scott Townley
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
Um, no.? Thanks anyway.
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Scott Townley
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
The transition from "N" to the load should be a tapered "constant impedance" section.... not a flat plate which is fine to around 100mhz. Don Roden Links: ------
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Don Roden
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Re: Bird Termaline load repair
The length of the coax between your dummy load and the test source is likely the culprit. Try various lengths of coax. 73, Dave, w6de Sent: 11 June, 2024 20:40 To: [email protected] Subject:
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Dave w6de
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Bird Termaline load repair
Peripherally related... I have a new-to-me Bird 8890 load.? It's rated VSWR 1.1:1 to 1 GHz, but sweeps substantially worse, rising to nearly 3:1 at 435 MHz. I've taken the load assembly out of the
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Scott Townley
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Real 8k ultra with control box on the way
Have a factory made 8k ultra with spare plate transformer on the way. If not to screwed up I will fix and re sell. If beyond repair I will strip and part out. Stay tuned to my YouTube channel under
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Amp Guy Llc
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Re: WD7S lack of HV circuit ?
Yeah. You're right Jim.I hadn't thought it through that far and you're right about the many handy applications. I use them a lot. Alek VK6APK.
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Alek Petkovic
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Re: WD7S lack of HV circuit ?
Yep. I got a couple of those surplus boards many years ago and I use the couplers in lots of applications. Amplifier keying relay between radio and amp, bias cutoff resistor shorting relay in grounded
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Alek Petkovic
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