Hi Brett.

I wish that I did still have it, but that was almost 20 years ago, and if I 
still had it, I would no doubt have to enlist the help of a sighted friend 
to go through the filing cabinet to find it (a daunting task, to say the 
least!).

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 09:23 AM 7/16/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>I currently have the relay problem but have not done the mod as it is
>not too bad yet.  Would love the mod if you know where to find it
>though.  Vacation was wonderful!  Did not take radio due to several
>reasons but that was ok, got lots of hiking done which was better for me
>anyway and learned something about archery from an Olympic class
>instructor.  =20
>
>
>###
>BRETT WINCHESTER
>[log in to unmask]
>208-639-8386
>###
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
>Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 6:30 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: tuner
>
>Hi Brett.
>
>I did do quite a bit of general listening with the TS430S.  It wasn't
>the hotest receiver I ever had, but it wasn't bad, and it had fairly
>nice audio characteristics for general listening, especially if you
>sprung for the 6 KHz AM filter or one of the after market knock-offs.
>
>One problem that I had with mine was with the relays that were used to
>switch in the bandpass filters for the various ranges.  After some
>operating time, the relay contacts began to oxidize and make very poor
>contact.  There was a certain magic spot on the top of the radio that
>you could tap and everything would come back to life until the next time
>you tuned to a different range.
>
>I ended up sending to Kenwood for another set of relays.  A friend of
>mine found a modification that passed a small DC switching current
>through the relays.  It involved adding a blocking cap to keep the DC
>from going where you didn't want it and maybe one or two other
>components.  My friend was a technician over at Scientific Radio at the
>time, and had access to commercial grade equipment and tools, and did
>the modification, realigned the radio, told me the the thermal drift for
>the master oscillator for the first hour was 30 Hz, and when I got the
>radio back, it sounded great, and I never had another bit of trouble
>with it.  I probably would have kept that radio for years if I hadn't
>gotten laid off from work, but I hit a point where I needed money more
>than ham radio, so I sold out almost all of the station.  I bought an
>old SB401/SB303 pair to keep something on the air and used that along
>with my Icom IC2AT.
>
>Eventually, I got hungry enough to even sell the Heathkit twins.
>
>Fortunately, a few weeks later, I found my present job, and the day
>before I started the job, I won a Icom IC735 as the Grand Prize from a
>local hamfest, and I was back on the air.
>
>I do recall using the TS430S to tune VLF and Medium Wave.  It wasn't too
>bad.  Of course, I had the good fortune of living 37 miles outside of
>Rochester, then, so a full sized yard in a quiet listening location went
>a long way.
>
>On this coming Monday, it will be 17 years since I started my present
>job.
>
>As painful as it was selling out the station, it was kind of fun
>building it back up again once I got back on my feet!
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>At 09:50 AM 7/6/2007 -0600, you wrote:
> >Nether did I except to fid out where the remote receiver input was as I
>
> >had a loop for a time for low noise receiving on .1.8 MHz.  =3D20
> >
> >
> >###
> >BRETT WINCHESTER
> >[log in to unmask]
> >208-639-8386
> >###
>
>
>
>--
>No virus found in this incoming message.
>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.8/904 - Release Date: 7/16/2007 
>5:42 PM

Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753