Wow, sounds like a similar setup to mine, without the fan.  But, I had an 
amp and power supply built into a box, with the synthesizer on top all 
driven by the TR-22C.

The only problem I had was when I connected the rig and ran the amplifier, 
it created a birdie 330KHz away which keyed the 146.61 repeater when I was 
running on 146.94.  If I ran the rig on batteries, the birdie would go away.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: back on the list again


> Butch,
>
> I had a friend modify a TR-22C so I could use it with a GLB synthesizer. 
> He
> removed the headphone jack and mounted a DIN connector in its place, and
> mounted the headphone jack on the right side of the radio.  I built a 
> power
> supply and mounted the mobile bracket for the TR-22C on top of the box, 
> and
> that was my main station for a while.  I used the 10-watt Drake power
> amplifier to get enough power to drive a KLM 160-watt amplifier for 
> putting
> out a big signal.
>
> It all worked very well until I got the bright idea to put a squirrel-cage
> fan on top of the KLM to cool it down.  That wouldn't have been a bad idea
> except that I was using a cord with a pair of alligator clips to run the
> fan, and one of the clips touched the heat sink on the amplifier.  The
> result: my home-brew power supply got toasted.  Somehow, the radio and
> synthesizer survived, but I think the amplifier died.  After that, I 
> decided
> it was time to get a real radio, which was much more convenient, but not
> nearly as much fun.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 13:57
> Subject: Re: back on the list again
>
>
>> Remember the glb synthesizer boxes.  You added these boxes to your
>> crystal rigs and made them a synthesized radio.  pagic!!!
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 4 Aug
>> 2011, Dave Marthouse wrote:
>>
>>> Back in 1978 when I was first licensed my first rig was a used Drake
>>> TR22.
>>> It had 6 crystal positions, a bullet shaped mic with a coil cord, 
>>> leather
>>> caring case and ran on 10 aa nicad batteries.  I sold the radio a few
>>> years
>>> later.  I had since upgraded my 2 meter station to a WE800 from Wilson.
>>> That was one of the first if not the first portable synthesized rigs for
>>> 2
>>> meters.  I  remember when talking to people on the local repeaters when
>>> you
>>> wanted to go to another frequency the question was whether you were
>>> crystal
>>> or synthesized.  I would guess that synthesized rigs on 2 meters had
>>> maybe
>>> less than 50% penetration into the market at that point.  Those were fun
>>> days.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>
>>