Steve,

Sounds like you were getting RF back into the supply, or the regulation was 
bad.  Was the synthesizer powered by the supply?  I think those things were 
pretty picky about the voltage they got.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 16:56
Subject: Re: Old Gear


>I had the same setup in the mid-70s, except I think my amp was a 30-watt
> box.
>
> The weird thing was when I ran the amp and worked on one of the simplex
> frequencies, I had a birdie right on the input of the club repeater.  If I
> took the TR-22C off the power supply, then the birdie disappeared.  After
> the power supply was cleaned up with some better voltage protection, the
> whole thing ran well without a birdie.
>
> Those JLB synthesizers were sure the hit back then.
>
> The only bad thing about the tr-22 was if you walked around with it, the
> telescoping antenna would rattle and you'd get a scratchy noise in your
> signal.
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Old Gear
>
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> At one time, my TR-22C was my main 2-meter station.  I built a power
>> supply
>> and mounted the mobile bracket for the rig on top of it.  A friend of 
>> mine
>> put a DIN plug where the headphone jack should be, and I ran a GLB
>> synthesizer with that radio.  I drove the Drake 10-watt amplifier, and
>> that
>> combination served me very well for quite a while.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 12:19
>> Subject: Re: Old Gear
>>
>>
>>> Oh yah, the good old Drake TR22c.  That was my first piece of new
>>> gear.  I found an old fiberglass scuba tank holder, that hobby is
>>> another story, and made a shoulder mount antenna with a quarter
>>> wave piano wire antenna for the Tr22c.  Jim WA6EKS
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Dave Marthouse <[log in to unmask]
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Date sent: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:51:42 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: Old Gear
>>>
>>> My first gear was a used Drake TR22 on two meters.  My first hf
>>> equipment
>>> was a borrowed HW8 that I used with a dipole mounted in the
>>> attic.  I then
>>> graduated to an HW101 with audible tuning indicator across the
>>> meter output.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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>>>
>