Regarding the telescopic antenna on the Tr22, that's why I made a 
shoulder mount quarter wave antenna out of an old scuba tank 
fiberglass mount, and piano wire and RG174.  I bet it was pretty 
lossy, but at least my telescoping whip stayed perfect.  Jim 
WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Steve <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:56:52 -0400
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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