Yeah, everything was powered off the same supply.
I think we added a voltage regulator and probably a bypass capacitor which
cleaned it up.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: Old Gear
> 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
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>
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