New Member with questions
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I built my first HW-101 in 1982-3 when I was KA3KOE. I rescued several SB-220, SB-200, SB-230 and HA-14's that I want to restore. One of these days I'll get to them. Yesterday I saw something shiny and cheap (PL400-Squirrel!!) and jumped on it. I'm heading to Lowes and get the parts for a Dim Bulb Tester. The 100 watt lightbulb might be a challenging find.
Here’s a good boat anchor right here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2760344045...1OgjsJ0RFW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I think DIY is still alive and well in amateur radio. Either fix old crap, build a TruSDX, or mod your ic-706mkii into an all bander. Or build antennas cuz those are expensive
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2760344045...1OgjsJ0RFW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I think DIY is still alive and well in amateur radio. Either fix old crap, build a TruSDX, or mod your ic-706mkii into an all bander. Or build antennas cuz those are expensive
Ran to Lowes and got all the goodies and built my Dim Bulb Tester. I may incorporate this with my isolation transformer and a variac as well. I have some 100W incandescent light bulbs on order, although I did test it with a 3-way bulb (50w-200w-250w) and it appears to be working. If you have ever watched Mr. Carlson's Lab on YouTube, he has a nice current limiting variac setup hung on his wall. Thank you so much for the tip.
