Ron's Blackie to Whitie Conversion

[fitz43]

Power supply wired.. control board is next.

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Do those wire ties glow in the dark?

 

[jbeckva]

Well it passed the P.O.B.D.B.U.S. test

(that's "Powered up but didn't blow up shit" ..)

Looks good.. bias dialed into 387 left and right. -10mV left, -20mV right.



And.... IT'S ALIVE AND SOUNDING MIGHTY FINE!!!!

Ahhhh... another build down, just about. Gotta do the meters tomorrow, as I have more pressing things like a major MESS TO CLEAN UP LOL..

'Least I got some good sounding music to go with it. heheh Here she is, popping a wheelie!

 

[jbeckva]

Do those wire ties glow in the dark?

LOL nope, but they stand out like a bad trip...

 

[Skynyrd77]

In your line of work that's prob the best test to pass lol

 

[jbeckva]

In your line of work that's prob the best test to pass lol

Actually this used to be my line of work for 10 years, 88 to 98. Navy Avionics Technician, Intermediate Level (we do 'em to the component... ). A lil rusty when I started again, 'bout 3 years ago. Biggest hurdle getting back into it is having to acquire all the tools of the trade! And I still need a few more heheh..

"Sweating" a power on would be better described when I used to work on ARC-161 HF radios, and in particular the amp. It would have a 3 minute or so delay before applying the 8000 volts DC to drive this tube the size of a cantelope! Either all works and you key out 800 watts continuous, or you duck LOL.

Dayum.. I almost had some gumption left for the meters.. hmmm.. maybe some shponglin' might rouse me up..

 

[jbeckva]

Wow.. yeah Ron, this MOFO is bad ass! Quiet as a mouse too!

dewwwd

 

[laatsch55]

Well???

 

[Skynyrd77]

Actually this used to be my line of work for 10 years, 88 to 98. Navy Avionics Technician, Intermediate Level (we do 'em to the component... ). A lil rusty when I started again, 'bout 3 years ago. Biggest hurdle getting back into it is having to acquire all the tools of the trade! And I still need a few more heheh..

"Sweating" a power on would be better described when I used to work on ARC-161 HF radios, and in particular the amp. It would have a 3 minute or so delay before applying the 8000 volts DC to drive this tube the size of a cantelope! Either all works and you key out 800 watts continuous, or you duck LOL.

Dayum.. I almost had some gumption left for the meters.. hmmm.. maybe some shponglin' might rouse me up..

I seen the pic of lee's test equiptment earlier. I can see where it would take a bit to collect all that stuff back up. I'm sure it's salty lol. Ron's done nothing but praise your work. So it sounds like your doing just fine !

 

[laatsch55]

Good test equipmenbt is very expensive, I'd love to see Jer get something like an AP, he'd know what to do with it...

 

[jbeckva]

Dang meterz

Bumping up against the top cap. I think I can shift it up a little bit and give the meter it's clearance...

tomorrow.. LOL

 

[jbeckva]

Hey whoever's got a rev A light board from WO, tell me what the pin assignments are if you could please and thank you!

 

[jbeckva]

It's sounding freakin' AWESOME ... Ron you better like it mofo... heheh

 

[laatsch55]

http://forums.phxaudiotape.com/show...se-Linear-400-Series-1-Revision-B-Light-Board

Bottom of the page in the release notes...

 

[jbeckva]

http://forums.phxaudiotape.com/show...se-Linear-400-Series-1-Revision-B-Light-Board

Bottom of the page in the release notes...

Actually the Rev A is different.. left, right, ground, ac1, ac2. Found it on Joe's site.. the one we have here is for the rev B or the 700, unless one of ya's can point me right there??

 

[jbeckva]

Actually the Rev A is different.. left, right, ground, ac1, ac2. Found it on Joe's site.. the one we have here is for the rev B or the 700, unless one of ya's can point me right there??

Which leads me to an unfortunate conclusion.. one of the meetz are bad. No movement.. I'll double check the conns.

 

[laatsch55]

Pad 1(bottom) Right meter+, Pad 3 (next from bottom) Left meter +, Pad 2 (3rd from bottom) common ground , Pad 8,9...AC .

 

[jbeckva]

Pad 1(bottom) Right meter+, Pad 3 (next from bottom) Left meter +, Pad 2 (3rd from bottom) common ground , Pad 8,9...AC .

Hmm look here.. this is rev A right?

 

[laatsch55]

Damn sure looks like it....

 

[laatsch55]

"B" has the selectable sensitivity...

 

[laatsch55]

To check for a bad meter switch meter wires...