4th of July Morning Skip 2025

Conditions were too good this morning. I couldn’t make out nothin!! lol.
Conditions were too good this morning. I couldn’t make out nothin!! lol.
The Old Friends Net uses only Amplitude Modulation. Most of the equipment used here is vintage AM gear. Today’s rig: Collins 32V-3 and 75A4. Antenna is a Horizontal Loop SDR is the RX888 MKII running SDR Console v 3.4 Streamed…
Here I show the mods and repairs on another Ameritron Al80a Enjoy.
On a stock collins power supply the bundy strain relief should be in contact with the gray plastic insulation of the multi-wire outgoing power cord to the transmitter.
BIAS voltage must go from about -90 volts down to -50 or so settable via the BIAS Adjustment screwdriver slotted pot on top back of power supply.
Here I show the repair and mods on another Ameritron Al-80b Enjoy.