From: military-radio-guy Full-Name: Dennis R Starks To: military radio collectors#1 Fcc: Sent Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 06:22:33 Subject: MILITARY COLLECTOR GROUP POST, Oct.16/98 Message-ID: <19981016.062131.8607.0.military-radio-guy@juno.com> X-Status: Sent X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 MILITARY COLLECTOR GROUP POST, Oct.16/98 Index: ANNOUNCEMENTS; Email Address Changes, Aussie Role Call, MAKING THOSE RUSSIAN BATTERIES WORK; by Mark Gluch MEMBERS WRITE; Fed Log 98, HT-1 on 10 or 6 & Xtal Data? $500 BC-611's!! WHATSITS; Aircraft Radar Gun Sights? AM-7293/PRC ? OF-185 Amp? NEW MEMBER; Jeffrey Ciccone HUMOR; *********************************************** ANNOUNCEMENTS; Email Address Changes, We have a couple member email address changes: Ed Guzick is now , and George Rybichi is now . Aussie Role Call, I often have a need to send a message to all our members in a specific country at one time. As there is no way to extrapolated the location of members from my address book, and I'm now too feeble to remember where everybody is. It would be nice if all those members who are located in Aussie land would send me a message to that effect. And the same of those of you located in Europe. I can then dedicate and address book just for each of you. Don't forget your data input for Saturday's Paper Trail, and Sunday's Group Wants/Trades. Thanks Dennis *********************************************** MAKING THOSE RUSSIAN BATTERIES WORK; by Mark Gluch For those of you who have acquired just about any of the Russian radios that have been filtering into the country in the last few years, Mark has the following info. Warning! These things are nasty! If you value your marriage, do not do this in the kitchen, nor use any of you wife's utensils. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark, Tom B. tells me you've done some experimenting with Russian batteries and activating them with Drano. You might write us up something on the process and your success with them/it. What the hell else has been goin on up there? Dennis --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis: The Drano story is true, and so far so good, the battery still works. The electrolyte for the Russian battery for the R-126 is supposed to be potassium hydroxide, but I couldn't find any to buy "over the counter". A co-worker who used to do alot of battery research work suggested Drano dissolved in water, which produces sodium hydroxide. He was telling me it is the "hydroxide" part that does the actual work, and that on a chemical basis, sodium and potassium are very similar. All you do is slowly add drano crystals to water and stir. Keep adding the crystals until they wont dissolve any more. I used a glass mixing bowl, and watch out- it gets hot when you do it, and it will irritate skin. Then I used an eye-drop syringe to fill up the battery. Lo and behold, it worked. I have no idea if it will last as long as with proper electrolyte, or any other scientific details. I recharged the battery by putting 3.5V across it overnight. Otherwise, I've been doing a few odds and ends. I built a solid state vibrator for Bill Howard's German Torn E.b set. So far so good on that too..... I'll send you a schematic if you'd like. Mark *********************************************** MEMBERS WRITE; Fed Log 98, Hi Dennis, I have FedLog Aug, 96 and it;s up to 5 discs now. I saw an ad in "NUTS and Volts" a while back for $150.00 but since it's copyrighted dunno how he can do that? I run this version under Win98 but it's still DOS based and lousy software. I'm working on releasing a CDROM of FM 11-227. I'm about half way through as it's really labor intensive to process every image for best resolution. I plan to do it in PDF with hyper text links to the pages. I'll be investigating commercial duplication as my burner only does 2X so it takes 35 min to copy a full disc. I'd like to swap a copy of the FM11-227 for a copy of the DA PAM 25-30(6-96) that Tom Norris has. Would you email his address to me or forward to him? I joined the group after the PRC-6 project but I do have a pair of PRC-6's and would be interested in receiving any documentation that has been passed to the group. Thanks, Buzz ed) I think as we'll be giving our Fed Log copies away, they ain't shit they can do about it. TM11-227 on disk? Ya wanna do TM11-487 1958 next? It's over 1300 pages in three volumes? All PRC-6 info is avail via our Backmail except schematics for my inverter designs which might still be had from Ralph Hogan via email . If you don't have manuals, I may have some extras after the project close. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HT-1 on 10 or 6 & Xtal Data? I was looking for information like crystal type and tune up procedure and specific modification procedure for putting 'em on 6 or 10m. Of course a manual would be outstanding. Any chance, do you think? Regards, Dick ed)They will work on 10mtrs as is, but not on 6mtrs without a drastic overhaul which might include pulling & re-winding coils. Bob Nickels has done it, and was gonna detail the process for us last year, but nothin yet. Hint! All those I've seen that hit the market lately had a very crude copy of some data with them, but not really enough to go on. You can get a manual at: Ardco Electronics,P.O.Box 95,Berwyn Ill.60402. For high quality repo's of Hallicrafters built Military & Commercial equipment (including OPS series). Or a copy of just the schematic from Fair Radio for a couple dollars. The xtal formulas are: Rec Xtal is Opr freq -14.4mc. HC-25 case TX is actual opr freq, I suspect both are overtone types. I had all the xtal data from when I tried to put one on 46.85mc and had ordered xtals(I had to send an original in to get it duplicated) But can't find it just now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $500 BC-611's!! Super deal on BC 611's - Like new condition, ready to go ! See www.theradioguy.com - 2 for sale - only $ 575 and $ 525 ! Betcha he'd cut the price if you got both. Always on the lookout fer ya, 73's, Dave Sundheimer W0NBZ ed) Thanks so much for the tip. NOT! I had heard that Joe T. had gone off the deep end, I guess this is the proof! *********************************************** WHATSITS; Aircraft Radar Gun Sights? MK 9, Mod 2, US Navy Illuminated gun sight. Type N-8A, Gun Sight, marked U.S.Army Air Force, appears to be a combination radar/gun sight, as used by tail gunners in WW-II bombers. (isn't this part of the radar controled tail gunner's sight for a B-29?) MK 18, Mod 1, Gunsight, by Eastman Kodak, gd-vg cond. MK 18, Mod 0, Gryo, w/bombsight adapter. (Possibly part of the Nortin Bomb Sight?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AM-7293/PRC ? Hallo Dennis you know anything of the following amplifier: AM-7293/PRC, you can tell me with what a apparatus is used. I send you some photoes. Thank you, Leandro --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OF-185 Amp? Dennis, what do you know about the OF-185--amplifier for the PRC-126? Is it portable or base only? -- Jim Hopper/W5EBQ jh@mhztech.com> *********************************************** NEW MEMBER; Jeffrey Ciccone Dennis I would very much like to join your group. I am not a dealer although I do trade and buy/sell items. I have been involved in this hobby since 1975 when I worked parttime at G&G Radio in New York during high school and college. In the past 10years I have been involved in the military vehicle (MVPA) hobby, specializing in radio jeeps. I have won awards at the National Convention in 1994 and most recently in 98 at Tobyhanna with an M151 jeep carrying the MRC107A forward air control radio pallet. I also operate this equipment on the ham bands occasionally (KG2BZ) I have a decent amount of TMs for postwar gear as this is what I concentrate in but I am familiar with WWII gear. Looking for BB451 batteries w electrolyte,PRC66,MRC20 equipment(connectors and mounts for ARC27,ARC8,ARC3 and vehicular antennas AT462,AT463, MP57) rf translator module for PRC104, rf translator for 618t3,power amp modules for RT524, ARC51BX, GRA39 have to trade /sell RT524,Wilcox 807,PRC25, AS2522 NVIS ant, AT1011 sections Dennis thanks again Jeffrey Ciccone KG2BZ *********************************************** HUMOR; What is a cat? 1) Cats do what they want. 2) They rarely listen to you. 3) They're totally unpredictable. 4) They whine when they are not happy. 5) When you want to play, they want to be alone. 6) When you want to be alone, they want to play. 7) They expect you to cater to their every whim. 8) They're moody. 9) They leave hair everywhere. 10) They drive you nuts and cost an arm and a leg. Conclusion: They're tiny little women in cheap fur coats. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Every time (the president) talks about trust it makes chills run up and down my spine. The very idea that the word 'trust' could ever come out of his mouth after ... the way he has trampled on the truth is a travesty of the American political system." So said Bill Clinton of George Bush in 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A man walks onto an airplane and takes his seat. He looks up and notices the most beautiful woman he has ever seen boarding the plane. He is so nervous, and he soon realizes that she is walking down the aisle toward him. When she takes the seat right next to him, he is anxious to begin a conversation with her. He asks, "Where are you flying to today?" She responds, "To the annual Nymphomaniac Convention in Chicago." He's CRAZED with excitement! Here is a gorgeous woman sitting next to him, and she's going to a meeting of nymphomaniacs!!!! "And what do you do at this meeting?" he asks. "Well," she says, "we try to dissolve some of the popular myths about sexuality." "And what myths are those?" he asks desperately. She goes on to explain, "Well, one popular myth is that black men are the most endowed, when in fact, it is the Native Americans who own this trait. Also, it is widely believed that the Frenchman is the best lover, when actually it is men of Jewish descent who make the best lovers." "Very interesting....." the man responds. Suddenly, the woman becomes very embarrassed and blushes. "I'm sorry," she says, "I just feel so awkward discussing this with you when I don't even know you! What's your name?" The man extends his hand and replies, "Tonto.......Tonto Goldstein." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS FOR MICROSOFT'S NEW TV DINNER PRODUCT You must first remove the plastic cover. By doing so you agree to accept and honor Microsoft rights to all TV dinners. You may not give anyone else a bite of your dinner (which would constitute an infringement of Microsoft's rights). You may, however, let others smell and look at your dinner and are encouraged to tell them how good it is. If you have a PC microwave oven, insert the dinner into the oven. Set the oven using these keystrokes: \mstv.dinn.//08.5min@@50%heat// Then enter: ms//start.cook_dindin/yummy\|/yum~yum:-)gohot#cookme. If you have a Mac oven, insert the dinner and press start. The oven will set itself and cook the dinner. If you have a Unix oven, insert the dinner, enter the ingredients of the dinner (found on the package label), the weight of the dinner, and the desired level of cooking and press start. The oven will calculate the time and heat and cook the dinner exactly to you specification. Be forewarned that Microsoft dinners may crash, in which case your oven must be restarted. This is a simple procedure. Remove the dinner from the oven and enter ms.nodamn.good/tryagain\again/again.crap. This process may have to be repeated. Try unplugging the microwave and then doing a cold reboot. If this doesn't work, contact your hardware vendor. Many users have reported that the dinner tray is far too big, larger than the dinner itself, having many useless compartments, most of which are empty. These are for future menu items. If the tray is too large to fit in your oven you will need to upgrade your equipment. Dinners are only available from registered outlets, and only the chicken variety is currently produced. If you want another variety, call Microsoft Help and they will explain that you really don't want another variety. Microsoft Chicken is all you really need. Microsoft has disclosed plans to discontinue all smaller versions of their chicken dinners. Future releases will only be in the larger family size. Excess chicken may be stored for future use, but must be saved only in Microsoft approved packaging. Microsoft promises a dessert with every dinner after '98. However, that version has yet to be released. Users have permission to get thrilled in advance. Microsoft dinners may be incompatible with other dinners in the freezer, causing your freezer to self-defrost. This is a feature, not a bug. Your freezer probably should have been defrosted anyway. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One day the Lord spoke to Noah and said "Noah I want you to build an ark in six months time, you must save all animals two of each kind, male and female," thundered the Lord. "You'd better have my Ark completed, or learn how to swim for a very long time." And six months passed. The skies began to cloud up and rain began to fall. The Lord saw that Noah was sitting in his front yard, weeping. And there was no Ark. "Noah," shouted the Lord, "where is my Ark?" A lighting bolt crashed to the ground next to Noah. "Lord, please forgive me!" begged Noah. "I did my best. But there were big problems. First I had to get a building permit for the Ark construction project, and your plans didn't meet code. So I had to hire an engineer to redraw the plans. Then I got into a big fight over whether or not the Ark needed a fire sprinkler system. My neighbors objected, claiming I was violating zoning by building the Ark in my front yard, so I had to get a variance from the city planning commission. Then I had a big problem getting enough wood for the Ark because there was a ban on cutting trees to save the Spotted Owl. I had to convince U.S. Fish and Wildlife that I needed wood to save the owls. But they wouldn't let me catch any owls. So no owls. Then the carpenters formed a union and went out on strike. I had to negotiate a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board before anyone would pick up a saw or hammer. Now we have 16 carpenters going on the boat and still no owls. Then I started gathering up animals, and got sued by animal rights group. They objected to me taking only two of each kind. Just when I got the suit dismissed, EPA notified me that I couldn't complete the Ark without filing an environmental impact statement on your proposed flood. They didn't take kindly to the idea that they had no jurisdiction over the conduct of a Supreme Being. Then the Army Corps of Engineers wanted a map of the proposed new flood plain. I sent them a globe. Right now I'm still trying to resolve a complaint from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over how many Croatians I'm supposed to hire, the IRS has seized all my assets claiming I'm trying to avoid paying taxes by leaving the country, and I just got a notice from the state about owing some kind of use tax. I really don't think I can finish your Ark for at least another five years," Noah wailed. The sky began to clear. The sun began to shine. A rainbow arched across the sky. Noah looked up and smiled. "You mean you're not going to destroy the earth?" Noah asked, hopefully. "No," said the Lord sadly, "Government already has." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three convicts were on their way to prison. One was a graduate of SMU, one a graduate of Texas Tech and the third was a Texas graduate. They were each allowed to take one item with them to help occupy their time while incarcerated. On the bus, the Tech grad asked the SMU grad, "so what did you bring." The SMU grad pulled out a box of paints and stated that he intended to paint anything he could. He wanted to become the "Grandma Moses of Jail." Then the SMU grad asked the Tech inmate, "What did you bring?" The Tech grad pulled out a deck of cards and grinned and said, "I brought cards. I can play poker, solitaire and gin, and any number of games." The Texas grad was sitting aside, grinning to himself. The other two took notice and asked, "Why are you so smug? What did you bring?" The Texas grad pulled out a box of tampons and smiled. He said, "I brought these." The other two were puzzled and asked, "What can you do with those?" He grinned and pointed to the box and said, "Well, according to the box, I can go horseback riding, jogging, roller-skating..........." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- winders 98 It has come to our attention that a few copies of the Arkansas edition of winders 98 may have accidentally been shipped outside Arkansas. If you have one of the Arkansas editions you may need some help understanding the commands. The Arkansas edition may be recognized by looking at the opening screen. It reads WINDERS 98 with a background picture of the General Lee super imposed on a Confederate flag. It is shipped with a Daisy Duke screen saver. Also note the Recycle Bin is labeled Outhouse, My Computer is called This Infernal Contraption, Dialup Networking is called Good Ol' Boys, Control Panel is known as the Dern Dashboard, Hard Drive is referred to as 4 wheel drive, and floppies are them little ole plactic disc thangs. Other features: Instead of a error message you get a winder covered with a garbage bag w/ duct tape. OK = ats aww-right cancel = hail no reset = awa shoot yes = shore no = Naaaa find = hunt-fer it go to = over yonder back = back yonder help = hep me out here stop = ternit off start = crank it up settings = sittins programs = stuff at does stuff documents = stuff I done done Also note that winders 98 does not recognize capital letters or punctuation marks. Some programs that are exclusive to winders 98 are... tiperiter...........A word processor colering book.......a graphics program addin mershene............calculator outhouse paper .....notepad jupe-box ...........CD Player iner-net............Microsoft Explorer pichers.............A graphics viewer IRS.................M/S accounting software IRS2................M/S accounting software with hidden files coon dog. ...........American kennel club records fishin..............Bass Anglers Sportsman Society records NRA.................National Rifle Association shot gun ...........Remington Arms price list riffel..............Winchester price list pisstel.............Smith & Wesson price list truck...............Ford &Chevrolet dealers in Alabama. by zip code house...............Nearest Mobile home repair service by zip code car ................same as truck just need two list in Alabami cuzzins.............family history usually a 3 meg file tax records.........usually an empty file shells..............ammunition inventory another 3 meg file bud.................list of Budwiser dealers by zip code rasin...............NASCAR racing schedule includes list of TV stations that carry the race car n truck Parts...nearest Junk yard by zip code doc ................veterinarians by zip code We regret any inconvenience it may have caused if you received a copy of the Missouri edition. You may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A duck walks into a bar and orders a beer. The barman says, "Hey, you're a duck" "Nothing wrong with your eyesight," observes the duck. "Yeah, but I mean - you can TALK" says the barman. "Guess your ears are fine, too," answers the duck. "Now, can I have a beer please." Barman serves the duck a pint and asks him what he's doing in the area. "Oh," says the duck. "I work on the building site over the road. We'll be here for a couple of weeks, and I'll be in each lunchtime for a pint." And each day the duck waddles over from his job at the building site and has his lunchtime lager. Next week, the circus comes to town on its annual round. A Circus owner comes in for a pint, and the barman tells him about the talking duck. "You should get it into your circus," he says. "Make a lot of bucks out of a talking duck. I'll speak to him about it." Following day, the duck comes in at lunchtime. Barman says, "You know, the circus is in town, and yesterday I was chatting to the owner. He's very interested in you." "Really?" says the duck. "Yeah. You could make a lot of money there. I can fix it up for you easily." "Hang on," said the duck. "You did say a CIRCUS, didn't you?" "That's right." "That's one of those tent things, isn't it? With a big pole in the middle?" "Yeah!" "That's canvas, isn't it?" said the duck. "Of course," replied the barman. "I can get you a job there starting tomorrow. The circus owner's dead keen." The duck looks very puzzled and finally says "But what the fuck would he want with a plasterer?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you hear about the tragedy in Poland? In Poland's largest shopping mall, there was a terrible power outage. People were stuck on the escalators for 4 hours. *********************************************** (The preceding was a product of the"Military Collector Group Post", an international email magazine dedicated to the preservation of history and the equipment that made it. Unlimited circulation of this material is authorized so long as the proper credits to the original authors, and publisher or this group are included. For more information conserning this group contact Dennis Starks at, military-radio-guy@juno.com) ***********************************************