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Hi, Having purchased an Eddystone model 840C a while ago on 'sold as seen', I am hoping to be able to obtain a power lead. I guess that I may be needing a stat...
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Christopher Pettitt
g0eyo
May 12, 2013 9:24 pm
Hi Alan There was last year when the guy was looking for a copy. I found a copy of the service manual on the Telford Electronics site on e bay but I guess he ...
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ian9220
May 12, 2013 10:58 pm
Well, today was the NVCF and a momentary willpower failure resulted in the purchase of a 770R to join the rest of my small collection of three Eddy's. The gent...
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Bryan Morley-Pack
morleypack
May 14, 2013 3:03 pm
Hello Andy, Many thanks for your reply. In so far as my 680X is concerned, I carried out the revised earthing arrangement as described and recommended by Alan...
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Bryan Morley-Pack
morleypack
May 14, 2013 3:29 pm
 Hello Alan,  Thank you for your message. I confirm that the changes I carried out (as detailed in my message of 26th April - including the attachment of an...
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Jack
radarpoet
May 14, 2013 4:18 pm
Hello I'm having a clear out and must dispose of a collection of EUG & Lighthouse magazines. There are 48 altogether plus 4 editions of the Quick Reference...
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Gerry O'Hara
g8guh
May 15, 2013 5:15 am
Hi Ian, It's been a while since I worked on a 770R but if I will try to field any questions you may have. A re-cap would be a good idea, but some are ...
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ian9220
May 15, 2013 10:57 pm
Hi Gerry, thanks for that. I may have been a little too enthusiastic as I have now had a chance to read up on the 770R and from ehat I read it's not a...
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Gerry O'Hara
g8guh
May 16, 2013 6:53 am
Ian, The pin is tapered, so drift it out using a punch from the narrowest-end. The reason for the tuning mechanism being seized is best investigated with the...
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mike_1946_uk
May 16, 2013 11:39 am
Hello Ian I have restored a 770U, and recently completed my 770R. Both of these receivers required all of the Hunts or Dubilier 0.01uF tubular paper capacitors...
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Alan Ainslie
alan_ainslie
May 16, 2013 4:25 pm
Hello Bryan, The EA12 is not so easy as it has an unbalanced input. Nominally 75ohms expecting to be fed from a transformer isolated resonant antenna cut to ...
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ian9220
May 16, 2013 10:12 pm
Thanks for your words of encouragment Mike. I take the point about someone having built it in the first place, I suppose it's a matter of deciding how to get...
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mike_1946_uk
May 17, 2013 8:36 am
Ian My 770R also has the long plastic dollies as opposed to my 770U which has the ball dollies. The serial number of my 770R is DN2040, and the filter...
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ian9220
May 19, 2013 7:22 pm
Mike, I have finally got the front panel off.Only had to drill out one grubscrew. The drive train was seized solid so I removed it and managed to free it up. I...
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ian9220
May 20, 2013 2:35 pm
Has anyone got a sketch of how the wire should be routed and how much wire is needed? I found a description in the mk2 handbook and found it a little confusing...
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Gerry O'Hara
g8guh
May 20, 2013 2:57 pm
Ian, The only thing I can find on the 770R dial cord re-stringing is the method is described on pages 15 and 16 of the MkII manual, which you already have. I...
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Gerry O'Hara
g8guh
May 20, 2013 3:07 pm
Ian, No diagram of the 770R dial cord found yet, but I am sending you some photos of the dial cord layout in my 770R to your email address. Use these with ...
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Gerry O'Hara
g8guh
May 20, 2013 3:15 pm
Ian, Lighthouse Issue 37, page 3 (page 5 of the pdf) has the diagram for the 770U (very similar) - use along with the photos I just sent you (this diagram is ...
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Bryan Morley-Pack
morleypack
May 20, 2013 4:05 pm
 Hello Alan, Many thanks for your time in having provided me with a very full explanation of the options that are available. I will now consider how to...
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ian9220
May 21, 2013 12:17 pm
Thanks Mike and Gerry, that clarifies it to say the least! With the ohotos, diagrams and words I expect that I will be able to do the job.The wire I got was...
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MWM
militaryoper...
May 21, 2013 3:58 pm
seen you know where Eddie Stone Ham Radio I want one !...
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m0tdh
May 22, 2013 1:58 pm
I need a 450kHz(450kc/s) Xtal to replace a missing Xtal Filter in my Eddystone 940. It is the type that looks like a glass Valve, an has a B7G base. Bought the...
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Pronto. (Military)
bambazonke01
May 22, 2013 9:21 pm
I resume you are talking about the calibrator crystal but I dont know the 940 filter if it is in a glass envelope. I received a box that had several of the...
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descarte@...
descarte...
May 23, 2013 3:12 am
Hi Have you tried AF4K (AF4K.com) has lots of specialty xtals.Doubt if he has the glass envelope type you require to make the 940 'stock' but worth a shot....
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merlinrail
May 23, 2013 7:56 am
Hi Dave, if you are not to worried about being spot on 450 kcs the KW2000 range has xtals within it as sideband crystal and the USB xtal is normally about 453...
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m0tdh
May 23, 2013 10:48 pm
No the 940 has no calibrator. The Xtal is the CW/SSB narrow filter so MUST be on 450 kc/s as this is the IF FRQ. Dave....
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m0tdh
May 23, 2013 10:57 pm
Hi Roy, It has to be 450kc/s as it is the CW/SSB narrow filter & that is the IF FRQ. Not possable to move the IF & still have a good receiver.I can get a 450...
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Gerry O'Hara
g8guh
May 24, 2013 2:15 pm
Dave, In receivers with crystal filters the IF is actually tweaked to suit the actual crystal frequency in use. This is rarely the exact 'nominal' IF noted in...
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Dan
darobin12001
May 24, 2013 7:59 pm
Seeking contact with others in the group who own / use the 6200, one of which I have just acquired....just for exchange of information and tips...thanks I am...
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Alan Ainslie
alan_ainslie
May 24, 2013 9:25 pm
I have a some 6200 in various configurations Dan. and 6100. Have you got the documentation? Best Alan...
