The metal chassis of my S640 is covered in something resembling corroded tin/dirt. I tried various solvents (white spirit, meths, acetone, cellulose thinners,...
Dear OM, The chassis is nickel-plated brass. It is showing the effect of being stored 50 years in a damp atmosphere. It is corrosion, not tropicalisation....
my concise oxford says infamous = notoriously bad !!! what reason has gerry o'hara to call the eddystone 898 slide-rule dial mechanism "infamous" as he does in...
Sacha, I do indeed stand corrected, 'famous' is more the correct word, or perhaps 'renouned' or maybe 'superlative'?. Apologies - but I would have thought...
Sacha was of course correct regarding my sloppy use of the word ‘infamous’ (corrected version now sent to Chris for posting to the EUG site by the way)....
hi gerry, okay apologies but when eddystone stuff appears to be knocked i get uptight. i know ted has given several of these 898s away recently but then like...
hi all, this from ted re next eugnet. as you know he still thinks the only real computer is colossus with all those lovely warm friendly bottles. we are all...
Hi Gerry, Nice lighthearted piece. Best not to take our hobbies too seriously. But you forgot to mention the horrendous task of replacing components in the...
Some good points Sacha. I often wonder about what folks would have thought way back if they had a way of looking at how things turned out in the future. The...
Sorry guys but this is a bit of the subject but still very interesting. about 20 years ago i pulled out of a skip a ZENITH transatlantic i think it is called,...
Hi Roy, I agree, a bit off-topic and not really for this forum. But taking my moderator hat off for a minute, I would say that there is an almost 'cult' ...
many thanks gerry for the info i will start there its a trans-oceanic G500 it says on the inside 73's all I will qsy to the Zenith web site and fire up my...
Hi all I have had a rather desparate G2 on the phone looking for the circuit of the little active antenna Eddystone sold in the late 70s with the designation...
Hi Chris , wasn't the circuit published in the "Lighthouse " ? I seem to recall seeing it , though I would have thought Graeme would remember as he is very...
Chris, The circuit was provided in Lighthouse Issue 75, p25 in an article by Graeme Wormald (copy attached). And is discussed a bit in my Tech Short on ...
Thanks Gerry and Jim. I knew I had seen something somewhere. Should have perservered with hunting through the newsletter indexes. Anyway problem solved and no...
Wow! You all beat me to it in locating my Eddystone Active Aerial feature (I'd taken the dogs to see the vet). Cheers, Graeme G3GGL ... From: James McGowan...
To me this is what the website and forum are for - exchanging information, ideas and helping each other out! I do seem to recall that there is another ...
Gentlemen, Having completed the full alignment of my 770R and U MkII's I am now well on with completing the alignment of my EA12 after removing and replacing...
Gentlemen, Having completed the full alignment of my 770R and U MkII's I am now well on with completing the alignment of my EA12 after removing and replacing...
Mike, I think you are correct in assuming that you have to remove the plastic adjuster. The saving grace is that I have some spare units if you end up wrecking...
OK Ian, I will keep that in mind and contact directly. Best Mike __________________________________________________ Get up to £150 by recycling your old...
Has the net frequency moved, or is there nobody on it now ? I've put out a call on 3.7 +/- for the last 3 months on the first Sunday at 10 am, but had only...
Hello Anthony, As you will have heard from 'EYO we moved to 3605 three months ago. The old 3695 was getting too busy to do AM on. Last Sunday condx were vy...
Hello Louis, No, there has never been an HF band EUG Net. The nearest was some 3 years ago when a 40 metre net was tried, but it failed due to lack of...
L.S. For a friend i try to repair a beautiful Eddystone S-870. It's working with good audio quality for 1 hour or so and then there's still music but with a...
