Pure sale, no bidding wars.

Summer cleaning out the shack: several items
(terms at end)


1. (dead on transmit) RF Concepts, RFC 2-317 (2 meter brick amplifier), 30
watts drive, 170 watts output. The transmit side of the amp is dead
(looked like power transistors gave out over a few minutes of transmit way
back and I never tried to locate someone to fix it; the receive GasFET
preamp still works). The manual goes with the brick amp. The schematic
says the power transistors (assuming that is the problem) are SRF3897 and
there are two of them. Schematic looks like two in parallel (many other
transistors, too). RF Concepts went out of business some years ago but
maybe one of you guys who knows this stuff would like to have a crack at
this repair job. $10 for this unit.


2. Two Hamtronics receiving converters, CA-28 and CA-144. One takes input
at 144 - 148 and converts down to 28-32 mHz (and I put a 9 volt battery
case inside, and small toggle switch), the other one takes 28-30 mHz and
upconverts to 144-148 mHz (I was meaning to listen to 10 meters FM
repeaters with my 2 m HT but never tried it). These units do not have as
low of a noise figure as the best scanners and newer ham transceivers.
Both units to the same address, $35 for both. Otherwise $20 each. With
manuals and documentation.

3. Yaesu YS-500 in line wattmeter and SWR bridge for 140-525 mHz. Looks
fine, works fine. Max power: 200 w. With one sheet "manual" $30.

4. 440 FM Yagi, 10 elements. I think it might be a Hygain but can't
remember for sure. No manual or documentation. It was never outside of an
attic. At old OTH it was aimed at one 440 repeater (at present QTH, I have
way too many trees and barely can get into one 440 repeater that almost no
one uses, so it goes 'on the block'). $25.

---non ham electronics------

5. OPTIMUS (Radio shack) AM/FM STA-795 solid state receiver, with manual
and documentation. Works fine. $20.00

6. Night vision device: NV-100/NV-100-1 by Moonlight Products, bought
through Edmund Scientifi when it was in business. I need to test it at
night before releasing it. I think its a first generation device. Has a
large telephoto lens with low f/stop, includes manual and documentation.
Runs on two AA batteries, and has its own IR diode light souce if one
wants to try that. Has not been used for maybe 7-8 years, but worked fine
at the time, and was always stored in a stable non-moist room at RT. Was
not used much when it was used (maybe 1-2 hours, total). I seem to recall
reading that these units undergo some deterioration in performance with
time, but I don't know if that is independent of whether the units are
used or not used. $40

7. Panasonic AG-1830, Video Cassette Recorder, Pro-Line, commercial grade.
With manual. Used a lot back 10 years ago, not much since then. It has an
on-board frame-grabber, but I have lost the remote control which is how
the frame-grabber was activated. Complex controls and relatively thick
manual. 17 lbs. Some dust here and there. I have not extensively tested
all functionalities, but besides the missing remote control, it was
recording and playing back last time I used it. But if you want to receive
TV signals and record them, you may need a preamp because the input is
normally not very sensitive. I was in a fringe area and got noisy images
unless I used a TV receiver preamp. New price over $1000. My price $55

8. Hitachi VHS video camera (portable), VM-2500A, with dead lead-acid
gel-cell battery (will not hold charge, won't accept charge). Camera
(color) still works fine and records audio, too. It runs fine with an
external DC power supply of about 9.6 volts 2.3 amps. This is an old
style, over the shoulder unit. With manual and documentation, and some
cables (can take output from camera, in playback mode, and feed into
a video imput device). I think its never had more than about 20-25 hours
of running time. My price $30.

------
Terms:

If you are interested, send email. I prefer to sell in the continental
USA. I prefer to ship USPS, but UPS may be less risky in terms of damage.
I prefer USPS money order for sum. Sum needs to include shipping
charges which I will estimate, and I'll refund any excess if there is
excess. If you want insurance, I'll include that in price. No charge for
packaging, handling, which will depend on what item we're talking about
and I'll do my best to locate packing materials, especially on biger &
heavier items. If we go with USPS, I will spring for delivery confirmation
and email you the DC number. You'll need to send the money order first.


I am located in southern Delaware. Please wait a few days before expecting
a response. In the event more than one person wants the same item, I will
work with the first one and tell the others that they are "backup" buyers
in case the first one backs out or something. You need to specify how fast
you want the shipping to be; UPS and USPS have several grades of service
speed (faster is more expensive). If you have a counter-proposal, I'll
consider it. Please give you "ship to" address in your first email to me.
On the non-ham gear, I will probably "check" the unit to make sure it is
at least minimally functional before shipping.

Art, W4PON

(see original post farther down)

Update (as of 7:40 pm): I have a pending deal for the night vision scope
and the RFC brick amplifier. If the deal with those interested parties
falls through, I will make an re-announcement.

I forgot one more item: a single pan, digital balance (transistorized),
Its an "Ohaus" model C305, and reads in grams or ounces. It has a
calibration weight (300 g), a wall plug transformer supply, and can run
off an internal 9 volt standard transistor battery. And, yes, the manual
comes with it. It also has a button for "tare" weight (eg. put an empty
container on, press "tare" and it re-zeros the digital readout. The pan
comes off the unit for shipping, and just drops on. I was using it to
weigh letters and small packages. Now I have some new scales for
that. My price: $20.

Art, W4PON

===== no change to below, included for reference and context =====

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Straydog wrote:


Pure sale, no bidding wars.

Summer cleaning out the shack: several items
(terms at end)


1. (dead on transmit) RF Concepts, RFC 2-317 (2 meter brick amplifier), 30
watts drive, 170 watts output. The transmit side of the amp is dead (looked
like power transistors gave out over a few minutes of transmit way back and I
never tried to locate someone to fix it; the receive GasFET preamp still
works). The manual goes with the brick amp. The schematic says the power
transistors (assuming that is the problem) are SRF3897 and there are two of
them. Schematic looks like two in parallel (many other transistors, too). RF
Concepts went out of business some years ago but maybe one of you guys who
knows this stuff would like to have a crack at this repair job. $10 for this
unit.


2. Two Hamtronics receiving converters, CA-28 and CA-144. One takes input at
144 - 148 and converts down to 28-32 mHz (and I put a 9 volt battery case
inside, and small toggle switch), the other one takes 28-30 mHz and
upconverts to 144-148 mHz (I was meaning to listen to 10 meters FM repeaters
with my 2 m HT but never tried it). These units do not have as low of a noise
figure as the best scanners and newer ham transceivers. Both units to the
same address, $35 for both. Otherwise $20 each. With manuals and
documentation.

3. Yaesu YS-500 in line wattmeter and SWR bridge for 140-525 mHz. Looks fine,
works fine. Max power: 200 w. With one sheet "manual" $30.

4. 440 FM Yagi, 10 elements. I think it might be a Hygain but can't remember
for sure. No manual or documentation. It was never outside of an attic. At
old OTH it was aimed at one 440 repeater (at present QTH, I have way too many
trees and barely can get into one 440 repeater that almost no one uses, so it
goes 'on the block'). $25.

---non ham electronics------

5. OPTIMUS (Radio shack) AM/FM STA-795 solid state receiver, with manual and
documentation. Works fine. $20.00

6. Night vision device: NV-100/NV-100-1 by Moonlight Products, bought through
Edmund Scientifi when it was in business. I need to test it at night before
releasing it. I think its a first generation device. Has a large telephoto
lens with low f/stop, includes manual and documentation. Runs on two AA
batteries, and has its own IR diode light souce if one wants to try that. Has
not been used for maybe 7-8 years, but worked fine at the time, and was
always stored in a stable non-moist room at RT. Was not used much when it was
used (maybe 1-2 hours, total). I seem to recall reading that these units
undergo some deterioration in performance with time, but I don't know if that
is independent of whether the units are used or not used. $40

7. Panasonic AG-1830, Video Cassette Recorder, Pro-Line, commercial grade.
With manual. Used a lot back 10 years ago, not much since then. It has an
on-board frame-grabber, but I have lost the remote control which is how the
frame-grabber was activated. Complex controls and relatively thick manual. 17
lbs. Some dust here and there. I have not extensively tested all
functionalities, but besides the missing remote control, it was recording and
playing back last time I used it. But if you want to receive TV signals and
record them, you may need a preamp because the input is normally not very
sensitive. I was in a fringe area and got noisy images unless I used a TV
receiver preamp. New price over $1000. My price $55

8. Hitachi VHS video camera (portable), VM-2500A, with dead lead-acid
gel-cell battery (will not hold charge, won't accept charge). Camera (color)
still works fine and records audio, too. It runs fine with an external DC
power supply of about 9.6 volts 2.3 amps. This is an old style, over the
shoulder unit. With manual and documentation, and some
cables (can take output from camera, in playback mode, and feed into
a video imput device). I think its never had more than about 20-25 hours of
running time. My price $30.

------
Terms:

If you are interested, send email. I prefer to sell in the continental USA. I
prefer to ship USPS, but UPS may be less risky in terms of damage. I prefer
USPS money order for sum. Sum needs to include shipping charges which I will
estimate, and I'll refund any excess if there is
excess. If you want insurance, I'll include that in price. No charge for
packaging, handling, which will depend on what item we're talking about and
I'll do my best to locate packing materials, especially on biger & heavier
items. If we go with USPS, I will spring for delivery confirmation
and email you the DC number. You'll need to send the money order first.


I am located in southern Delaware. Please wait a few days before expecting
a response. In the event more than one person wants the same item, I will
work with the first one and tell the others that they are "backup" buyers
in case the first one backs out or something. You need to specify how fast
you want the shipping to be; UPS and USPS have several grades of service
speed (faster is more expensive). If you have a counter-proposal, I'll
consider it. Please give you "ship to" address in your first email to me.
On the non-ham gear, I will probably "check" the unit to make sure it is
at least minimally functional before shipping.

Art, W4PON

(~10 pm, local time)

The 440 beam is sold.

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Straydog wrote:

(see original post farther down)

Update (as of 7:40 pm): I have a pending deal for the night vision scope and
the RFC brick amplifier. If the deal with those interested parties falls
through, I will make an re-announcement.

I forgot one more item: a single pan, digital balance (transistorized), Its
an "Ohaus" model C305, and reads in grams or ounces. It has a calibration
weight (300 g), a wall plug transformer supply, and can run off an internal 9
volt standard transistor battery. And, yes, the manual
comes with it. It also has a button for "tare" weight (eg. put an empty
container on, press "tare" and it re-zeros the digital readout. The pan comes
off the unit for shipping, and just drops on. I was using it to weigh letters
and small packages. Now I have some new scales for that. My price: $20.

Art, W4PON

===== no change to below, included for reference and context =====

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Straydog wrote:


Pure sale, no bidding wars.

Summer cleaning out the shack: several items
(terms at end)


1. (dead on transmit) RF Concepts, RFC 2-317 (2 meter brick amplifier), 30
watts drive, 170 watts output. The transmit side of the amp is dead (looked
like power transistors gave out over a few minutes of transmit way back and
I never tried to locate someone to fix it; the receive GasFET preamp still
works). The manual goes with the brick amp. The schematic says the power
transistors (assuming that is the problem) are SRF3897 and there are two of
them. Schematic looks like two in parallel (many other transistors, too).
RF Concepts went out of business some years ago but maybe one of you guys
who knows this stuff would like to have a crack at this repair job. $10 for
this unit.


2. Two Hamtronics receiving converters, CA-28 and CA-144. One takes input
at 144 - 148 and converts down to 28-32 mHz (and I put a 9 volt battery
case inside, and small toggle switch), the other one takes 28-30 mHz and
upconverts to 144-148 mHz (I was meaning to listen to 10 meters FM
repeaters with my 2 m HT but never tried it). These units do not have as
low of a noise figure as the best scanners and newer ham transceivers. Both
units to the same address, $35 for both. Otherwise $20 each. With manuals
and documentation.

3. Yaesu YS-500 in line wattmeter and SWR bridge for 140-525 mHz. Looks
fine, works fine. Max power: 200 w. With one sheet "manual" $30.

4. 440 FM Yagi, 10 elements. I think it might be a Hygain but can't
remember for sure. No manual or documentation. It was never outside of an
attic. At old OTH it was aimed at one 440 repeater (at present QTH, I have
way too many trees and barely can get into one 440 repeater that almost no
one uses, so it goes 'on the block'). $25.

---non ham electronics------

5. OPTIMUS (Radio shack) AM/FM STA-795 solid state receiver, with manual
and documentation. Works fine. $20.00

6. Night vision device: NV-100/NV-100-1 by Moonlight Products, bought
through Edmund Scientifi when it was in business. I need to test it at
night before releasing it. I think its a first generation device. Has a
large telephoto lens with low f/stop, includes manual and documentation.
Runs on two AA batteries, and has its own IR diode light souce if one wants
to try that. Has not been used for maybe 7-8 years, but worked fine at the
time, and was always stored in a stable non-moist room at RT. Was not used
much when it was used (maybe 1-2 hours, total). I seem to recall reading
that these units undergo some deterioration in performance with time, but I
don't know if that is independent of whether the units are used or not
used. $40

7. Panasonic AG-1830, Video Cassette Recorder, Pro-Line, commercial grade.
With manual. Used a lot back 10 years ago, not much since then. It has an
on-board frame-grabber, but I have lost the remote control which is how the
frame-grabber was activated. Complex controls and relatively thick manual.
17 lbs. Some dust here and there. I have not extensively tested all
functionalities, but besides the missing remote control, it was recording
and playing back last time I used it. But if you want to receive TV signals
and record them, you may need a preamp because the input is normally not
very sensitive. I was in a fringe area and got noisy images unless I used a
TV receiver preamp. New price over $1000. My price $55

8. Hitachi VHS video camera (portable), VM-2500A, with dead lead-acid
gel-cell battery (will not hold charge, won't accept charge). Camera
(color) still works fine and records audio, too. It runs fine with an
external DC power supply of about 9.6 volts 2.3 amps. This is an old style,
over the shoulder unit. With manual and documentation, and some
cables (can take output from camera, in playback mode, and feed into
a video imput device). I think its never had more than about 20-25 hours of
running time. My price $30.

------
Terms:

If you are interested, send email. I prefer to sell in the continental USA.
I prefer to ship USPS, but UPS may be less risky in terms of damage. I
prefer USPS money order for sum. Sum needs to include shipping charges
which I will estimate, and I'll refund any excess if there is
excess. If you want insurance, I'll include that in price. No charge for
packaging, handling, which will depend on what item we're talking about and
I'll do my best to locate packing materials, especially on biger & heavier
items. If we go with USPS, I will spring for delivery confirmation
and email you the DC number. You'll need to send the money order first.


I am located in southern Delaware. Please wait a few days before expecting
a response. In the event more than one person wants the same item, I will
work with the first one and tell the others that they are "backup" buyers
in case the first one backs out or something. You need to specify how fast
you want the shipping to be; UPS and USPS have several grades of service
speed (faster is more expensive). If you have a counter-proposal, I'll
consider it. Please give you "ship to" address in your first email to me.
On the non-ham gear, I will probably "check" the unit to make sure it is
at least minimally functional before shipping.

Art, W4PON