| www.hamelectronicsmagazine.com (mirror site: www.earlandrews.com (on the web since 2005) by Earl Andrews Amateur Radio Station VE3AB (on the airwaves since 1972) |
| I buy, sell and collect parts. Mostly older solid state technology. For 1970s and 1980s type of equipment. I sell to tinkerers, amateur repair people, ham radio people (of course-(Iam VE3AB afterall !) and even CB operators (there's always hope they will convert over to ham radio)! -- Me..? I don't discriminate!! No pressure here... I have taken early retirement option from a job in/near Ottawa, Ontario Canada and Ive moved to Elliot Lake, On a retirement town. CLICK HERE for MY HUGE LIST of ELECTRONICS PARTs -- PAGE (Parts I have for sale listed by part number) Small orders- even just a few parts..MY SPECIALTY!! |
| I enjoy the articles with photos that you post. Thanks you and feel free to write lots more. :-) Jim ( another ham in Anchorage Alaska - (qrp op) Ok Jim..I am working on some more articles and projects. -- I'm even working on a non-ham..non electronics web site now and hope to have it going in the next little while!! Its being worked on (April 2013). |
| I'm the only person in Canada who sells QRP radio parts OR older radio parts for fixing up older rigs.. in any sort of regular organized way!!!! - I also offer free advice (lots of it in fact!) My selection of parts is pretty complete and most reasonably priced. I sell both new and good used pull parts. For pulls and surplus and N.O.S. I can give you a money back GUARANTEE!! Gentlemans Agreeement: Try the part or parts in your circuit..if they dont work...then I will refund you your money (paypal)! |
| *** NEW ARTICLE..MARCH 22-2013 -- A ten tec Argonaut 509 with low power issues (only 200 mw out)-- blame it on the capacitor (you can see some of the "cracked" capacitors in some pictures on this page!!! CLICK HERE ARTICLE *** NEW ARTICLE: Installation of the OPTIONAL filter (ie CW filter for the ICOM IC-718).. March 2013 click here for this one page article -- This is ONE PIECE of more modern ham gear that I own! I don't look forward to trying to fix these newer rigs with their denser more sophisticated circuitry. OLD TUBE RADIOS - restoration tips and practical ideas CLICK HERE FT-301 TRANSCEIVER PAGES (Photos, the parts I sell, the repair work I do or have done) - I have 3 junker FT301 Parts radios CLICK HERE FT101... I have begun servicing these rigs. Kinda heavy to send in the mail though!!! - I BUY junker 101s for fixing up or I can part out. LINK HERE PAGE RIGHT NOW..I'm tackling installing an AADE digital display in an FT101E. -- Ten Tec Argonaut 505 troubleshooting article CLICK HERE FOR THIS ARTICLE Another Ten Tec Argonaut 505 (sent in the mail for me to work on) CLICK HR TEN TEC ARGONAUT 509 thru 515 -- tips..mods..fixes ect ----click on link here\ Even More TT Argonaut tips..ie frozen PTO fixes, good transistors to use as final PA output and more tips..click here for this page Trying to marry up an N3ZI dds with a TT argonaut 509. This hasnt been a sucess (yet!) .. I will be trying it again here perhaps this winter. The article is just here for reference only....click here FT221 PAGES - I have 2 of these radios..they are similar in layout to the FT301 and same black color..some troubleshooting ect (updated) CLIK HERE Korting 1030/1031 tube receiver-- basic tuneup and cleaning and listening on the AM BC band link here Hammarlund HQ180AC ..some pictures and notes about this classic BOAT- ANCHOR click here Jan 1 2013 (article rewritten better now) Make your own dual gate mosfets from cheaper & available BF981s-- a how to article..these parts work well I find! I think they work as well as the highly touted 3N211sclick hr ARTICLE. Old tube radios..and older radios..how to clean them up and get them going with tips and pictures. click here article Hard to get parts ..ie TS850 TS440s ..trying to get replacement parts is some-times next to impossible for certain radios..click here article TEN TEC ARGOSY REPAIR and Service. I have just started working on this article. I plan to carry spare parts and do servicing of Argosys in the very near future. Click here for this new article in progress. (link here ). MORE TO COME SOON..also..I have started a new web site with QTH.COM CALLED www.earlandrews.info -- I am just starting to get that one going but I hope to (perhaps) take all my fishing and Elliot Lake and stuff other than ham radio...--> over to this new web site and keep this one for HAM RADIO ONLY..-- NOTED: MARCH 22-2013. |
| Special Buy I did..above: RCA 40823 DG Mosfets (good replacements for 40673s..I have tried these in an rf front end circuit of an FT101E..they work good! $3 each |
| Technical Articles by Earl VE3AB (includes my homebrew Antenna Articles). |
| Antenna Topics by Earl VE3AB.. --BACKYARD CITY LOT ANTENNAS - CLICK HERE FOR MY ANTENNA PAGES |
| My new PARTS PAGE (being worked on now)..April 19th 2013.. too cold to do any fishing and all the lakes are still froze!!! LINK TO MY RE-VAMPED PARTS PAGE(s)..... under CONSTRUCTION..APRIL 2013. |
| MANUALS (in pdf format)..for older solid state radios (ie the older argonauts and FT301s ect and other accessories..CLICK HERE for manuals |
| REFERENCES TO MY WORK. AND REFERENCES OF MY PARTS SERVICE --> .CLICK HERE FOR A TON <-- OF GOOD REFERENCES Ive been doing this now since 2005 when I retired early. I'm slowly building up a great number of satisfied customers --->>I do this as a "hobby that gives me satifaction" <<<< |
| I'm in the market to buy broken down HF radios for parting out purposes. Also if they are fixable..I can fix them and sell them as USED RADIOs email me this link |
| The Radios I work on now and stock parts for: **TT Argonaut 505,509, 515 I have all of these working and a couple I need to fix up/restore and I have all the semi- conductors Note that..the Argonaut is a sacred cow! I do not part them out..they can always be repaired! ** Yaesu FT301 (circuit card repairs by mail) -- (the whole radio is too heavy/big to send in the mail) - I have 5 FT301s ---FT221 (circuit cards by mail) I have 2 working FT221s **Atlas 210x - I have 1 good one and 2 for parts ** Just starting to gear up for the Ten Tec Argosy - I have some of the semiconductors in stock ** converters/transverters and ham accessories..ie Heathkit stuff is pretty easy to work on ---CONSULTATION AND HELPs to fix your rig your-self. I do it by email and analysis..so if you get stuck..you can ask me for help and/or even send me the parts to test/whatever.. $10 per hour sort of deal..and Im not strict about it. email me and we can do a free estimate and consultation.. (earlinclayton@yahoo.com).. I used to live in Clayton Ontario..and I just kept the email as is..I now live in Elliot Lake, Ontario..north of Michigan State and Lake Huron. I always faithfully answer my emails. I am retired from a civil service job from Ottawa area and I do these activities as retirement activities. I moved to Elliot Lake in 2005 (a retirement town). |
| My PAY PAL email address is: ve3ab@personainternet.com |
| I work by email and use pay pal (mostly) CONTACT ME: earlinclayton@yahoo.com ****** |
| I test my PARTS (whenever I can) Shown right pictured is my logic test jig..(a Heathkit Logic Lab). I wired up a test jig to test some Hewlett Packard displays for a fellow who wanted 5 in Italy. (My price was a most reasonable $7 for each part) and postage was about $7)- This is typical of my low cost services. I work from home on my own time (semi-retired). ***** IF YOU HAVE PARTS YOU WANT TESTED... I CAN DO THAT TOO! - any work $10 per hour bench rate and I'm not all that strict about that. Helps buy the odd ham accessory. |
| USED and Tested Good Parts for older Solid State Radios and accessories. (go to this page) |
| This HR10B was rusted out at the bottom. I picked it up to use as a parts rig - I do have some tubes and parts. I still have about 400 tubes..but I'm trying to specialize in solid state gear and electronics from the 1970s and 80s. |
| I TEST MY PARTS..whereever possible! Many if not almost all ebay sellers won't test their parts nor will they give you details on parts like the part numbers in some cases! ME...I give you all I can. I even guarantee certain used parts I cannot test. My small basement shop has to try harder!!!! |
| PICTURE GALLERY BELOW: My parts... My work...what I enjoy doing with my winters!!! |
see this page: ft301aade for the whole story on
this project
this project
| I only had 4 of these old RCA 2N270s and they were bought from me (pretty quickly). -- If you have old parts like these..Id be interested in swinging a deal. I have a Ten Tec Argonaut 505 for trade or cash! I sold them for about $7 or $8 tested. Lower than ebay sellers by far! |
| sold out ! |
| sold out ! |
| Im sold out of these TIL 306s and 308s as well. I was selling for $8 to $10 used tested! I sold about 20 of them. Use AADE display! I found the AADE display ..fairly easy to put into the FT301. |
| testing the drive and power output from the argonaut 505 stages while trouble shooting a rig that someone sent me in the mail. The fault turned out to be the coupling capacitor right at the antenna connector of the rig! See the pictures below of the problem capacitors I found in this Argonaut 505. |
| MAIN FAULT in argonaut 505 (low power output) turned out to be the coupling capacitor!!! SIMPLE?! |
| Re-capping an argonaut 505 audio board. Also fixing one w/bad AF IC. -- To be truthful.. the electrolytic capacitors that I took out of the 505 while re-capping..did have some ESR measured but generally it was less than an ohm -- so the re-capping of this 1974 vintage rig could have waited a few more years in my opinion. |
| A bad batch .022 uf tropical fish capacitors in an argonaut 505. -- The leads replacing them here and there. I had some good quality glass capacitors that I used and I have ordered more "orange drops" (100 volt types in various values) to replace others while re-capping old radios. It was just the .022 uf caps that had the cracking problem. The other "tropical fish"capacitors of other values looked fine and I left them alone. |
| I was going to run some tests on these faulty capacitors but desoldering them from the circuit board ruined them. Quite a few of these in the 509 I was working on had cracks forming along one lead. |
| I do have one modern radio..an IC-718! Here I am installing the ICOM CW filter. Went pretty well. As for component level repairs to these radios (a) I dont have modern surface mount components b) I wouldnt tackle any one elses but mine..in case I slipped with the soldering iron. |
| HERE I work on an FT101E for someone else. AADE display being installed and some general maintenance. NOTE: I had some problems w/AADE display and the FT101. It is a challenge! - The FT301 AADE installation went far easier. I could not get this AADE display to work in the FT101E..sent it back to AADE for testing!!! |
| The trick of getting the spring tension off the dial shaft with the Argonauts 505-515..I use a piece of fishing line..it works! The Ten Tec manuals for these radios shows how to make a special tool for getting the tension off the dial skirt spring..but I have been using fishing line with good sucess. |
| Testing E.S.R. of electrolytic capacitors with my little tester. Seems to work good! |
| Above and below pictured: I do buy and collect old parts as well. Sometimes they come in boxes I buy at ham radio flea markets. If you are a hobbyist and need some old part for an old microprocessor project or old RTL chip or DTL chip (people have written me for these the odd time)..what I do..is I sell you the part (for much lower than ebay prices...TRY IT ON THE GENTLEMANS AGREEMENT. Try it in your project or circuit. IF it works great! IF it doesnt work..I will give you a refund. Thats about all I can do with these older computer type parts. MY HONOUR SYSTEM for older chips like these! You won't get that from the ebay sellers!!! |
| Thanks for looking over my page(s)! |
| Please drop by again! To email me ..use this email address: earlinclayton@yahoo.com LINK HERE |
| I work from home..24/7 and casual sort of schedule..semi retired! |
| I always answer my emails..usually quite promptly..but come warmer weather..I go fishing and do outdoorsy kinds of things..but I will be sure to write you back!! -- Check out the Herman Munster ham radio clip on youtube and some other ham radio clips as well! -- If you are interested in the hobby and want more information.. just write me earlinclayton@yahoo.com |
| Okay, Earl. Got it. You are one brave son-of-gun putting in that readout. :-) Jim.. (one of my followers and he writes me from time to time)-- YES..it takes a bit of work alright! -- I sent the circuit board bk to AADE for testing. My AADE in the FT301 was as easy as falling off a log compared to this one! I WILL be pubishing the rest of the FT101E/AADE digital dial saga..when I get back to it later spring 2013. |
| With the AADE displays..they are often mounted in the spot where the old digital display was mounted (as in FT301) or where the old numbered dial skirt was physically located. Takes a bit of rework of the plastic front panel bezel. Another option..mount it in a small enclosure on top of the rig. |
| This is my biggest fish yet! A 20 pound Northern Pike. I caught this one within minutes of the city of Elliot Lake. Iam in the process of starting up a fishing and general interest web site called: www.earlandrews.info (just getting it up and running) |
| June 29-1963 (a 10 year old Earl caught his first Pike..Clayton/Taylor Lake near Ottawa. |
| The TLC274N are used in a popular active filter called the HI PER MITE. I damaged one of my chips and I bought some extras to sell for my inventory. The parts I buy and stock are heavily oriented towards ham radio projects and fixing ham radio/solid state communications equipment that uses older technology like discrete components and basic ICs. |
| Totally one man shop! Mostly..I fix my own stuff I buy..BUT..I try and help out others as well.. this is especially TRUE for newer hams just starting out ..who need advice on a rig or a repair. You can write me for advice and if I do a repair..only $10/hr bench rate! |
| Small Parts (like below: ICs, transistors, diodes, resistors, capacitors, miscellaneous as well.. I'm here when you don't want to make up a BIG ORDER. - I also do small repairs - $10hr. MAIL ORDER and I go to some ham flea marktes too! |
| By GENTLEMANS AGREEMENT and on the honour system. I guarantee my parts I sell. only one refund and one problem in the about 500 or so transactions Ive done since 2005!! |
| Some old and OBSOLETE parts from the 1970s and 80s ect.. you can buy them from AFTERMARKET DISTRIBUTORS ..but they charge alot. IF you buy some of these old parts from me..I GIVE YOU A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. try them and if they dont work in your circuit..I will refund you 100 percent! I sell these untested parts much less than ebay or the after market guys. |
My $10/hr bench rate for
older equipment repairs is
about the lowest around!
older equipment repairs is
about the lowest around!
| sold at the flea market ! |
| Check out YOU TUBE..for many ham radio videos. There are thousands of them! Also..Herman Munster videos of his ham radio exploits on his popular show! |