Phillip KI5PFV in Winchester divined that this tower is next to Costco off Memorial around 103rd and even sent in his own pic, taken on a sunnier day. We’ll have more tower pics in the future.
The Show n Tell was overwhelmed by Tom WA5MAZ who just bought a Yaesu 2100B 600W linear to go with his (Raytheon) SBE-34 HF rig. Warned that the caps might be bad, he thought twice about turning it on, but all it did was show 2400V and popped a few times. Works. There was a problem keying it with his SBE, but he adapted the -20V to plus 12, and also filed down a spark induced spur on the finals tuning capactor. He is running it at half power into RG58 feeding his 40M dipole.
This is the bottom of a Yaesu FL 2100B Linear amp (w two tubes). How many parts can you identify? How about the two fan motors? The input and output PL connectors. Anything else? MAZ also showed a HomeMade 2 tone audio generator for testing SSB transmitters. Looks professional.
Other Show n Tell items were an AM/FM/SW radio with solar panel and USB input, a QFX R37 for $25 on eBay. Good sound. A quarter century old Yaesu VX5 H/T has a new battery and charge cord (also for $25 on eBay). The Y. VX5 receives AM to 16Mc, FM broadcast, AM aircraft 118-136, and 220 plus transmits FM on 6M, 2M, and 440.
MEETING MINUTES: In the absence of any club officers, we held a meeting anyway to decide which date to continue, 2nd or 4th Thursday. We decided to continue both dates bc it’s so much fun. Still the same, No dues, No business meeting, and a Tech program every month at Scott’s hamburgers (in the back Party Room) 7 to 8:15 PM on 2nd and 4th Thursdays. MEETING ADJOURNED by voice vote.
Radio Society of Greater Bixby 
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