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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 93 04:30:31 PST
From: Ham-Homebrew Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu>
Errors-To: Ham-Homebrew-Errors@UCSD.Edu
Reply-To: Ham-Homebrew@UCSD.Edu
Precedence: Bulk
Subject: Ham-Homebrew Digest V93 #122
To: Ham-Homebrew
Ham-Homebrew Digest Sat, 4 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 122
Today's Topics:
MiniSport Laptop Hacker - Vol 17
sw-radio coils...question.
Trunk 900Mhz > ham bands???
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Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu.
Archives of past issues of the Ham-Homebrew Digest are available
(by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-homebrew".
We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text
herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there.
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Date: 29 Nov 93 03:41:28 GMT
From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!olivea!isc-br!tau-ceti!comtch!opus-ovh!bmork@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: MiniSport Laptop Hacker - Vol 17
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
MiniSport Laptop Hacker - Vol 17, Nov 1993
Copyright (c) 1993 Brian Mork -- "not to make money, but to keep it that
way for others, too."
>>> ADMIN
Remember, you can get copies on disk of any software or text files (in-
cluding the MLHacker series) I refer to by sending me a disk and SASE.
I'll put a variety of other MLHacker related goodies on there, too.
Alternately, contact me using the information in the signature block.
Please, contribute!
MLHacker is available on the KA6ETB Internet HAM-Server. Send a message
to ham-server@grafex.cupertino.ca.us with the single line of text: HELP
to get access information. Check the \hamradio\newsletters directory.
I'm watching for other Packet or Internet archivers who will host the
MLHacker series.
>>> POWER SUPPLY
A lot of people have a problem where the computer fails to stay powered
on. Two LEDs blink for a second or two and then the computer powers
down. One of mine has been having this trouble, too, and I finally had a
chance to reverse engineer the power supply.
The Minisport power supply pinout to the motherboard is via a 16 pin mini
scotchflex connector. Pin 1 is indicated by a white arrow on the power
supply board. Reverse engineering was carried backward into the power
supply only until I was reasonably sure I understood how the circuit was
suppose to work. Notice some capacitors seem to be reverse biased. Sur-
face mount dielectric capacitors still have the banded end negative,
right?
Pins 2,5 and 6 are not accounted for yet because of unidentified compo-
nents. Pins 5,6, and 10 are the ones with bad voltages either causing my
problem or as a result of my problem. What a coincidence, eh? Here's
what I've been able to determine. I'm particularly interested in what
*your* header voltages are if you have this notorious power-off failure
mode. These schematics are not a "sure thing" -- they're determined us-
ing visual trace following, an ohmeter, and a diode checker. I'm partic-
ularly unsatisfied with the Pin 10 circuitry. Other fixit experts out
there, please give me ideas!
S487 1004 bobbin "-B"
.-->|-->|-.----.--~~~~-.----.----.-->|-.---.------ Pin4 (+5v)
( | | | | | | |
) P11 | | | \-\ | 100| LB|
( H922 | 470| 4.7| - ^6.8 | === ===
) xformer | === === |Znr | | |
( | | | + | | | |
| / / / | / /
| |
| .----->|---.----- Pin1 (+5v to only
.-- glass diode S487 | 2nd MB RAM)
to Pin10 ===
circuitry |LB
|
.----- Pin3 (GND)
|
/
A3 bobbin
.---------------------------->|---.---~~~---.----- Pin7 (+10v)
( | |
) G923 === ===
( P12 | |
) xformer / /
(
A3 bobbin
.------|<---.---~~~---.--------------------------- Pin8 (-10v)
( | + | |
) G923 === === ===
( P12 | 47 - | 3.3 LB |
) xformer / / /
(
.-- Pin11,13,14
|
| (GND)
/
608C04
.--. bobbin
| |----.-------~~~-------.----.---------------- Pin15,16 (+5v)
.--. | | |
.---. 100 | \-\
1000| | 0.1 === ^
=== === | |6.8v
| | | | Znr
.---. / /
| |
/ edge |14
MB3778 |----- Pin 9 (from computer)
| (_stby)|
MIDL -----------. center | |
| MB3778 |14
+5v(pin4) / 10k (_stby)|------------------ Pin 12 (from computer)
| \ |
| / |
1 / | 4.7K
0 \ | .-/\/\--.
0 / / variable | | "-B"
K \ --\--> resistor | -.--|<- Pin 10 (6.6v when working)
/ / | /
| | 10K | |< BV3
---->|----.----.------<\ /---/\/\-.---| PNP
glass | | \/ |\
diode | \ ---- |
from |LB /51K | CBZ2 |
Pin4 === \ | NPN +5v(pin4)
circuitry | / |
| | |
.----.--------.
|
/
MIDL is identified in MLH Vol 14 -- in essence, it is +9v power, deliv-
ered through a diode.
LP stands for "Little Beige capacitor." I'm guessing they're 0.01uf by-
pass capacitors. They have no markings.
In order to progress further, I need to know the identification of a few
parts: "24" - 3pin rectangular SMC, 1/16" x 1/8"
"14" - 3pin rectangular SMC, 1/16" x 1/8"
"BV3" - 3pin rectangular SMC, 1/16" x 1/8"
"CBZ2" - 4tab SMC, looks like fixed volt reg (3 + tab)
Please provide feedback: * BBS 1-509-244-9260
* AX.25 KA9SNF@wb7nnf.#spokn.wa.usa
73, Brian * Internet bmork@opus-ovh.spk.wa.us
---
Brian Mork Internet bmork@opus-ovh.spk.wa.us
. . . . Amateur Radio (AX.25) ka9snf@wb7nnf.#spokn.wa.usa
... . .. USMail 6006-B Eaker, Fairchild, WA 99011
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 93 14:34:00 GMT
From: mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10!lkollar@uunet.uu.net
Subject: sw-radio coils...question.
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
A partially-related question -- does Amidon, or any reseller, sell a
pre-packaged assortment of the most commonly-used toroids? All these
different types are CONFUSING to the homebrewer wanna-be -- and from
what I've read here, you can't count on color-coding to keep them
straight....
It seems the hardest part of homebrewing these days is figuring out
which parts you need then finding them. There's a business opportunity
for those who know what they're doing -- it costs more than $5 to start,
but you won't go to jail either. :-)
P.S. Nobody answered my question about using a magnetron from a micro-
wave oven in osc/amp circuits. I'm not asking you to do all the
work for me, but pointers to available articles would be appreciated.
Thinking about winding my coils on Quaker Oats canisters (just like
Grandpa used to!), I am --
--
Larry Kollar, KC4WZK | I like CW, but that doesn't mean I think every ham
lkollar@nyx.cs.du.edu | should have to learn it.
"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."
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Date: 3 Dec 93 22:22:50 GMT
From: ogicse!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ehsn2.cen.uiuc.edu!ah6542@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Trunk 900Mhz > ham bands???
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
Hello everyone,
I had a little question,
has anyone ever tuned-down a trunked radio
(business bands up in 900MHz) to the ham bands??
A friend of mine recently recieved an old one
that had a bad battery pack (but they didn't realize).
It is an old Motorola that is very nice on the inside,
it is very modular etc. -along w/ dials and things to
change stuff w/.
Ever hear of this being done???
TNX! et 73's
Allen Hall n9rzc@uiuc.edu
ps- e-mail appreciated (can't always get to the posts)
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Date: 3 Dec 93 14:42:30 GMT
From: ogicse!emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu
To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu
References <CH84qA.3w2@Dunx1.OCS.Drexel.Edu>, <2dj0ou$19t@hpuerca.atl.hp.com>, <1993Dec2.143400.16392@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
Reply-To : gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman)
Subject : Re: sw-radio coils...question.
In article <1993Dec2.143400.16392@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> lkollar@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Larry Kollar) writes:
>
>P.S. Nobody answered my question about using a magnetron from a micro-
> wave oven in osc/amp circuits. I'm not asking you to do all the
> work for me, but pointers to available articles would be appreciated.
There was an article in 73 Magazine a year or so back about a fellow
who was injection locking a microwave oven magnetron to act as a high
power FM FSTV transmitter. Like an automotive battery charger, the PS
in microwave ovens is deceptively simple. The transformer is made
intentionally lossy, and operated near saturation, in order to provide
protection for the tube in case of flashover or poor cavity SWR due
to things like using metal in the oven. It's also only halfwave rectified
and poorly, if at all, filtered. You have to build a fairly sophisticated
HV supply if you want clean signals while protecting the tube from transient
overcurrent. That's the toughest part of using magnetrons.
Gary
--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV | Where my job's going, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems | I don't know. It might | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way | wind up in Mexico. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | -NAFTA Blues |
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End of Ham-Homebrew Digest V93 #122
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