Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Re: Got my Quantum Phaser today! + explanation for Quantum Phaser delays.

[John Hunter <jshunter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Craig, I guess I should try them placing them in the same direction 
first. I plan on building mounts that will allow me to attach them to TV 
rotators. That would be really handy. I think I'll pick up a couple of 
RPA-1's and try them with the loops and see how that works as well. About 
the RS decoupling chokes, I completely forgot about them. I've got about 10 
or more of them so I'll have plenty of them around :-)
Thanks for the corrections and additional advice. I always look forward to 
the technical articles on the lists.
73's
John Hunter
Rossville GA
PS: About the shipping delays of the his products

Gerry Thomas of http://dxtools.com/index.html has really been in a bind 
lately and that's why he is a little behind on orders.
He has been heavily involved in assisting hurricane victims even to the 
point of taking some into his own home. That plus this excerpt from an 
email from him explains about the case lettering problem.
Begin quote "As I said in an email sent out last week (see below), shipping 
of the phasers was uncontrollably delayed.
I've had to go to vinyl transfer labeling for the cabinets and the first 
batch of labeling simply didn't work.  I got another batch of labeling last 
night and it appears to be working better.  I'll be readying the cabinets 
for installing the circuit boards today and tonight and will install the 
circuit boards tomorrow.  I'll give the phasers a 24-hour burn-in and ship 
by Saturday.  I'll email you when yours is on its way....I appreciate your 
patience.

73...Gerry

Dear Quantum Phaser purchaser,

I apologize for the delay in shipping your phaser. I have been shipping 
phasers for the past 3-4 weeks (in the order in which payment was received) 
but had run out of screenprinted phaser cabinets shortly before 
Thanksgiving week.  Foreseeing the shortfall, I turned in some cabinets to 
my screenprinter for screenprinting and he was supposed to have them 
completed that same week.  Despite nearly daily calls, promised delivery 
dates came and went repeatedly.  This afternoon he called and told me that 
he was unable to complete the order and was leaving town.  Needless to say, 
this put me (and you) in a heck of a bind.  I'm sitting here with circuit 
boards ready to mount in cabinets and you are sitting there waiting for 
your phaser.

To make a long story short, given the problems I've had in the past with 
screenprinters (screenprinting the oddly shaped loop and phaser cabinets 
has always been a problem for those who specialize in T-shirts and such), I 
decided to try vinyl lettering instead.  I'm due to receive the vinyl 
transfers tomorrow (Friday) and will, assuming they work out,  install the 
circuit boards and burn in each phaser this weekend.  With any luck, all 
remaining phaser orders will be shipped early next week." End quote.



At 06:30 AM 12/21/2005, you wrote:
> > Sometime after the holidays I am going to build two of Craig Healey's 5 '
> > on a side square copper loops and space them about 90' apart aiming in
> > opposite angles.
>
>What I did with the two 5' loops I made was to make bases so they can be
>placed however I want.  When you make them, be sure to make the two toroids
>identical, especially in the way the windings are put on.  Then, as you put
>them on the tubing, mark it so you can tell which is the same direction.
>Mark an arbitrary front and back.  That way you can set them for either 0°
>or 180° phase difference.
>
>I'm still waiting for the Quantum phaser I ordered, but I have used them
>briefly with the modified MFJ I have.  Seemed to work well spaced a couple
>of hundred feet apart aimed in a line with both facing the same way.  I did
>buy two DX Engineering preamps, but I haven't had time to set it all up to
>test.  I'm waiting for the phaser to arrive and some snow to melt.
>
>Also, when you build the toroids, I think the decoupling chokes per my last
>pictures have merit in noise reduction.  It also seems to balance the
>nulling over a non-choked version.  For a couple bucks worth of ferrite from
>Radio Shack, it's worth it.
>
>Let us know your results.  The Amidon FT-240-77 toroid works well.  I got
>them from Travis LaDuke at 714-850-4660 for nine bucks each.
>
>Craig Healy
>Providence, RI
>
>
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