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Drake Ad from Feb "73"
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They sure got a lot of mileage out of that design over the years. I too recall the ad, though CQ was my favorite mag. John K5MO On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 4:32?PM jerry-KF6VB via <jerry=[email protected]> wrote: I remember that ad! |
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I had over the years over 20 years of "CQ", "73","QST","HAM RADIO"
Loved em all and learned a lot. I believe it was Daniel Webster who was quoted, "Without a love for books, the riches man is poor" On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 7:06?PM John K5MO via groups.io <johnk5mo@...> wrote:
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I have bound QST from 1917 to 1972 (early ones are loose) and 95% of the CQ's up until 1965 or so. They still make good reading and quick reference. John K5MO On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 9:55?AM Don Humphrey via <dscc1947=[email protected]> wrote: I had over the years over 20 years of "CQ", "73","QST","HAM RADIO" |
开云体育? I have all the QST’s from the beginning to 1980 on CD.? I also have all the 73’s in digital as well.? At one point, I had a lot of QST, Radio Electronics and Popular Electronics and others that I had to get rid of as they were taking too much room up.? I offered them to a school library and they accepted them, and then threw them out!? These magazines, especially QST, taught me just about everything I know. ? Clint, VE3CMQ |
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On 2025-01-14 18:54, Don Humphrey via groups.io wrote:
My cousin was a ham,My first transmitter was a Poptronics article. It had a single 6V6 tube functioning as both oscillator and amplifier. The final coil was wound on a toilet paper tube. The tuning indicator was a neon bulb. I built it on a baking tin I stole from my mother. The power supply used a transformer from a color TV. - Jerry, KF6VB |
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I'm a little older than you.
I built a 6AQ5 osc powered by a 240 volt photo flash battery. 4 flashlight batteries lite the filaments. ordered Peterson 3748 khz crystal from allied electronics. 2 watts out on good day. On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 10:15?PM jerry-KF6VB via groups.io <jerry@...> wrote:
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Hi Jerry,
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The 6V6 was a popular tube to use as a power oscillator, the first transmitter I owned was built using a 6V6 driving an 807 to near-novice power levels.? Back then (1970) power was calculated by output but by Plate V*A, so I really do not know how much output that transmitter actually had, having been built by a 14 year old...likely not much, but some of the power definitely went into harmonics.?
My favorite band was 15M and a favorite local TV channel was Ch.3, WTIC in Hartford, CT.? When I'd operate in the early evening, the phone would begin ringing and my parents would yell to the basement: "Stop screwing up the neighbor's TV reception!"? About this time I received a pink slip from an FCC monitoring station saying my emissions were observed on 63 MHz in Boston, MA and to desist in transmitting on that frequency. I spent my hard-earned TV and Radio repair money on a Drake TV-CB-LP filter which was all I could afford, but it did the trick and mollified my neighbors. ?
Exciting times in the basement ham shack! Cheers & 73, Howie / WA4PSC |
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On 2025-01-15 10:04, Howard Hoyt via groups.io wrote:
Hi Jerry,*** I built one of those! Used it for exactly one QSO. In the middle of the contact, the plate current suddenly rose to unreasonable levels, and the 807 glowed red.... I think it was oscillating. I hurredly disconnected it and put my DX-40 back on the desk - the guy was still there, and I completed the QSO. - Jerry, KF6VB |
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In the beginning, my first homebrew transmitter, an ongoing project for AM and CW, was more complex. 6U8 VFO oscillator and buffer, then 6BQ5 with low +B to drive the 807. PI output. 80 m band. Powerful 40 w out.
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Nevertheless, I managed to get into my neighbour's radios and TV sets. Within the "audience", was a girl... who blamed any time I get through her FM music listening ... We're married now... 24 years and counting ... Regards Guillermo - LU5WE. El 15/1/25 a las 15:04, Howard Hoyt via groups.io escribió:
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On Jan 14, 2025, at 9:49?AM, Clint VE3CMQ <ve6cmm@...> wrote:
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开云体育Hi Bob, ? The ARRL sold these, about a dozen in all.? You might want to check with them to see if they are still available.? They weren’t cheap, I think they were around $600 back then. ? I have them in my shack somewhere and I don’t think the package has even been opened! ? I have been on and off over the years with being an ARRL member, mostly for QST.? I don’t get much out of QST any more as there really aren’t any technical articles in it any more, at least not enough to keep my interest up. ? By Maxim’s definition, I have been a ham since I was 6, got licenced in 1988 and am 69 now, so I have seen a lot of changes throughout the years.? I have somewhere around 200 radio items, most of them from before 2000.? The newer rigs are great but good luck if they fail.? They really aren’t repairable after a few years because the parts are not available.? It’s strange that I can get parts for gear that’s 100 years old, but 18 months after the last new rig was sold, parts for it aren’t available!? Hence my love of the older stuff. ? I’m not at my QTH right now but I will look at the CD’s and let you know their state if you are interested in them. ? 73, Clint, VE3CMQ ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Robert Logan via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2025 23:21 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DRAKE-RADIO] Drake Ad from Feb "73" ? Clint, is the CD for sale? ?Bob NZ5A
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On 2025-01-15 21:36, Clint VE3CMQ wrote:
The newer rigs are great but good luck if they fail. They really aren’t repairable after a few years*** Yup. I was on the West Coast swap net a few weekends ago with my Signal/One. The net control congratulated me for succeeding in fixing the thing. I told him it wasn't that bad. Mostly discrete components, schematics available. Some of the parts hard to find, but none impossible. Compare that to a modern rig with a big ASIC in the middle - 200 pins, surface mount, maybe BGA, no real data. My FTDX10 has a problem with the CAT control over USB; I found the responsible chip, and replaced it. Still no USB CAT. No possibility of troubleshooting it - to get at that side of the main board, you have to undo approximately umpteen cables around the perimeter of the board. You can get the board out, but it ain't gonna work with everything disconnected. I talked to tech support at Yaesu - they don't fix'em either. They just replace. That'll be about a grand, please. - Jerry, KF6VB |
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Scary, but very true !
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Long live qrp, homebrew and reperable "vintage". Nor sure my CR100 would qualify for the third category, but I might get brave enough to try one day... Michael 2E0IHW On 2025-01-15 21:36, Clint VE3CMQ wrote: |