[AMRadio] AM from a ricebox

[Geoff/W5OMR]

> I can't understand the fascination of hooking a rice box to a linear amp for
> AM?
> I find a qso with this setup boring.
> Give me an op with a DX-100 or equivalent and the conversation is
> interesting and exhilarating.

I think you missed something in Johns explination...

He's using the modified TS-820 at a low-power level output
to drive a Heathkit SB-200 to only get around 50 to 75w out
to drive the grids of the 250TH final.  It's only an RF 
generator/VFO.  Main reciever is a Hammerlund HQ-145.
The 250TH's are modulated by (4) 813's in push-pull parallel.

Trust me, having been there and having operated that station, 
it ain't no "rice-box with an amp".

The 'big-rig" 
http://wa5bxo.shacknet.nu/HAMPICTURES/Pictures/Ham%20Radio/BIG_Rig.JPG

The Operating console (and some operator ;-))
http://wa5bxo.shacknet.nu/HAMPICTURES/Pictures/Ham%20Radio/am-bxo-style.jpg

73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR