[AMRadio] Homebrew 1929 Superheterodyne Receiver: UPDATE

[Brett Gazdzinski]

Eddy,
What are you building?

Yes, my designs take about a month of looking in every book and
at every receiver diagram I have, another month or more going through
all the parts I have to get nice ones that will work well, another month
laying out parts, moving things around, changing the odd bit,
then moving things around again.

The holes, once things are finalized are quite quick, I did them all
over the weekend, the chassis and the front panel.

Painting and labeling the controls is always a giant pain in the butt.

Brett
N2DTS



> -----Original Message-----
> From: amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Eddy Swynar
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 7:38 AM
> To: Amradio at mailman.qth.net; hbr at mailman.qth.net;
> antiquewirelessassociation at egroups.com
> Subject: [AMRadio] Homebrew 1929 Superheterodyne Receiver: UPDATE
> 
> 
> Well, the receiver metal work is ALL DONE---the receiver 
> paint work is ALL
> DONE....(at last!)...and this past weekend I wired the filaments & the
> primary AC wiring...
> 
> I'm on night shift for the next two weeks, & I'm quite 
> confident that I can
> get everything completed by the middle of the month: that'll 
> leave me a good
> two weeks to get the thing (hopefully!) trouble-shot & 
> operational, well in
> advance of the Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO Party...
> 
> Boy, a project of this magnitude sure does take time...! Thus 
> far, I figure
> I put in AT LEAST a GOOD WEEK drawing the schematic/laying 
> out the parts (on
> paper) & planning the thing, TWO weeks doing all the metal 
> work (drilling
> holes for sockets, screws, transformers, tie bars, AD 
> NAUSEUM!), and ANOTHER
> good week doing the priming/painting---a WHOLE MONTH, & the 
> darned thing is
> only now getting its first whiffs of rosen & solder...
> 
> I must say, though, thus far, it's a pretty-looking thing: those white
> National & Millen ceramic sockets sure are FB nestled-in atop 
> the flat black
> painted chassis top...
> 
> A good supply of 224's/224A's has been steadily arriving at 
> the door, c/o
> eBay...
> 
> I can hardly wait to hear those push-pull 245's swing into 
> action! Hopefully
> this monster will PLAY as good as it LOOKS! Hi Hi.
> 
> Will keep you posted...
> 
> ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
> 
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