[AMRadio] Wicox 96D TX

[david knepper]

I may have an Air Force tech manual on the 96D if you don't have one.  I 
worked on these transmitters while with the Air Force in England.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James M. Walker" <chejmw at acsu.buffalo.edu>
To: <jtml at vla.com>; "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Wicox 96D TX


> Ola John,
> Yes, by all means, if you can restore it, (to original maybe)!
> The things covered 160 to 10 meters, if you got all the RF decks with it.
> It did AM as well as cw, the HV power supply for each cabinet was quite 
> handy.
> Having said all that, and reading what you have so far, I would say if you
> are just going to put it on the air, you have most of the makings right 
> now.
> The modulator section is indeed missing, but I bet you can find someone
> that has the pieces you would need. They are prevalent in the land to the 
> north
> Canada. Loads of them were used/assigned to duty there. I think I have 
> some
> photos of the system, I will send them to you directly so you can see what 
> the
> system looked like in "full crye", quite the beautiful rig. Some of the HV 
> supplies ran
> on three phase but some were also single phase, those are the easy ones
> to get going.
>
> A real nice rig, worth the effort, I think.
> YMMV
> Jim
> WB2FCN
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Lyles" <jtml at losalamos.com>
> To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:21 AM
> Subject: [AMRadio] Wicox 96D TX
>
>
>>I picked up this thing yesterday at a SK's wood shed for $50. It had been 
>>sitting next to the ugly-painted BC610E, which recently went on EPAY.
>>
>> The Wilcox 96D is < a foot wide, 6 feet tall, 300+ lb box. It "works in a 
>> drawer", in that it can be slid out on rails, for inspection inside. It 
>> was built in November of 1952. It has an RF exciter, crystal socket 
>> inside, and an 807 driving an 813 driving a PAIR of 450TLs. Only the 807 
>> remained in the socket. Plate voltage on the final was 4100 and current 
>> was 0.6 - 0.9 Amps. It was a powerful transmitter in its day! The power 
>> supply was separate, and it isn't certain it made AM or not. Frequency 
>> range is ~ 2 - 12 MHz according to the dials. It has little doors which 
>> open to expose the turns counters for tuning, and one opens to get to the 
>> fuses and power relays. On top are a pair of balanced output studs. This 
>> funky looking transmitter (slim) needs the final plate tuning cap, but 
>> has most else.  It is loaded with some good parts, including the turns 
>> counter dials, two big slip stator caps, a can within a can neaturalizing 
>> cap. The PA inductor is tapped at numerous points, an
>> d has a
>> second coil which can be slid into and out of the fixed inductor.
>>
>> Now the dilema. Its certainly a different rig, but it needs to be tubed 
>> with pair of paralleled 450TLs and needs the cap along with a few small 
>> parts. Should I part it out, for something homebrew, like a balanced 
>> antenna Tuner? Or try and restore 'er? I'd be curious about others 
>> experience and opinions. BTW, I have three other transmitter projects 
>> needing my attention right now. I got the Wilcox out of the truck bed and 
>> plopped it out under a roof next to my shed this afternoon. Inside one of 
>> the front doors there is a complete parts list and schematic!
>>
>> 73
>> John
>> K5PRO
>> New Mexico
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