[ARC5] Q5'er w/converter - mounting, etc

[Dennis Monticelli]

You could build a decent enough converter with just one tube, like a
12BE6.  Given the noise on 80 and 40m these days, I don't think you
would miss the extra sensitivity of an RF stage. Gain is not the
problem; there is plenty available in the 453.  With a little planning
you should be able to fit such a circuit on the back porch even if you
decided to build a small power supply there too.

On 4/15/07, Ian Wilson <ianmwilson at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Thanks for all the great information.
>
> I don't intend to build a solid-state converter, having too much fun doing
> tube stuff at the moment. So the 3x4x5" space available at the rear is a
> little small. (Power supply is a different matter - using a voltage
> multiplier to get B+ from a 12/24v is very tempting.
>
> I'm thinking of construction a simple wooden base and using a couple of 1/2"
> Al angles as rails for the BC-453 to slide into. Either that or look for a
> 2-receiver rack (the second 'receiver' housing converter/PSU).
>
> 73, ian K3IMW
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