[ARC5] QST articles.

[MillerKE6F at aol.com]

tsk tsk
 
    All the hand rubbing over how to match the trusty  command set 
transmitter is interesting.  All I can rely on from a purely  "Ham Radio Make It Work On 
The Air" is to recount the performance of an old  pal's 75 meter exploits 
during the early 60s from his swampy QTH in Eureka  California where he ruled 75 
Meter phone in the North West with a simple command  set transmitter with a 
pair of 6L6s modulating the 1625s in the command set and  yes, he broke all the 
rules by adding a few turns of stationary link to the  existing rotating link, 
he also had the padder plate tuning cap stubbed out to  the side of the unit 
on a knob to ensure resonance and this rascal fed an  inverted V dipole cut 
for the center of the phone band. And with this modest  little transmitter there 
were very few stations,  regardless of power,  who could compete with old 
Gerry, WA6MKC.   
 
    While this observation is anecdotal at best, he and  probably hundreds of 
others, perhaps more, were unaware that they were breaking  the rules, but 
knew from experimenting and modifying the rig that it would load  up to a couple 
hundred ma at dip and get out.  And of course that was the  objective at the 
time.  Gerry was not trying to duplicate a B-17 liaison  radio, he was merely 
trying to get on the air with an affordable  transmitter.  In those days hams 
saw using command sets out of  necessity rather than preserving them as some 
iconic relic from WWII.  
 
Bob, KE6F
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