[ARC5] Model 19 MKll

[J. Forster]

> I ran a WS 10, Mark II on 40 and 80 CW as a kid. Got my ham ticket in 1950
> at age 15. I am age 74 not and have not "woke up to smell the rocking
> chair" as I am buying an LPTV station! I got one hell of a shock from the
> key until I realize they were keying the 275 volt B+ rail!  I ran the
> cathode of the 807 final thru the R/T relay so I also obviated the need
> for a +12 volt supply and was able to run all the heaters on AC.

I don't see how you got power to pull in the TR relay with that scheme.

> With the cathode keying there was little or no chirp and I did not even
> use a regulated supply.

Thje chirp comes from the 32 uF capacitor in the dyno supply for HT1. No
capacitor, no chirp, but more noise.

> All in all I had a lot of fun with the WS 19. It was to ham radio what my
> Commodore 64 was to getting PC literate! Hi  Hi!
>
> Long live the WS 19, Mark II !!!!
>
> 73,
>
> Meyer

Disagree. The Canadian Mk. IIIs are much better, IMO.

-John

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