[ARC5] Wow!

Sat Dec 3 14:19:42 EST 2011

Re:  260902700736

Well, Ken you have to make allowances and consider the fact that he is only 
charging $170 for shipping....

And the set has all those obvious neat mods, too, that make it so much more 
desirable, including the removal of that ugly nameplate.

But I'll admit that it should not go for over $1000.

Wayne (owner of five BC-348's and a BC-224)
WB5WSV
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>   4. Re: Update on the Heath HT-4 aircraft transmitter (David Stinson)
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> Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:37:47 -0800
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
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> Holy cats!!!!! What an idiot.
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> Ken W7EKB
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> Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:57:35 -0600
> From: Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net>
> Subject: [ARC5] Update on the Heath HT-4 aircraft transmitter
> To: ARC-5 QTH <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, Old Tube Radios
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> It's been a week since Dave AB5S kick-started my interest in getting
> this little transmitter on the air, so I thought an update might be of
> interest.
>
> Like Daves, my "high power" version basically worked right off, although
> one RF choke has been replaced at some point.   The only issue I had was
> with the T/R relay, which refused to do anything but buzz with AC, and
> which is wired into the complex 6/12 volt selector switch, making it
> difficult to power separately.  But an easy fix was simply to use on old
> 5 volt regulated power supply cranked up to max, along with an as-found
> hamfest special B+ supply.
>
> I lashed the whole works up on a piece of plywood and cabled up a little
> Pierson KE-93 mobile receiver to see what I could do on the air.   With
> 300 volts to the 6V6, I was seeing a solid 6 watts on a Bird, and good
> modulation - in fact it's pretty easy to overmodulate with the carbon
> mic shown.
>
> Todays test on the Midwest Classic Radio Net produced S9 signal reports
> from stations 200 miles away using a ladder-line fed dipole at 60 ft!
> I'm very pleased with how the HT-4 works and would encourage others to
> take a look at some of the old mobile rigs if you're intrigued with what
> can be done with QRP AM.    By the way, I've repackaged some of the
> cheap crystals from N4ESS into old FT-243 holders, so I'm good to go on
> both 3880 and 3885 (the little crystals work fine in this oscillator
> circuit).  Or, if you can't find an old aircraft radio to play with,
> don't overlook the marine band AM radios that turn up often and are
> easily converted to ham band use.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 13:14:55 -0500
> From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Update on the Heath HT-4 aircraft transmitter
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> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net> 
> wrote:
>> It's been a week since Dave AB5S kick-started my interest in getting
>> this little transmitter on the air, so I thought an update might be of
>> interest.
>
> An excellent example of getting a piece of interesting gear on the air
> and useable, Bob.
>
> Wish we lived within ground wave, I'd love to hear it on the air.
> Maybe someone can make a recording for you to post a link to?
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:23:13 -0600
> From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Update on the Heath HT-4 aircraft transmitter
> To: "Old Tube Radios" <boatanchors at theporch.com>, "ARC-5 QTH"
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> Outstanding, Bob!
> Nothing like the feeling of being an old-radio "resurrectionist."
>
> 73 Dave AB5S
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> Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:57:18 -0600
> From: Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Update on the Heath HT-4 aircraft transmitter
> To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> Cc: Old Tube Radios <boatanchors at theporch.com>, ARC-5 QTH
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> On 12/3/2011 12:14 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
>> Maybe someone can make a recording for you to post a link to?
> Yeah, Todd - that would be a good job for someone with one of those
> newfangled gadgets (aka Flex Radio) hi!
>
> I forgot to paste in the link to pics, I've added a couple new ones
> showing the HT-4 in fighting trim:
>
> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v652/ranickel/Heath%20HT-4/
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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