[ARC5] 75 Mtr to "Q-5er" Converter.

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

The Super 6 output, as was most converters of the day, 
was somewhere at the high end of the broadcast band, 
probably around 1400-1600 kcs. They had to have a bit 
of a range of frequencies to avoid any local high power 
stations. 
 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk at hotmail.com * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) * 
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> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:03:43 -0800
> From: radiocompass at yahoo.com
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; boatanchors at theporch.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net; arc5 at ix.netcom.com; k2gkk at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] 75 Mtr to "Q-5er" Converter.
> 
> I stand corrected; my memory was faulty re the model numbers.  This was definitely a converter; probably a Super 6 now that I think about it.
> 
> 73
> 
> Mike
> W4DSE
> 
> --- On Wed, 12/26/12, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [ARC5] 75 Mtr to "Q-5er" Converter.
> To: radiocompass at yahoo.com, "boatanchors at mailman.qth.net" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>, "boatanchors at theporch" <boatanchors at theporch.com>, "ARC-5 Mail List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, "arc5 at ix.netcom.com" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> Date: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 11:30 AM
> 
> The Gonset G-66 and G-66B were complete receivers, NOT
> converters. They covered standard broadcast and 160 meter 
> through 10 meter standard amateur bands.  Selectivity was 
> specified as 4 kHz (kcs) at 6 dB down, quite adequate for 
> mobile AM usage.  Double conversion using 2050 kc and 
> 265 kc IFs. 
>  
> Above info taken from original Gonset owner manual. 
> 
> I guess the second IF could be taken off to a Q5er for 
> better CW selectivity, but I found it adequate for AM 
> mobile use.  I used mine to take 6th place in 1962 ARRL 
> Field Day in Class C (mobile). 
>  
> I used a Morrow 5BR-1 80-10 converter into a 1.5-3.0 MHz
> "command" receiver for a home station receiver between 
> 1955 and 1958 or so. 
>  
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> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
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> > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:00:36 -0800
> > From: radiocompass at yahoo.com
> > To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; boatanchors at theporch.com; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; arc5 at mailman.qth.net; arc5 at ix.netcom.com
> > Subject: Re: [ARC5] 75 Mtr to "Q-5er" Converter.
> > 
> > One of my friends used a Gonset G-66 (?) mobile converter from the 50s in front of a Q5er. It worked very well indeed.
> > 
> > 73
> > 
> > Mike
> > W4DSE