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

[Geoff]

I had the Super 6 and a TBS-50D on the hump in my 49 Ford in the late 50's. 
It was setup for a quick removal to accomodate female company....


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C _Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: "Mike Everette" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; 
"ARC-5 Mail List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] 75 Mtr to "Q-5er" Converter.


>
> 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.
>
> * * * * * * * * * * *
> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
> * k2gkk at hotmail.com *
> * Oklahoma City, OK *
> * USAF & FAA (Ret.) *
> * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>> * * * * * * * * * * *
>> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
>> * * * * * * * * * * *
>>
>>
>> > 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
>
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