[ARC5] Inspired Hack Job

[Geoff]

I simply do not believe that homebrew and surplus made up a large percentage 
of what was used 1950-60. Maybe before that when very little was in the 
supply chain yet.
My hundreds of QSL cards, which I went thru again last night, say it was 
mostly commercial along with several ART-13's, BC-610 and the 
BC-312/342/348. Homebrew and surplus was VERY popular from overseas, even 
receivers.

Conveniently missing in the comments is that the used market was huge and 
second hand gear went very cheap at times as the AM/CW only gear was 
flooding the market. I paid $150 for a Viking I and 122 VFO in 57 and it was 
a huge improvement over the $190 plus shipping DX-100 I had for a few 
months.The PP 250TH KW amp was built from AFMARS BC-610's and other pieces 
plus Radio Row for very little cash.

Besides the Heaths there was Knight, Johnson Adventurer, Harvey Wells, HT-17 
from Hallicrafters, Several Globe Scouts & Chiefs, and others that were 
economical and popular.  Many also were 100% mobile since they couldnt 
install antennas where they lived and the offerings were many from single 
banders to rather elaborate 160-10M. Surplus dynamotors were very popular; I 
ran one with a TBS-50D.

Carl

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I'd say this explains why we used so much homebrew or surplus stuff. Even 
the people with the low end Heathkits were considered lucky

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Glen Zook
To: Bob Macklin ; Geoff ; Arc5 at mailman.qth.net ; hwhall at compuserve.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Inspired Hack Job


Considering the price of many AM/CW transmitters at the time, not that much 
difference!


There were a fair number of commercial SSB transmitters or transmitting 
adapters out in the 1950s:


B&W SSB adapter 1957  $265.00
Central Electronics 10A transmitter 1953  $129.50
Central Electronics 10B transmitter 1954  $129.50
Central Electronics 20A transmitter 1954  $199.50
Central Electronics 100V transmitter 1957  $795.00
Collins 32S-1 transmitter 1957  $590.00
Collins KWM-1 transceiver 1957  $770.00
Cosmophone 35 transceiver 1958
Eldico SSB transmitter 1950  $69.95
Eldico SSB-50 transmitter 1953  $199.95
Eldico SSB-50 (updated) transmitter 1954  $429.95
Eldico SSB-100 transmitter 1955  $699.95
Eldico SSB-100A transmitter 1956  $745.00
Eldico SSB-100F transmitter 1957  $795.95
Eldico SSB-100M mobile transmitter 1958  $400.00
Elenco X-4 transmitter 1954  $69.50
Elenco SS-75 transmitter 1954  $245.00
Elenco Model 77 transmitter 1955  $595.00
Globe (WRL) DSB-100 (DSB) transmitter 1958  $119.95
Hallicrafters HT-30 transmitter 1954  $349.95
Hallicrafters HT-32 transmitter 1957  $675.00
Heath SB-10 adapter 1959  $89.95
Johnson Pacemaker transmitter 1956  $495.00
Lakeshore Phasemaster JR transmitter 1954  $146.50
Lakeshore Phasemaster II transmitter 1956  $279.50
Lakeshore Phasemaster II-A transmitter 1957  $329.50
Lakeshore Phasemaster II-B transmitter 1958  $459.00


For AM/CW transmitters examples:


B&W 5100 1953  $442.50
B&W 5100B  1956  $525.00
Collins 32V-2 1950  $575.00
Collins 32V-3 1951  $775.00
Globe King 400B 1951  $495.00
Globe King 400C 1953  $515.00
Globe King 500 1954  $675.00
Hallicrafters HT-20 1953  $475.00
Heath DX-100 1955  $189.50
Heath DX-100B  1958  $189.50
Johnson Viking I 1950  $209.50
Johnson Viking II 1953  $337.00
Johnson Valiant 1956  $439.50
Johnson Viking 500  $950.00
Johnson Ranger 1954  $293.00


As can be seen, many of the popular AM/CW transmitters were in the same 
price range.

Glen, K9STH


Website: http://k9sth.com

From: Bob Macklin <macklinbob at msn.com>
To: Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com>; Geoff <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com>; 
Arc5 at mailman.qth.net; hwhall at compuserve.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Inspired Hack Job



But how many were within the typical budget of a typical ham of that period?





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