[ARC5] T22 transmitter

[Mkdorney]

The BC-375 would also work with the BC-348, and it may be a little easier to find all the parts needed. 

73
Mark D. 
WW2RDO

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>> On Feb 8, 2020, at 2:06 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 8 Feb 2020 at 18:47, J Mcvey via ARC5 wrote:
>> 
>> I have a working SCR274 setup. The transmitters are much more useful than the 
>> receivers on the Ham bands, IMO.
> 
> Well, yes. Even so, I enjoy using the receivers on the ham bands.
> 
>> The BC348 is rather broad also,and the dial 
>> band spread has much to be desired, but at least has the xtal filter,
> 
> Again, yes. However, my first really good receiver was a BC-348 in about 1958 or so. For 
> CW work, I found it totally usable. I really enjoyed it, and if I didn't have so many projects in 
> the queue, I'd want to get one and use it now.
> 
>> I do enjoy the "experience" of operating these radios. The whirring of dynamotors, 
>> the clacking of relays, etc. The novelty of it is entertaining.
> 
> Ha ha! The dynamotors are my favorite sound: kinda like a jet engine spooling up and that 
> delighful whine... The DY-88 is one of my favorites in that regard.
> 
>> My transmitters will push 50 watts in CW mode. The AM carrier is about half of 
>> that, but I can talk up and down the east coast with good reports ( when I can find 
>> an AM guy who doesn't talk for 30 minutes at a clip).
> 
> Yes. I never enjoyed that kind of QSOing
> 
>> There aren't that many on AM and I haven't had the opportunity to have a 
>> midwest or beyond QSO yet, so I look forward to having one with this rig.
> 
> Well, I used to use a Globe King 500 to QSO the SSB folks for some time. I would use the 
> GK's VFO, with the BFO in the receiver turned off, to zero beat the SSB signal, then used a 
> foot-switch to operate the GK. Very few (like, one) people would even know I was on AM.
> 
> Of course, after I would zero the transmitter, I would turn the BFO back on.
> 
> The one fellow who figured out I was on AM rather than SSB, said to me, during a voice 
> traffic net I was on, "Gee, Ken, you have a lot of carrier in there." I replied, "Boy! I BETTER 
> have!" He hesitated a second or two, and then said, "You mean you're on AM?!?!?!" I 
> laughed and said, "Yup!". :-)
> 
> In any case, in any emergency, or even just for fun, using the above method to 
> communicate with SSB folks is a worthwhile system to learn and use.
> 
> Ken W7EKB
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