[Boatanchors] Need help identifying a boatanchor

[WF2U]

Hi all,

A bit of correction is in order here: The GO-9 has no modulator at all, it's
a CW only transmitter. It is the airborne version of the Navy TBW, which has
a modulator.  The GO-9 has 3 compartments, the left one is the VLF
transmitter, the center is the power supply and the right side is the HF
transmitter. The TBW modulator is in the power supply compartment, which is
the left compartment as there is no VLF RF section. The power output is
rated at 100 W maximum.
The power supply in the GO-9 is unusable with a 60 Hz power source.
Originally it was powered by a 115 VAC/800 Hz motor-generator. The 800 Hz
power transformer would fry with 60 Hz input.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

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> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 2:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Need help identifying a boatanchor
>
>
> Chris,
>
> What you describe sounds very much like a Navy GO-9 transmitter.
> The  exciter
> and RF section were on the right as viewed from the front. Output
> tube  was
> an 803 as I recall, about 150W input. Middle section was the
> modulator and
> left section was the power supply. The modulator was a pair of 811's.
>
> In the late 50's I had a friend who had a GO-9 and a Collins
> 75A1. He was
> kind enough to let me get in lots of operating time at his
> station when I first
> got my General. I got to know the GO-9 very well. It had one of the most
> elaborate antenna matching networks I've ever seen, and would
> load anything from
> a paper clip to a flagpole. The VFO was rock stable and the audio was
> excellent.
>
> If that's what you have inherited, you are a lucky man. I've
> looked for one
> for years without success. Well actually I found a couple, but
> couldn't afford
>  them. :-)
>
> Doug Moore KB9TMY
>
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