[Boatanchors] A Multi Elmac question

[rkerr]

There are some fairly straightforward mods for the AF-67 on the web that 
will help, and if you're the homebrew type, you can turn it into a 
decent CW rig fairly easily, but these were really designed for mobile 
AM operation.  As I recall, the original configuration uses cathode 
keying on the PA for CW, so you'll have a lot of voltage on the key and 
it will probably click if you don't filter it..  Also, there is some VFO 
leakage that will be annoying for break-in, but I believe some of the 
mods help this too.

Bob
WB4TGG


Philip Atchley wrote:

>Hi all,
>I "may" have a line on a Multi Elmac "Trans-Citer" to use on the air (though
>I'll probably have to do some work on it first and modify a Heathkit HP-23
>power supply to use with it).  I think the man said it's a model AF-67.
>
>Doing some web research on this item I see that it's a 160-10M AM/CW
>transmitter, sometimes called the "Poor Man's Ranger".
>
>Question:  My main expected mode of operation will be CW (with the
>Hallicrafters SX-71 receiver), not AM.  Do these Elmacs put out a fairly clean
>sounding CW signal or should I just forget it?
>
>73 de Phil KO6BB
>REAL Radios "Glow In The Dark".
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>                 15M Inverted Vee, Hustler 6BTV Vertical.
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