[Boatanchors] Central Electronics model 458 VFO

[Michael Tauson]

The Central Electronics (later known as Centronics)
VFO was used with their model 200 (and model 100?) SSB
transmitter.  The rig had a built in crystal
oscillator and all the sideband generating electronics
then the signal was mixed with the VFO to produce the
final output.  

They also published the conversion information for the
VFO (I have it here somewhere, "somewhere" being the
key word) for those who wanted to do it themselves. 
I've often questioned the term "VFO" though for
something that produced that much signal.

This was one of the early efforts at commercial SSB
for hams and was rather successful.

Best regards,

Michael, K3MXO

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