[Boatanchors] A Radio Transmitter I would like to put in myLivingRoom

[Carl]

You mean the one in the 54 HB and earlier in QST. I know where the 
original is and have been trying to buy it for a few years. Minus the PS 
and modulator deck but thats not an issue.

Carl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James M. Walker" <chejmw at buffalo.edu>
To: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A Radio Transmitter I would like to put in 
myLivingRoom


> Ah,
> Because the front panel layout, looks surprisingly similar to
> the 813 modulated by 2X811As sitting in my parents attic.
> Built in 1961. Still (I hope) working/workable assuming I get
> back there to retrieve it. Thank you for asking!
> Jim
> WB2FCN
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> To: "James M. Walker" <chejmw at buffalo.edu>; 
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A Radio Transmitter I would like to put in 
> myLivingRoom
>
>
>> Since the ad clearly states it is an 812 modulated by 809's why would 
>> anyone want to suggest otherwise?
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "James M. Walker" <chejmw at buffalo.edu>
>> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A Radio Transmitter I would like to put in 
>> myLivingRoom
>>
>>
>>> That HB unit package, was a group of articles from the Amateur
>>> Radio Handbook, from the late 50s early 60s. It consisted of the
>>> Single 813 transmitter, which also had a built-in VFO, this one
>>> doesn't. Also the pair of 811A modulators for a 300 watt modulator.
>>> Even the high voltage power supply looks like the articles in the
>>> Handbook. If I had to hazard a guess, the unit in the top of the 
>>> rack
>>> is most likely the 150 watt (AM) antenna tuner also from that era
>>> Handbook. Next "Best Guess" for the PA would be the single
>>> 4-400A rig with no VFO, thus the external EICO VFO in the
>>> photos.
>>>
>>> Last observation, the unit is rack mounted, however the wooden frame
>>> indicates that it most likely was "mounted" in a closet, with braces 
>>> to
>>> hold it vertical in the closet door-way, and maybe casters for 
>>> swing-out
>>> servicing. FWIW, es YMMV.
>>> Jim
>>> WB2FCN
>>> "I would imagine most likely it is a single 4-400A rig"
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: <jcoward5452 at aol.com>
>>> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:24 PM
>>> Subject: [Boatanchors] A Radio Transmitter I would like to put in my 
>>> LivingRoom
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't "Normally" (read: empatically) think of a transmitter as 
>>>>"sexy" but this one definitaly got my internal biorythems going
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Ham-Radio-Homebrew-Tube-Transmitter-Vintage-AM_W0QQitemZ290257047077QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4675QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>>>>
>>>>  Jay KE6PPF
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