[Boatanchors] vintage mobile radio and antenna

[mac]

Definitely dooable.  On the receive side get yourself one of the old  
Gonset converters (which others have described) and steal B+ for it  
from the original 6V BC radio in the vehicle.  On the transmit side  
find one of the old PE-103 dynamotors which ran off either 6 or 12vdc  
input and which were also designed to work in vehicular systems with  
either pos. or neg. primary ground systems and start from there.  The  
PE-103  puts out about 500 volts, fine for the various Elmac, Morrow,  
Harvey Wells and other mobile xmtrs of the era. On the antenna side,  
the old Master Mobile components show up on eBay and elsewhere from  
time to time.    You'll have  to get creative technically in a few  
places before you finish a project like this but then guys "back then"  
had to do that too (like rolling your own antenna loading coils for  
ex.)...   :^)

Good luck!

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Apr 13, 2013, at 12:14 PM, Jack Dunigan wrote:

> I have a restored 1949 Ford F-1 pickup with the original electrical  
> system which is 6 bold positive ground. I am considering adding a  
> vintage radio. I could conver the electrical to 12 negative ground  
> but it would not be simple nor would it be cheap. Is a vintage ham  
> radio a pipe dream? What are your recommendations, suggestions, or  
> warnings? Plus what type of antenna should Iook for? Thanks for your  
> help.
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