[Boatanchors] new on list with old gear

[Ron VE8RT]

Thanks Bob,

    signed up for that list too.  I'll need to take a break soon,
yesterday while moving some Ohmite resistor kits into my shop I lost my
grip on one of them and six drawers slid out onto the floor.  Before
calling it night last night I'd only sorted half of the resistors out,
it takes patience and a multimeter with a quick response time speeds
sorting out.  The kits came with the two restoration projects.

   Ron

On Wed, 5 Sep 2018 20:27:52 -0500
Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 9/5/2018 8:04 PM, Ron VE8RT wrote:
> >    I've built a R2Pro receiver and have
> > some familiarity with phasing SSB generation and direct conversion
> > receivers, which makes the 20A that much more interesting as its like a
> > grandfather to what I've been working with.
> 
> That is exactly right, Ron, this gear was years ahead of its time, 
> technically.   They achieved pretty good results with the technology 
> that was available at the time, but of course now we can do similar 
> things much easier and with greater precision and performance.   If 
> you've built an R2PRO you're an ideal candidate to have 20A on the air 
> as well.    While there's not a lot of traffic, the CE list is where 
> you'll find the people who are most knowledgable about this gear:
> 
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/central-electronics
> 
> And there's a dedicated website just for CE history and information:  
> http://www.ce-multiphase.com/
> 
> If you end up needing parts, these are the places to look or ask.
> 
> Some of those who have been getting together for the past six years at 
> the former home of Wes Schum, W9DYV (SK), the founder of Central 
> Electronics W9DYV,  had the chance to meet him while he was still with 
> us, one of the last remaining true pioneers from the boatanchor era of 
> ham radio.   Wes and his ingenious engineer Joe Batchelor were building 
> phasing type transmitters and broadband no-tune amplifiers in the 1950s 
> and it really wasn't until the evolution of the SDR that the industry 
> caught up.
> 
> I'm a little south of you, but the advent of cooler weather marks what 
> we call "the return of radio weather" ;-)
> 
> 73, Bob W9RAN
> 
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Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>