[Boatanchors] Winter 2019 Classic Exchange CW

[howard holden]

Hi Ron,


Using the manual date is just fine. No one would argue that with you. 
Also CX is more of an operating event than a contest, at least to me. 
The idea is more to get the good stuff on the air than who "wins". I 
have an industrial RF generator which was tuned for the ISM standard 
frequency of 13.56 Mhz, possibly used for cleaning or RF heating or 
sputtering. It uses a 6AG7 oscillator, 2E26 buffer multiplier, and a 
4-65A final, and was apparently made by Henry Co. No model number, no 
date, but between the tube lineup, the general type of components used, 
and the overall construction I've dated it arbitrarily at 1960. No big 
lawsuits, no complaints, etc., go with what you have. More important to 
get it on the air.


73, Howie WB2AWQ

On 1/6/2019 7:07 AM, Ron VE8RT wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>    I won't make it for this activity as I haven't ordered XTALs yet for
> my repaired Globe Chief 90A, but for future events I have a question on
> dating the age of the radio.  As I have no idea of the actual age of
> the rig for the CX multiplier, it was a commercial transmitter and not
> based on a magazine article, would it be acceptable to use the date of
> publication of the manual to determine it's age?  Being new here maybe
> someone has asked this before.
>
>     Ron VE8RT
>
>