[Boatanchors] Seeking Transmitter Design Suggestions

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

I also have a complete Drake 2-Line setup and
recap kits to overhaul them.  WRL, Globe, Eico,
and Viking Mobile VFOs to use with the Drakes
(2-NT, 2-C, and 2-CQ).

Have several EIco CMTs and the modulator plus
several HRO-60.  What a garage full plus a storage
building

Mac
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From: wa9wfa <whitebear1122 at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 21:14
To: D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Seeking Transmitter Design Suggestions

Thanks Mac for the advice on the 6AG7 + parallel 807’s.  I will start taking a look that the 50’s designs with the 807’s also.  So far I’ve been looking in the mid 60’s Handbooks where they favor 6146’s.  I have 7 or 8 of them in the tube box, 1 807 I think :).

Ohhhh the WRL 755 VFO, what a beauty!  I owned one many years ago that was paired up with a Drake 2NT, what a fabulous combo!  Sold that too.

73, Scott WA9WFA


On Nov 15, 2021, at 11:02 AM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com<mailto:k2gkk at hotmail.com>> wrote:

Look for an ARRL Handbook from the mid to late 1950s.
I built one around 1956 or so from there using a 6AG7
Pierce crystal oscillator and a pair of 807s for final amplifier.
I drove it with a very stable WRL 755 VFO.
I sold it (and a matching plate modulator using 1625s) at a
swapmeet in Brownfield, TX in 1966.
73 - Mac, K2GKK/5