[Clegg] Hello Clegg owners.

[Peter A Markavage]

When Ed and I talked, the Comet was never brought up in conversation from
what I remember. Documentation was not one of Clegg Labs strong points.
The original Zeus and Interceptor manuals were done on a mimeograph type
machine using blue ink on acetate paper. Ed sent me whatever
documentation he still had kicking around years ago but there was no
Comet info. Warren is dabbling down on 500 KHz. Saw an Apollo at Dayton
last year but the seller was very "proud" of it. I think he wanted $600
or $800 for it. This seller was actually several spaces up from a guy
selling a Squires Sanders SS-1R and SS-1V. Another proud seller.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:19:26 -0500 "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
writes:
> I'd never seen one either, Pete. Only heard stories that it was the 
> 2
> meter equivalent of the Venus. Ed said it was indeed meant to be, 
> but
> a lower cost version based on the 22er MKII design. Sideband wasn't
> switchable either. Ed originally thought that only one or two
> completed units survived in the hands of his friends, turns out the
> remaining unfinished examples were sold at some kind of factory 
> yard
> sale. Saw one sell on ebay a couple years back for $500. Mine came
> from Warren, K2ORS. Think he picked it up at the sale, maybe snagged 
> a
> few useful parts off it, and gave it to me years later when he 
> found
> out I was interested in Clegg gear. Warren used to be a member of 
> this
> list too. Maybe he's still lurking?
> 
> So my hope is to use some MKII parts units to at least build it up 
> to
> look complete, even if it doesn't work. The only differences
> externally are the addition of a second edgeview meter, some 
> controls
> and labeling, and the Comet name. So it shouldn't be too difficult 
> to
> at least make it look good. It would be cool to find some original
> design documentation to finish building it, but that's asking a 
> lot.
> 
> Joe 'PJP has gotten into the Clegg stuff too in recent years, 
> finding
> a 'new' set of the Zeus and Interceptor still in the boxes that
> someone bought but never used. It all needed rebuilding, so it's 
> been
> keeping him busy. If you come across a clean, unmodified Apollo 
> amp,
> he's looking for one.
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4