[Clegg] Venus, if you will

[Carl]

Punishing my memory Id say that the original drift never stopped Bob. I 
remember one station in our nightly gabfests that would still be drifting 
2-3 hours later. After that I moved to the Chicago area and was off of 6 for 
several years.

There was quite a bit of AM from Eu this season, dont know if it got West.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <ranickel at comcast.net>
To: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
Cc: <clegg at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Clegg] Venus, if you will


> Carl wrote:
>> The one thing I remember about the Venus in the 60's was the drift.
>>
> I did a test, and from a cold start the drift was 900 hz after 1 hour,
> which isn't ideal but something I can live with on a rig of this type.
> The VFO seems to be well designed and built using a 6DJ8 mounted on the
> outside of the box, and of course the silky-smooth Eddystone dial makes
> it nice to use.  Maybe Clegg did end up making some improvements....
>> I use a Zeus and Interceptor B on AM and the receiver is HOT as Todd has
>> mentioned.
> That's good to hear Carl, as that'll be coming up next in my restoration
> queue.  I agree with comments about the Interceptor B, although I
> haven't used it a couple of years.  I remember having fun with it on HF
> using the All Bander converter.   I've never had my Zeus on the air, and
> I need to go over the power supply and modulator first.  The
> interconnecting cable was missing and I made one up when I first got it
> years ago, but I think I'll revisit that too before I give it the juice.
>
> These are the "gold dust twins" of VHF in my book, so it will be fun to
> get them on the air once the sun starts to cooperate a bit more.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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