[Clegg] Venus, if you will

[manualman]

I have no documented mods for the Venus from Clegg that were issued.
That's not to say they didn't do a tweak or two along the way during
production. Also, there were several dedicated monthly VHF publications
that were around during the time of the Venus and there might have been
some mods in them. Also, there were several large VHF/UHF clubs around
that issued monthly newsletters and occasionally mods for equipment would
appear in them. K2OWR is still searching around for some documents he
wrote on the Apollo conversion to a pair of 4X-250's. Besides some
component changes to the Apollo, a new higher voltage plate supply was
also used.
 
I also have both the Interceptor and Interceptor B receivers. Both great
receivers. I have both the tube ALL Bander and the solid-state version
Clegg did in the 70's.
 
Pete, wa2cwa
 
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:48:50 -0500 Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net>
writes:
> 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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