[Clegg] Hello Clegg owners.

[Peter A Markavage]

Thanks for the update on the tube. Since my Apollo has already been
converted and I have an ample supply of 4X150's and 250's, I don't think
I'll ever be converting it back to it's original tube lineup. Don't know
anyone that admits to owning a 62T10. I'll be at Dayton this year at my
two spaces on the corner, 1960 and 1961. Haven't grown tried of the Li'L
Lulu setup. This year I may use the transmitter to drive the Johnson 6N2
Thunderbolt for some "wall-to-wall" 6 meter AM although the Clegg Zeus
transmitter does a fine job. In the back of my mind over the years, I
envisioned building, in a similar LMB type enclosure that the Lulu's
used, some type of matching amplifier with outboard power supply. One of
those visionary projects that never seems to get off the ground.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:30:48 -0800 "Baker, Fred" <BakerF at wsdot.wa.gov>
writes:
> Pete,
> The tube is an exact drop in (though more heavy duty) replacement 
> for
> the 6DQ5. As I have 2 working Apollo's in pristine condition, I have 
> not
> played with the converted one or my "rough" 4th Apollo. Do you know 
> of
> anyone with a working 62T10? I would love to get mine working this
> summer. Are you going to Dayton this year? Have you decided to sell 
> me
> your Lil Lulu receiver yet? You must be tired of it by now (just 
> kidding
> but I still would like to find one to go with my transmitter).
> 
> 73's Fred W7SIX 
> 
> 
>  
> 
>  Fred Baker
> 
> Electronic Design Engineer
> 
> ITS Communications & Wireless Technology
> 
> 360-705-6926
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter A Markavage [mailto:manualman at juno.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:53 PM
> To: Baker, Fred
> Cc: ka1kaq at gmail.com; clegg at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Clegg] Hello Clegg owners.
> 
> Fred:
> As I indicated in the previous e-mail, and I think we either talked
> about this (was it Dayton(?), on the phone(?) years ago), I don't 
> have
> any info on the Apollo conversion. It might have originated from 
> someone
> who was a member of the Pack Rats VHF club and might have even been
> published in one of their newsletters  but I don't really know. The
> conversion probably is not rocket science but I haven't had any time 
> or
> ambition to reverse engineer and document the change. The 8236's 
> were
> nothing more then sweep tubes. Conversion to 6JE6's, or something
> similar (something that uses the same tube socket), probably 
> wouldn't be
> that hard to do. 
> Heck, you would probably drop in a pair of octal sockets and use 
> 6146's
> at reduced PEP.
> 
> Pete, wa2cwa
> 
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:26:57 -0800 "Baker, Fred" 
> <BakerF at wsdot.wa.gov>
> writes:
> > KA1KAQ Todd,
> > I also have a prototype Comet that I would love to complete. I 
> have 
> > several 22er Mark 2's so I can get some of the mechanical parts but 
> I 
> > don't have a manual. I also have a 62T10 that someone converted to 
> a 2
> 
> > meter amplifier and though I have the manual, I would love to get 
> 
> > pictures of the "guts" (especially the final circuits) to help in 
> my 
> > restoration.
> > 
> > WA2CWA Pete,
> > Do you have any documentation on the Apollo with the 4X150's? One 
> of 
> > my 5 Apollo's was converted and I could not find anything on it 
> though
> 
> > I was told there was a published article on the conversion. I have 
> 
> > also found a source for some 8236 tubes while I was in Orlando 
> this 
> > year. Vacuum Tubes Inc in Orlando
> > (http://www.vacuumtubesinc.com/) has some for a reasonable price 
> > (about $50 per tube) and though they are not NOS they looked good 
> on 
> > the tester. The owner; Jim Cross; believes that they came from a 
> > military acceptance test lot so probably very low hours. It is a 
> good 
> > thing Ed didn't go with the design of the prototype Apollo I have. 
> It 
> > used 3 of these hard to find tubes.
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  Fred Baker W7SIX
> > 
> > Electronic Design Engineer
> > 
> > ITS Communications & Wireless Technology
> > 
> > 360-705-6926
> 
>