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[Collins] Re: Need information on HB KWM-1 (update)
[Collins] Re: Need information on HB KWM-1 (update)
James True N5ARW
[email protected]
Thu, 03 Jul 2003 09:14:24 -0500
Thanks=20to=20all=20those=20who=20responded=20to=20my=20question=20so=20fa=
r:=20Dr.=20Johnson,=20Kees=20Talen,=20Lorne=20Barber=20&=20Gary=20Harmon.
Here=20is=20what=20I=20have=20learned=20so=20far.=20=20The=20rig=20was=20b=
uilt=20from=20an=20article=20in=20GE=20Ham=20News=20"The=20LWM-3=97Mobile=20=
SSB=20Transceiver".=20=20Part=20I=20appeared=20in=20the=20Nov-Dec=201961=20=
(#16-6)=20and=20part=20II=20in=20Jan-Feb=201962=20(#17-1).=20=20Gary=20is=20=
sending=20me=20photocopies=20of=20these=20articles.=20=20It=20uses=20a=201=
2BY7=20for=20the=20final=20so=20it=20is=20kind=20of=20a=20QRP=20rig.=20=20=
There=20was=20a=20later=20article=20(issue=20unknown)=20that=20described=20=
an=20external=20amplifier=20to=20boost=20the=20power.=20=20
I=20would=20still=20like=20to=20get=20originals=20of=20these=20issues=20if=
=20anyone=20has=20duplicates.=20=20Actually,=20I=20need=20most=20issues=20=
from=201961=20(16-1)=20and=20later,=20=20and=20I=20have=20duplicates=20of=20=
earlier=20issues=20to=20trade.=20=20I=20will=20post=20the=20articles=20on=20=
the=20web=20site=20for=20those=20who=20are=20interested.
I=20would=20also=20like=20to=20hear=20from=20anyone=20who=20built=20or=20u=
sed=20one=20of=20these=20rigs.=20=20If=20you=20want=20to=20send=20photos=20=
and=20or=20stories=20or=20links=20to=20your=20web=20site,=20I=20will=20add=
=20them=20to=20the=20LWM-3=20page.
Thanks=20to=20everyone=20&=2073
James=20N5ARW
On=20Wed,=2002=20Jul=202003=2020:52:58=20-0500,=20James=20True=20N5ARW=20w=
rote:
>This=20is=20not=20strictly=20Collins=20but=20it=20may=20be=20related.=20=20=
I=20found=20a=20really=20great=20home=20brew=20rig=20at=20Dallas=20HamCom.=
=20=20Someone=20saw=20it=20and=20told=20me=20they=20thought=20it=20was=20a=
=20KWM-1=20clone=20built=20from=20an=20article=20in=20GE=20Ham=20News=20bu=
t=20I=20can't=20find=20it=20in=20any=20of=20the=20copies=20I=20have.=20=20=
No=20luck=20in=20RCA=20Ham=20Tips=20either.=20=20It=20does=20have=20a=20Co=
llins=20mechanical=20filter.=20=20If=20anyone=20has=20any=20information=20=
on=20this=20rig,=20I=20would=20really=20like=20to=20know=20more.=20=20Plea=
se=20take=20a=20look=20at=20the=20photos=20and=20see=20if=20you=20recogniz=
e=20it.=20=20
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>http://www.boatanchor.com/hb_kwm1/index.html
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>Thanks=20&=2073
>James=20N5ARW
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