[Elecraft] BC-342 and 6L6

[Wes (N7WS)]

Some time ago I wrote a little paper about my earlier radio history to show some 
friends and family. Although I stated earlier that my first transmitter was a 
6L6, that was very brief and I acquired a commercial transmitter that used the 
6L6 to drive an 807.

Link to story: http://k6mhe.com/n7ws/The_342.pdf

Wes  N7WS

On 3/10/2015 4:09 PM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote:
> Somewhere around 1956 I acquired a BC342 without a AC power supply because the Dyno made way to much noise.  Then came the 6AG7 and 6L6 right out of the handbook with the basket weave coils,  double cotton covered of course.  Lots of fun in those days.  Got my CW skills up also.  But, then I got a couple of fingers singed touching that old 6L6 metal tube, ouch.  Fun none the less, which makes me love the KX3 all the more........
> Mel, K6KBE
>
>   
>
>       From: Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com>
>   To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>   Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 12:30 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Elecraft] BC-342 and 6L6
>     
> My very first transmitter in 1953 was xtal (of
> course) with a 6L6 driven by a 6AG7.  In the 60s I
> was given a BC-342. Man did it drift! I never
> could sort that out, though it was never vital to
> my station so I never worked too hard at it.
>
> 73, Phil W7OX
>
> On 3/10/15 8:48 AM, w7hd at msn.com wrote:
>> The comment about the BC342 brought back
>> memories of my actual setup in 1968 right after
>> I got my first license.  I built the 6L6
>> transmitter myself, so can definitely relate.
>> Now I have the KX3, and am seriously considering
>> the amp for it to use in the fifth-wheel.  This
>> would make it more like the K3, of course.  But
>> I have been having so much fun running QRP that
>> I've decided to hold off on the amp.
>>
>> Do I use a laptop computer with my KX3 - you
>> bet!  That way I get all the benefits of the
>> panadaptor, FLdigi, FLamp, etc.  And a laptop
>> has the added benefit of a battery (my Dell
>> convertible using Win 8.1 gets 6-8 hours on a
>> charge).  Talk about portability - this is it!
>> I used to have a Flex-1500, but the
>> unreliability of the software drove me to sell
>> it.  Unfortunately I sold the 100-watt linear I
>> had with it.
>>
>> Wes lives just a few miles south of me (I am in
>> Picture Rocks about a mile west of Panther Peak).
>>
>> Ron W7HD