[Hallicrafters] Re: [Boatanchors] simple transmitter using the1625 tube

[Roger (K8RI)]

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>> That was IIRC just about the time CB was getting under way and I 
>> don't think "home brewing" was very common <:-))
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> Au contraire. Many first pass CBers were upset and protesting hams and 
> it took the FCC and ARRL together to get some of the 100W 
In 59 or there abouts we moved the Midland Airport from basically what 
is now the center of Midland to *way* out in the sticks to the NW.  This 
was really rural being either farm land or swamp. There were few CBers 
in the area and home building was pretty much hams only. That airport is 
now surrounded by subdivisions and a mall.  Just pick out Midland on 
Google Earth.  I brought it up to look at the airport and my plane was 
setting on the ramp in front of the hangar with the white 4-Runner on 
the taxiway.  However the next time I brought it up I see the 4-Runner 
almost to the hangar and no plane out front. At least it does show our 
new terminal building and EAA Education Center.

The resolution isn't quite good enough to see the antennas out here at 
521 Clyde road and that part is older as our driveway isn't paved yet so 
it's at least 3 years older than the one of the airport.
> to KW rigs off 11M. I had 2W1949 issued and ready for the first day of 
> CB with a DX-100. In the NYCLI area 11M was an active mobile band that 
> didnt get clobbered by QRM as bad as the much more popular 10M band. 
> This was the peak of Cycle 19 and 10 almost never closed.
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> I dont remember many Twoers being in use in the early 60's. ARC-3's , 
> ARC- 5's plus SCR 522's were pretty common as well as Gooney Boxes. I 
> had a HB 2E26 on  2M and later an 829B rig. I went SSB around 65-66 
> with HB RX/TX converters driven by a 10B. A 10A drove 6M versions.
Two of the locals build up phasing sideband generators using ARC5s as 
drivers.  One had a 304TL final and I don't remember what the other had, 
but both of them had SSB running on 6 and 2 by early 61. I remember 
after code class we'd walk across the parking lot to "jake's place" 
(don't remember his call) and operate openings on 6.

By the mid 60's the HT37 was popular.  We moved from Midland back to 
Breckenridge MI in 60 and I had traded the HT-37 for the HT-44/SX-117 
combo by then..

I still remember the 6C21 I was running on 75, 40 and 20.  Real bear to 
neutralize IIRC.   I saw a pair of them running PP with a big tall 
copper pipe hairpin. That thing must have been 4' tall.  From the 6C21 I 
built up a pair of 813's in GG .  I used the circuit in the hand book 
for the single band amps, but added a B&W band switching tank coil.
> To this day I still do a lot of homebrew, from tubes to microwave SS.
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I work with the antennas and computers and do plan on building up 
something heavy duty for all bands.  I like the looks of the 4CX-2500, 
but haven't seen the IM products for it under normal operating conditions. 

73

Roger (K8RI)

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