[HBR] Re: re Novice special

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In a message dated 11/16/02 11:17:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
rjmattson@hvi.net writes:

> The original design was in QST June 1956.
>  It was run in ARRL's "How to Become a Radio Amateur" from 1958 through my
>  1967 printing and maybe longer.
>  The design was also used in RCA Ham Tips Feb., 1959. The only changes were
>  adding a volume control and band coil sources.

The article was by Don Mix, W1TS (SK) who was quite a guy. (See "Ivory Tower 
Confessions" and "Last Voyage of the Bowdoin", among other QST stories). 
Longtime ARRL Hq staffer, veteran of Arctic expeditions from spark days 
(Sleepless Wonder of 1TS) and quintessential Yankee. Though I never met or 
worked him, I consider him one of my Elmers due to his writings' influence on 
both my amateur and professional careers.

In researching the "Novice Special", he found that (for him, anyway) the 
small "hot" RF pentodes were poor performers but a big audio tube like the 
6AQ5 did a great job.

There was also a followup article about a 6BA7 converter to go in front of 
the Novice Special, thereby creating a three tube Regenerodyne (though the 
term was not used in any of the articles). Also a 25 watt 80 meter 
transmitter using a 6DQ6. All working from a single power supply. I wonder if 
anyone actually duplicated the entire setup.

73 de Jim N2EY