[HBR] membership ...HBR

[windy10605 at juno.com]

The membership count is now up to 157 HBR members. Who would have
thought, 47 years after the HBR-14 article in 1959, there would still be
so much interest in building good tube receivers. Even if tube receiver
building articles basically faded away 35+ years ago.

Looking through the design and building (not by me) of these two "LWM-3"
SSB Transceivers built from the GE Ham News articles in 1961/1962 sure
tells me that these must have really pushed the envelope of what a Ham
radio builder could do back then. Twenty-two tubes, double conversion,
all band, 200Khz segments, car radio permeability slug tuning mechanism
(not the VFO), 2.5Mhz-2.7Mhz Command Set VFO, 6AR8 sheet beam 1st Mixer,
Collins mechanical or Crystal Lattice filter, a 12BY7 output tube
designed for an external amp, all aluminum, and slip in/out mount for
easy mobile use. Hats off to the guys who tried this one.

I guess the LWM-3 came from KWM-2 ....this being the "next version" and
the author's name is W.C Louden, W8WFH. At the end of the article he says
"....delivers performance comparable to fine commercial equipment costing
several times the $100 to $250 in parts required.
Moreover, the LWM-3 is a literal gold mine of design, circuit,
mechanical, and construction ideas. (he's got that right) Nearly every
amateur will find some feature that he can apply to his own equipment." 

73 Kees K5BCQ