[HBR] membership ...HBR

[Byron Tatum]

Can a copy of this article be had? Thanks, Byron.
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Subject: [HBR] membership ...HBR


> 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
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