[Heathkit] Complete Heath Station

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

Hi, Glen--

Congratulations on your station.  I built an Apache and Mohawk when I was 15
and 16 years old (1960 or '61).  Needing some sort of antenna switching, I
priced the Dow-Key coaxial relay at $12.95 and the Dow-Key T-R switch at
$10.95, so bought the T-R switch.

I was careful to keep the receive/standby switch on the Mohawk in the
standby position so it would mute when the transmitter was turned to
transmit.

One day, I had that switch in the receive position and found that with the
AVC turned off, my own signal was 579 in the Mohawk -- no overload at all.
From then on I had about the best QSK possible -- it was wonderful.  Then
along came the Army, then Heath transceivers and QSK was a thing of the past
until I found a Ten-Tec rig.  The Ten-Tec has great QSK, but my
Apache/Mohawk setup was better!

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook@yahoo.com>
To: <heathkit@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 3:17 PM
Subject: [Heathkit] Complete Heath Station


| Not to brag (at least too much!!!), with the mailman
| bringing an XC-2 2 meter converter around noon, and
| UPS showing up in the evening with an AK-5 speaker, I
| have finally basically completed an original Heath
| Twins + VHF station.
|
| This consists of the Apache, Mohwak, AK-5, SB-10, and
| Warrior for 80 - 10 meters, and a Seneca plus the XC-6
| and XC-2 converters for VHF (used with the Mohawk).
| Of course a Marauder and an HX-30 would complete a 2nd
| generation "twins" station, but I haven't acquired
| either one of them.
|
| Also acquired an AM-2 SWR bridge that was sold as the
| companion to the "twins" (although it is of the older
| design) and a set of B-1 balun coils.
|
| This equipment is not for sale or trade, just a
| recreation of an AM / CW / SSB station of over 40
| years ago.
|
| Glen, K9STH
|
| =====
| Glen, K9STH
|
| Web sites
|
| http://home.attbi.com/~k9sth
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