[Heathkit] Sixer mod - whar is it?

[jeremy-ca]

Super regen.
Best reason for a preamp is to further reduce oscillator radiation back up 
the feedline.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
To: <Heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Sixer mod - whar is it?


> Maybe it's nothing more than 6 meter preamp. "Follow the wires!" Lots of
> circuits were floating around in the 60's. It probably was not
> specifically designed for the Sixer. Of course, why you would want to put
> a preamp on a regen receiver is somewhat curious.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:55:49 -0600 "Tom Laird" <w9qi at arrl.net> writes:
>> I have a Sixer I picked up and it fairly clean. Opened it up and it
>> has a
>> board mounted above the chassis  with two Nuvistors on it with
>> associated
>> circuitry. I assume it'd a nuvistor front end. Anyone know of the
>> mod?
>>
>> Tnx,
>>
>> Tom Laird W9QI
>> Moline, IL.
>
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