[Heathkit] Re: [Boatanchors] SB-10 SSB Adapter

[Peter Markavage]

I built a 36 MHz transverter with a 6146 final, mixed it with the 14 MHz
output of the SB-10, and had a great 6 meter sideband transmitter. The
Apache provided the SB-10 drive and power requirements. Still have that
transverter around here somewhere. Receiving side consisted of an Ameco
CN-50 into a HQ-170A-VHF

Pete, wa2cwa

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:36:44 -0500 "David  Thompson"
<thompson at mindspring.com> writes:
> In late 1959 My Dad and I bought an SB-10 which we wired.  The unit 
> is far
> more than an adapter.  All you need is a VFO or exciter and you have 
> a
> complete SSB unit.
> 
> The exciter we had was a 6146 90 watts CW exciter with a built in 
> variac so
> we could adjust power and cutting this down to about 1 watt and 
> feeding that
> into the SB-10 you had a 3 or 4 watt SSB unit.
> 
> The VFO must be vert stable and the one we had in the 6146 exciter 
> was one
> built by W5DYJ, a master builder.
> It was very stable for SSB and CW as well as for AM.
> 
> I expect you could build a nice QRP SSB /CW reg with the SB-10, a 
> stable VFO
> with at least 60 RMS volts. and a
> power supply for the SB-10.  You would have between 1 and 2 watts 
> input
> which is far more than you need to drive
> a 1KW AB1 amp.
> 
> We did add the audio filter as per CQ magazine but I do not recall 
> anything
> else.  We had no problem nulling the carrier but the best we could 
> obtain
> was 20 DB other sideband suppression.
> 
> 73 Dave K4JRB