[Heathkit] AT-1 question

[KHeck73 at aol.com]

Yeah. The post is too educated for a Clown Bander ;).
 
In a message dated 1/27/2009 7:40:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
w5kcm at sbcglobal.net writes:

I think someone is pulling our proverbial legs.......  :-)

Christopher J. Whewell wrote:
> Hi, I've got an old Heathkit  AT-1 and have gone through it, put it back 
> to original configuration,  and want to test it.  I also have the 
> Heathkit VF-1 VFO I've  re-done.   As I understand it, the output of the 
> VFO is to be  inputted to the location where the crystal is connected.
> 
> The  thought occurred to me that I could possibly set the AT-1 to the 10 
>  meter band (it only has band settings for 80, 40, 20 and 10m) and then 
>  tune the VCO to 27.1 MHZ and then send some keyed CW (using a really 
>  crappy antenna), while keeping total output below 4 watts and only 
>  desiring to hear the keyed signal on a CB transceiver located across the  
> room. In this scenario, I'd be transmitting on the CB band at less than  
> 4 watts, a permissible use for CB and at the same time I could  determine 
> whether the AT-1 is putting out any RF, since that is my sole  desire.
> 
> It seems ok to be on CB bands at less than 4 w. But  before I do it I 
> thought I'd check on here and see if anyone sees any  issues. Once I know 
> it's working OK, then I'd be more comfortable to  put it on the air in 
> the HAM bands.  Any thoughts  appreciated....  Thank you.
 
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