[HomeBrew] CB radio to 10M conversion for beacon

[Philip]

Hi All,

Being a natural born "beacon hound", I have wanted to put up a 10M beacon of 
my own (yeah, just what we need, another beacon ;-)  Today I was given a CB 
"Ringo" antenna some push-up poles and even a non-operative 40 Chan CB. 
Since I made my living for awhile repairing these critters I didn't have any 
trouble repairing the CB (bad crystal, it had been "squashed"). 
Transmitting into my MFJ Autotuner (MFJ-993B Intellituner) the digital 
wattmeter indicates that it's putting out 3.8 watts into a dummy load, about 
what would be expected for a "stock" radio. (I haven't tweaked the TX any 
yet).

Anyway, NOW I want to convert this critter to a CW only transmitter in the 
frequency range of 28200-28300KCs.  An extensive "Google" hasn't turned up 
any helpful information so far.  This HAS to be a "Zero Cost" project as 
there are no funds for it.

Here are the specifics of the radio.
1.  JC Penny model 6204, AM only.
2.  PLL02A PLL chip.  2 Xtals, one is 10.240 (the one that was bad and I had 
spares).

I intend to remove the modulation transformer (don't need the voltage drop), 
audio ouput chip, most of the receive only circuitry etc, leaving just a 
plain PLL and TX chain, but it would be MUCh easier if I had a schematic of 
the unit.  Anybody have one you could email me?

ALL SUGGESTIONS for this project are welcome.  I would like to "shoot for" 
about 8-10 Watts output, CW (no modulation).

Any ideas on what stage to key (I'm thinking of keying the driver stage)? 
I plan on using my OLD Pentium laptop computer as a programmable ID-er 
keyer.

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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