[HomeBrew] Any builders?

[jeremy-ca]

I do a lot of homebrewing from small HF-VHF-UHF SS projects to a KW tube amp 
and modulator for HF AM.

Another project is a hamband 160-10M dual conversion receiver using a mix of 
the best of the octal and loctal tubes and more modern circuit design and 
components. No SS except in the seperate power supply. Its a "what if" 
project to see how well a 1940's radio could really perform if the designs 
were readily available then. The circuit is somewhat complicated but 
construction is modular which will make test and changes fairly easy. 
Something I learned from working in military and commercial RF design for 
40+ years. With careful component selection and shopping the cost should be 
reasonable but not cheap.

However Ive found virtually nothing on this forum (and most others) beyond 
simple radios with as cheap as possible being the leading criteria. Finding 
other builders with similar interests to bounce ideas off of has been 
minimal to say the least.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Cromwell" <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
To: <homebrew at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [HomeBrew] Any builders?


> ** Please do NOT cross-post messages when posting to HOMEBREW **
>
> Hi Loren and Everybody,
>
> The same question was just asked by somebody else over on the HBR
> list. Its outdoor work season again here so posting about struggles
> with homebrewing is probably pushed to the back burner. In my shop
> some things on the back burner fall off the stove altogether. I have
> several projects underway but two receievers (tube based) are up
> front. One is a regenerative receiver based on the Regenerodyne
> project and the other is a modest superhet. I am really struggling
> with the sheet metal fabrication and in particular with the tuning
> dials. I have lots of fixits and lots of do-overs. Its slow going but
> I think the experience will be worthwhile.
>
> I also have some solid state projects in various stages with one
> receiver near completion. I've been working on that one for a long
> time and I'll probably drop some dead-bug ugly work on top of the
> printed board so I can get it on the air. In industry they sometimes
> have to shoot the engineer to get into production.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 4:01 AM,  <homebrew-request at mailman.qth.net> 
> wrote:
>
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>>  Today's Topics:
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>>    1. Any builders? (Loren Moline  WA7SKT)
>>    2. Any Builders?--W7 Land (Steven Coles)
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>>  Message: 1
>>  Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:39:01 -0700
>>  From: "Loren Moline  WA7SKT" <lmoline at hotmail.com>
>>  Subject: [HomeBrew] Any builders?
>>  To: <homebrew at mailman.qth.net>
>>  Message-ID: <BAY121-W154278B492173A3AD25DECAFDC0 at phx.gbl>
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>>  Isn't anyone homebrewing anymore? I see no posts here.
>>
>>  Loren  WA7SKT
>>
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