[Milsurplus] "We are Borg. Your MilRadio will be assimilated."

[Bob Wilder]

Good idea Dave...Never thought of it...As I said originally, there was a way to
put these on NBFM easily.  There were a bunch of them on 10 meters back in 1948-49
in the Syracuse, NY area.  Back then, the rigs could be had (NEW) for under $20,




At 07:52 AM 9/20/2002 -0500, David Stinson wrote:

>Bob Wilder wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone have a modification for the above equipment which will
>> change it from WBFM to NBFM operation....
>> The mod can NOT destroy the gear as this is classic
>> WW2 stuff and we want it to remain original....
>
>A Star Trek episode got me thinking about this:
>how can we solve the problem of using WBFM radio 
>on NBFM bands without hacking the radio?
>
>There are lots itty-bitty components out there 
>that would run fine on a touch of filament voltage.
>Why not install a "Borg Implant," robbed from an 
>old crystal scanner or some such?  For example-
>an old hand held scanner or, if you need a smaller board,
>the guts from an old pager.  Converting from whatever 
>IF you have to 10.7 MC shouldn't be any big trick.
>Or you might find an old double-conversion board that
>will take you down to 455 KC, or a dozen other possibilities.
>Disconnect the output of your IF strip and feed it to 
>your "implant."  Run the output of the thing to the
>first audio and you've got a NBFM receiver.
>
>As for the transmitter- turn the audio gain down.
>Set it to deviate about 4.5 KC, then look along the transmit
>audio chain with a scope.  Somewhere in there you can 
>put some back-to-back diodes to clip any peaks that stray
>above what you want. 
>
>With the little surface mount components you can get these days,
>I bet you could build up little NBFM IF strips pretty cheap.
>You can get whole receivers and transmitters on a chip, so
>why not use this advantage to return these vets to the air?
>
>"We are the Borg.   
> Your BC-348 will be assimilated.  Resistance is futile."
>
>73 Dave S.
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