[Milsurplus] Powering the TBW-4

[howard holden]

Of course, there's also the wildly different ideas on what constitutes a "T1" vs a "T9" signal or what is a "slight" chirp.....

Howie WB2AWQ

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From: Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 9:32 AM
To: Ken Gordon
Cc: howard holden; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Powering the TBW-4

To each his own;  I don't consider a slight chip to be a "bad sounding signaal".   Note I said "slight" and I expect a T9 to go with it.

It's amazing that a lot of hams don't know the difference to send 559C instead of 555.......

Mark K3MSB


On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 11:56 AM Ken Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com<mailto:kgordon2006 at frontier.com>> wrote:
On 21 Aug 2024 at 10:40, Mark K3MSB wrote:

>
> My TBW-5 had a nice chirp to it and I received numerous nice comments
> about it.
>
> Personally, I can't see why some people want their old radios to sound
> like a modern YaeWoodCom.   When I'm trolling the bands I'll answer
> a CQ from a station with a chirp before one without!
>
> YMMVAPW....
>
> Mark K3MSB

Although I agree with you, in principle, I also firmly believe that our old gear can sound just as
"perfect" as the modern crap.

For instance, by properly working with a pair of push-pull 211s (VT-4Cs) in a self-excited
power oscillator in a TPTG or TNT configuration, one can make it sound so good that
modern operators cannot tell the difference.

A good friend of mine achieved DXCC with such a rig, and when he told the stations he
worked what rig he was using they always expressed extreme surprise.

Almost all "modern" hams presume that the old gear output terrible signals, when that is most
assuredly NOT the case!!

In fact, it rather irritates me when these rather snotty un-educated moderns believe such
garbage about our old gear and us old operators..

To me, it is a matter of pride to use old gear and adjust it so that moderns cannot even tell it
is OLD until I tell them.

There is really no excuse for outputting a bad sounding signal when with a little care it can be
made to sound perfect.

Ken W7EKB

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