[Milsurplus] Canadian Marconi CP-24

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Hue,

Your workbench is probably like me with projects to last me a lifetime but I would add the VFO project to the list. There are numerous DDS and SI5351 synthesizer designs out there to use. Don't forget to add the 60 meter band. Here is the Northeast 60 meters is popular and there are some nets where we discuss our projects.

Mike N2MS

> On 03/26/2024 2:31 AM EDT Hubert Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
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> I was going to sell this Marconi CP-24 for the local ham radio club, but i just got to looking at it. It’s 10W PEP 1.6 – 15 MHz
> SSB. It’s about as big as a transistor VHF boat radio from the same era, not real big. The circuit board is simple to get to
> everything – what a surprise. I could only see one crystal, 4620 kHz, and there is one more and two slots blank. There are
> 2 tuned circuits so each 2 crystals have to be in one “band”. There is the bag, handset, antenna with adjustable loading
> coil, ground wire and stake. I have the schematic, that’s all. I think i “could” rig up a DDS VFO for one or two bands, say 40
> and 20, the phone portion only. I do not need another project ! What do you think ? Keep or keep to my job#1 ?
> -Hue Miller