[Mobile-Portable] Winter Prep, and HF Mobile Freqs?

Wed Oct 2 14:36:00 EDT 2013

Thank you for the comments, Bill.  I've had the Super Six & Meteor idea in
the back of my mind for a while but never had a vehicle in which I could
implement it.  I'd like to add a VFO since I'm kind of light on crystals at
the moment however I'm not real likely to find a VFO adequate to the purpose
that's also appropriate to the period before I manage to grind enough quartz
to make me happy.  

Ahhh, the lovely whine of a dynamotor winding up ... such a lovely sound.
12v dynamotors are a near unobtainium breed otherwise I'd be building a
power pack around whatever I could lay my hands on.  Watching the commutator
arc can be a fun way to pass some time although I did that with about any
kind of rotating machinery that had open commutators I could see.  Anyway,
it would be fun to design a rig around the idea of being dynamotor powered. 

Pictures will start when I can figure out how to manage my walker and
everything else in back so I can handle the whole shebang at once.  Or
something.

Best regards,

Michael, K3MXO, A&P 1803851 
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the
experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination
to do so." - Douglas Adams
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx
http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/
http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com
Hiki Nô! 
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[mailto:mobile-portable-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of WD8ARZ
Sent: Tuesday, 01 October, 2013 16:01
To: Mobile-Portable Reflector
Subject: Re: [Mobile-Portable] Winter Prep, and HF Mobile Freqs?

What a great read Michael, have enjoyed it very much. Seems like a 'back 
to the future' in a retro way type of feel with this outline of your 
passionate plans. Is there a dynomotor supply in here some where? Have 
missed the blue glow of those rectifier  hi hi

Would very much be interested in seeing pictures of how this works out 
for you, and I bet others here do too.

Keep us informed on your progress and may we can have a qso one of these 
days and hear more about it.

73 from Bill - WD8ARZ

On 10/1/2013 9:22 PM, Michael Tauson wrote:
> Oh, I do know about cold.  I lived on the mainland for 55 years, mostly in
> Pittsburgh but with some time in Toledo as well.  (I was born in Buffalo
but
> don't remember much of it since we moved when I was 4.)  Anyway, routine
> vehicle maintenance got extended to include any electronics aboard.  While
> "mobile" for me consisted of finding some nice hilltop to park on and run
CW
> for a while it still involved equipment that would find any possible way
to
> become an irritant if I let it.  Sooo I didn't.
>
> Side note: Until I moved here, I never owned a rig that even had a mic
jack.
> Well, not one that was connected to anything, at least.  Now I have things
> with mic jacks that actually are functional and a dearth of mics except
> carbon ones for military gear, and even that's more for display purposes.
>
> Now, after 13 years since moving here, I have a vehicle into which I can
not
> only install a mobile rig between the front seats but can also install a
> small operating table behind the driver's seat for ... hmmm ...
> fixed-portable(?) operation at some of the beach parks.  It's a 1994
> Plymouth Grand Voyager van with the back two seats removed and buckets up
> front.  My choice for the "up front" rigs includes some oldies but
goodies,
> one each HW-101, SB-102 and TR-4.  (I'm not sure how I'll fit the Triumph
in
> there but I'll give it a good go. <BG>)  All three need work so it'll be a
> while before anything's installed.  I don't yet have a mobile power supply
> and I'm kinda sorta on the hunt for an HP-13 no one wants to slide under
one
> of the front seats to keep it out of the way.
>
> Ah, but there's more for up front.  I have a WRL Meteor and a Gonset Super
> Six (actually three of them from which I'll make one operable one) that
seem
> so purty together.  Again, both need a bit of help but that's kind of how
I
> accumulate things.  They're cheaper when they're not quite at their best.
> Anyway, the plan, such as it is, is to take a 3-6 MC command receiver
that's
> already been hacked and completely remove the front end then use that part
> of the chassis as a mounting shelf for the Super Six.  The IF strip and
BFO
> will get retuned to 1430 KC and the IF given a wee bit of help in the form
> of a touch of regeneration to help skinny it up a skosh with a few other
> odds and mods to make the whole thing more a amenable to being a receiver.
> I may even have a power supply that will work with it.  Glory be!  All of
> this should fit under the dash over toward the passenger seat which will
> make it amusing to operate but the ancients (snicker) managed so it should
> be doable.
>
> The 'tween the seats rig will got to one of two Hustlers  with the second
as
> of yet uncommitted.  The 60s AM/CW/DSB rig will go to an appropriate
> antenna, a Webster Bandspanner.  In both cases, I'll have to get out to
> change bands so I'll probably stick to a single band for each, at least
for
> a while.
>
> What goes on the operating table behind the driver's seat?  That's for
> another time and probably another list.  <EG>
>
> Best regards,
>   
> Michael, K3MXO, A&P 1803851
> "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from
the
> experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent
disinclination
> to do so." - Douglas Adams
> http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx
> http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/
> http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com
> Hiki Nô!
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