[Mobile-Portable] K3MXO Mike Retro HF Mobile

[WD8ARZ]

Dog gone it Mike, your a tough act to follow. Really admire your quest 
and the deep roots of ham radio it represents.

Good Luck!

Sounds like a ARRL article in this some where ... more than one I bet 
.... hi hi

73 from Bill - WD8ARZ

On 10/2/2013 2:36 PM, Michael Tauson wrote:
> 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!
> -----Original Message-----
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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!