[SOC] First Wednesday CCA AM Night......question

[David Lockwood]

When I was first licensed in the 1970's as a "Class B" operator (VHF only)
my first rig was a converted ex-radiotelephone from a taxi with VALVES
(6146B in the final) which ran 10 watts of AM from a crystal. The TX only
had one channel - 145.8 - which we used to call "citizens band" (because
it was the commonest frequency in use in those days, generated from
a very plentiful 8.1MHz crystal. The RX was tunable, and, because
most people were "rock bound" at the time, after calling CQ I used to
tune "High to Low" or "Low to High" for a reply. VFO operation came
MUCH later. They were the "good old days" of amateur radio - no need
for a computing degree just to understand your rig!

73 Dave G4CLI



On 2 April 2013 21:05, Chris Lashmar <cj.lashmar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes Icom gear that is a bit older does do Am ah those heady days and ex
> military kit in fact Ar88 etc being a wierd brit who is an admirer of
> Collins gear and all things old (just like me) I learnt in the days if I
> may quote
> from required course reference........... as far as Radio frequency is
> concerned the application of transisitors amplifiers may be ignored ......
> such bliss 73 Vintage fanatic M0KJP
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Finn <fipo at optonline.net> wrote:
>
> > I have an ICOM IC-730 that I apparently bought as a birthday gift
> > to myself in 1981. Used it a lot on CW in those days, hardly ever on SSB,
> > and never on AM although the manual says it will do that at 40 watt
> output.
> > I have not used it for many years since I inherited a TenTec Omni-D about
> > 10 years ago from the estate of a SK.
> > A few years ago I tried to crank the ICOM down to QRP output, but could
> not
> > (or did not know how) so I bought a TenTec R4020 for QRP.  Of course the
> > Omni will do that also.
> > But I will pass on the invite to join the AM crowd on 75 meters even
> though
> > I apparently have the capability.
> > Finn WB2UWU SOC #791
> >
> > On 4/2/2013 12:30 PM, w7dra at juno.com wrote:
> >
> >> out of curiosity, and i am not trying to be funny or cute............who
> >> runs AM without using Collins or vintage gear?
> >> i ask this from someone who runs 100% CW
> >> mike w7dra
> >>
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