I'd also admit, had I appreciated the 'features' of a good regen receiver,
it, too, would have been a better choice than the Heath AR-3. I've built
several JFET regens since then and the wonder of a single active device
that can be selective and demodulate AM, CW, SSB, and FM (in a pinch) is a
wonder.
These days the newbies start out with the Icom 7300? What a shame.
Everyone should be required to build and operate a regen just for fun.
Dave - WØLEV
On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 7:56 AM D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> My novice rig was the Walter Ashe kit station. Just under $50 plus
> postage.
> One tube (6SN7GT dual triode) regen receiver, 6AG7 to 6L6 transmitter, and
> matching power supply. Built one solder joint at a time using kitchen gas
> stove
> to heat a small soldering copper. When the tube in the receiver went out,
> I
> borrowed a Hallicrapper S-38 from a local who never could get even 5 WPM
> Morse learned but finally got licensed when no-code came in decades later.
> The one tube regen proved to be a far more effective receiver than the
> S-38!
> If you set the regeneration just on the edge, the selectivity was much
> better.
>
> When I went into USAF after college graduation, my mother pitched all of
> my novice gear AND my first license. She apparently did the same for my
> Lionel trains!
>
> I'm not sure what all this verbiage has to do with the original message,
> but
> it has been interesting!
>
> 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
> Since 30 Nov 1953
> Oklahoma City, OK
> USAF (Retired) 61-81
> FAA (Retired) 94-10
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* RFI <rfi-bounces+k2gkk=hotmail.com@contesting.com> on behalf of
> David Eckhardt <davearea51a@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 5, 2021 22:24
> *To:* Bill Mader <billamader@gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Rfi List <rfi@contesting.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [RFI] Odd broadcast radio reception.
>
> I venture a guess that my novice receiver was worse: the Heathkit AR-3.
>
> Dave - WØLEV
>
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 8:55 PM Bill Mader <billamader@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ARRL has always been behind the power curve. Remember how long it took
> > them to recognize the lowly transistor and to start including it in
> > their publications, especially QST and the Handbook? W0LEV
> >
> > Perhaps not as long as you remember Dave. The June 1953 issue of QST had
> > an article on a station that consisted of a two-transistor 10 meter AM
> > transmitter and a two-transistor superregenerative receiver.
> >
> > That was nearly two years before I got my S-38D for Christmas. It had
> only
> > tubes inside, not even rectifier diodes. I didn't go solid state until I
> > built the Hallicrafters S-140K in the early 1960's after suffering with
> the
> > S-38D as my Novice RX.
> >
> > 73, Bill Mader, K8TE
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