Wow, the Apache was my dream transmitter back then, you lucky dog you!
I moved up from the DX-20 to a DX-40, but once I got my general and added a
vfo, it chirped.
The p.s. wasn't beefy enough.
So I picked up a used DX-35, broken; repaired it and then I put it in series
with my DX-40.
I used the driver stages out of the DX-35, then exited it and went straight
into the 6146 of the DX-40.
That was very stable and no longer chirped.
In the meantime I had managed to pick up an old used Army Mars HRO of some
type.
Together with my homebrew 3x 811A (out of the handbook) I had a nice
station.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:04 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Entry level
On Wed,8/17/2016 9:38 AM, Mike Pagel wrote:
> "Entry level" here was an Ameco AC-1T and Knight Kit Star Roamer -
> that setup gave me lots of incentive to save paper route money for a
> used HQ-170A and DX-60!
Mine was a Hallicrafters S-38D and a BC459 (40M Command set transmitter).
First upgrade was a second Command set, this one an ARC-5, that my dad
bought on "radio row" in lower Manhattan (demolished to build the World
Trade Center) and brought home to WV. I think he paid
$15 for it. Next upgrade was a BC348 receiver.
Several years later, I built a Heathkit Apache transmitter and bought a used
HQ129X, using the savings from several years of a summer job as official
scorer for Babe Ruth league games (for boys older than Little League).
73, Jim K9YC
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