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
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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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