Fine stuff. I have a 2B too. My CE 100V from 1959 was the best sounding SSB
transmitter I had for a long time. I always get compliments even from the HiFi
SSB people. Later when I got the OMNI VII and the Flex I was finally able to
equal the quality of that 100V or almost equal it. I like think the 100V is
still a touch better than those modern pieces.
Now I'm going to have to find a beat up GSB100 to work on since that's what I
do for fun. My daughter says I don't really like anything unless it's broken.
Jon
On Feb 22, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Steve Berg wrote:
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>
> As part of my collection, I have Drake 2B receiver and a Gonset GSB100
> phasing exciter. One night I wound up in a round table with a bunch of HiFi
> SSB aficionados 0n 40 meters. These guys were running advanced equalizers
> and high-end microphones. Then had the latest Oriental Transceivers. They
> even had audio spectrum analyzers to check out each others signals. So, I
> asked for an evaluation, and they were quite complimentary. So, they asked
> what I was running, and I told them a 1957 vintage phasing exciter with a
> D104 mic. They were amazed! Sure, it drifts, and it is hard to get it right
> on frequency by zerobeating the receiver BFO with the carrier on the exciter.
> But it is a lot of fun to use.
>
> Steve WA9JML
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