>> And that statement brings to mind how I did the same with
>> an upright Crosley
>> console, but with one addition. I used a heathkit signal
>> generator to
>> inject the carrier for copy of SSB signals. What a Rube
>> Goldberg!!!!!!!!!!
>> But what a thrill to be able to hold good QSO's cross
>> mode before I was able
>> to upgrade to a SSB exciter. Those were the days.
>
> If you put a pot across the key line of a Johnson Model
> 122 VFO and adjust it
> so the VFO just pops into oscillation - you get a nice
> weak signal to mix
> with incoming CW - that just happens to be offset about a
> kHz. You can then
> use your regenitive BFO just before it pops into
> oscillation - as a sort of
> band pass filter to peak the desired signal.
I used a VF-1 Heathkit as a BFO. Same exact method.
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