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Re: Topband: Earl K6SE - how it all began

To: "Tree" <tree@kkn.net>, <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Earl K6SE - how it all began
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 13:38:36 -0400
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>> 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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