[TenTec] In praise of older technology

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

The only thing I ever "dip" is a little chew.

73
Bob,  K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Carling" <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
To: "Ed Purvis" <wa4njy at yahoo.com>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" 
<tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology


> Ed you must be talking about those XE stations tuning up on SSB on the low 
> end of 40m. They groan "hoooooo-la" while they dip the plate control !
> SOP
>
> Best regards - Bry Carling
>
>
>
>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 8:29 PM, Ed Purvis <wa4njy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> There are some on hi-fi sideband that I am not sure they are talking or 
>> their stomach is making noise.
>>
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>>
>>
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Steve Berg <wa9jml at frontier.com>
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 8:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology
>>
>>
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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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