Topband: Earl K6SE - how it all began

[Tom Rauch]

>> 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.