Topband: Nostalgic "openings"

[James Rodenkirch]

I had a Viking I as well, Carl....after a couple of months with xtals, purchased a Heathkit VFO kit, put it togwether and was in HOG heaven.
Decided to employ a relay so when I hit the VFO transmit switch I keyed the Viking I....installed the relay on the back of the Heathkit VFO cabinet - when I switched that VFO "on," I believe my signal sounded like a drunk canary for a brief period of time 'cuz that AC relay sure shook the VFO cabinet up!  Hi Hi
DANG....Great memories of my time back in Central Wisconsin in the late 50s!

> From: km1h at jeremy.mv.com
> To: rodenkirch_llc at msn.com; topband at contesting.com
> CC: charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Nostalgic "openings"
> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:42:29 -0500
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> I first tried 160 in 1957-58 with a DX-100 and Viking I, all AM from LINY.
> First SSB contact was in 58 with a CE-10A and homebrew coils, all of 8 watts 
> or so.
> 
> It wasnt until 1967 at my first home in NH that I tried 160 CW and worked 
> some DX with a CE-100V that had the optional 160 kit and a 75A4; I still 
> have both. I was already into 80/75 and 40 DX plus contests and with 8 acres 
> a couple of Beverages. I met Stew Perry several times as he was a regular at 
> National and hamfests and taught me a lot about the band and really 
> "listening". I owe him a lot. The antenna then was a dipole between a 100' 
> and 120' tower with the ends bent down at an angle and it also held the 80M 
> dipole as a full horizontal using the same coax.
> 
> Carl
> KM1H
> 
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> From: "James Rodenkirch" <rodenkirch_llc at msn.com>
> To: "Top Band Contesting" <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 3:19 PM
> Subject: Topband: Nostalgic "openings"
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> > By the bye, the e-mail from Don, WD8DSB, reminded me of an old Globe Scout 
> > double side band rig I owned YEARS ago:
> > Globe Sidebander DSB-100:  transmitter.
> > It's ad appeared in  MAY 58 QST;  price $119.95 kit, $139.95 wired; 40 
> > watts AM, 50 watts CW, 100 watts DSB; bandswitching 80 thru 10 meters; 
> > 6CL6 crystal oscillator, 6CL6 buffer/doubler, pair 6DQ6A final amplifier; 
> > 12AX7 speech amplifier, 12AX7 driver, 6AQ5 modulator, 6AL5 speech clipper, 
> > 5U4GB rectifier; weight 30 lbs.
> > Go here for a pic: 
> > https://www.google.com/search?q=globe+sidebander+dsb-100&tbm=isch&source=iu&imgil=sU-DHOHX30gNzM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcTD2FiUvvky-Ujm-wJiMEew4QzUvbI0CQgbZHBu3ikMSaLp2Otg%253B640%253B428%253BjgUGacNNUJMasM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.oldtuberadio.com%25252Fglobe-sidebanderdsb-100%25252F&sa=X&ei=SuHaUsa_MqPuyAGt6IHYCQ&ved=0CDoQ9QEwAg&biw=1511&bih=714&dpr=0.9#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=sU-DHOHX30gNzM%253A%3BjgUGacNNUJMasM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.oldtuberadio.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2012%252F04%252FGLOBE-SIDEBANDER-DSB-100.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.oldtuberadio.com%252Fglobe-sidebanderdsb-100%252F%3B640%3B428
> > Sigh.....good memories of WRL and Heathkit....Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
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