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W4RON
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« on: August 18, 2008, 03:54:10 AM »

I thought you guys might ne interested in seeing some photos of a few of my
early homebrew transmitters.
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/Early_Transmitters.html
Yes I know they need dusting...


73, Ron w4ron
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AF9J
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« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2008, 08:09:24 AM »

What a trip!

I have Dave Ingram's book that has some of the circuits for those old self excited oscillators.  I've debated building one for the AWA events.  Good stuff.

73,
Ellen - AF9J
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N3DRB The Derb
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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2008, 09:16:29 PM »

I'd like to build a spark tx. I got to send cw on a 250 watter original HB rig from 1920 using a Thor transformer on a MARC radio club pic a nic bout 20 years ago. The owner was a ham in the spark days, he was about 81 at the time I think. His old call was just a number and 2 letters, like 3TN or something like that. he wasn't a ham anymore.

it was just a fixed gap job, but it sure sounded good. His CW was sharp as a tack. he started calling CQ on it and of course you could hear the spark from across the field... with yer ears. No RX required.  Cool

I got to call a bunch of CQ's de N3DRB on it. no antenna hooked to it, of course. had a big 4" RF Ammeter and a edgewound helix in the output.

That is where I got my love of using RF Ammeters in the open wire feeders, which I've done in every station ever since. Tune for max fire in the wire.
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ka3zlr
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« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2008, 09:20:14 PM »

I have gotta find a link for the tool man Tim's vernacular...Nice pics...
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Carl WA1KPD
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« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2008, 10:08:49 PM »


That is where I got my love of using RF Ammeters in the open wire feeders, which I've done in every station ever since. Tune for max fire in the wire.

Derb
How would one work in series with a 50 ohm coax  feedline on 160?
TNX OM

Carl
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Next time we got to get you, Slab Bacon and some others up here
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