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« on: February 26, 2017, 10:53:11 AM »

My daughter and I made the long trek to the Dalton, GA hamfest yesterday. Our first trip around the boneyard found her a little antique coin "safe" bank made from stamped steel in hammertone gray and working combination lock; probably from the '60's.

The very last building we checked out before returning to the car turned up a great find. It caught my eye and when I questioned the seller on the price, he said "make me an offer". The price agreed upon was totally irrefusable. Looks like it's only missing the 6146 and 813. It was the only thing I bought other than the piggy bank and some parts.

There are about 4 projects going on here right now, the first one being a totally rusted and ransacked GK 500. I guess after those are somewhat squared away, I'll get started on it.

...Phil


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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2017, 11:58:23 AM »

What a great HB rig!  Looks like excellent workmanship. 

Pics of the inside?  Does it have the modulator and PS on the same chassis (I'm betting not)?
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2017, 12:23:51 PM »

I think there was a QST or Handbook article from the mid 50's showing a 500 watt 813 rig with a panel layout like that.
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2017, 02:02:16 PM »

Phil,

There was an article in the January 1954 QST on page 11 by W1JEQ, Vernon Chambers, entitled "Three Control Six Band 813 Transmitter", subtitled "Multi-band tanks in a 500 watt high-frequency rig".   A follow-on article appeared on page 33 of QST for October 1956.  The pictures look strikingly similar to your hamfest find at Dalton.  Good luck on bringing this rig back on the air!

I lucked out as well, finally finding a long-sought-after receiver, the National NC-100x, with all the features I hoped for - S-meter instead of tuning eye, crystal filter, and noise limiter, in the NON-ART-DECO cabinet.  This is the ham-band-only version (160, 80, 40, 20, 10), not general coverage.  We did not have 15 meters when this rig was manufactured.  The unit I picked up is relatively clean for its age, and should not need a lot of TLC to bring it back to good health.  I will share a couple photos.

Phil, sorry I did not get a chance to meet you at the fest.  Maybe we will meet soon on AM!

73, Rick



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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2017, 02:47:35 PM »

Hi and thanks to all for the replies.

Johnny, yes, I have a few more pics of the insides. Looks pretty good except it has accumulated quite a bit of dust and oxidation but should clean up well. It is someone's version of the W1EJQ article build and at first it didn't register with me although I knew I'd seen the layout before. WA2PJP has just got finished building one up from scratch. Way more cool to refurb than a commercial rig IMHO.

Rick, great find on the NC100X. I have one as well and it's in great shape, but if I had seen it there, the adrenaline would have started pumping irregardless. I'm a sucker for National gear, WWII milsurp, or anything painted in black wrinkle.

I'm putting the top and bottom back on this and sitting it on the shelf until I get a few other projects out of the way.

...Phil


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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2017, 03:43:50 PM »

All  the articles for the Vernon Chambers rig are located on the ARRL web site under Amplitude Modulation,
http://www.arrl.org/amplitude-modulation
Scroll down to the articles

Three Control Six-Band 813 Transmitter

o    QST, Jan 1954, pp. 11-16, 112, 114, 116
o    QST, Jun 1954, pp. 37-39, 118 
o    QST October 1956, pp. 33-38
o    ARRL Handbook 1957, pp.192-197 

Requires outboard modulator and power supply
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2017, 06:36:10 PM »

Compare this rig with Joe WA2PJP's stunning Vernon Chambers rig in this thread:  http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=36696.25
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