Does anyone else remember...

[W7TFO]

Black Widow ham gear?

The stuff was pretty nicely built, mostly one-off items. 

It seemed to have no builder of record---it just 'appeared' in collections.

Dates back to the early 1960's.

Any about in your stash?

Not the modern CW paddle stuff, BTW.

73DG

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Manufacturer - Arrow Sales
I believe VHF gear. I do have a manual Black Widow 2 meter transmitter.

[W7TFO]

The Arrow info must have come out later, there were quite a few articles written in electronics/ham magazines about the 'mysterious' gear.

Then again, maybe it was a publicity ploy to boost interest & sales.

73DG

[W4AAB]

They made the Black Widow for 6,2 and I believe, 10 meters. I had one that needed a lot of work. It didn't make the move to TN 21 years ago. Wish I had stored it away better and might have gotten it going one day.

[k4kyv]

That name sounds like it would be for 11m.

[k7yoo]

Sounds like a product of the famous 11m folks--Wawasee

[Pete, WA2CWA]

I was in error when I said I had the manual for Black Widow 2 meter transmitter.

I really have the manual for an Arrow Sales Inc. 7035 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, VHF 2 Meter BLACK WIDOW Transmitter-Receiver. Schematic shows date design of June 1955 and designed by J.E. Rogers. Transmitter has 6U8 oscillator, 5763 multiplier, driving a 2E26 plate modulated with a pair of 6AQ5's. Receiver has 6BQ7/6BZ7 RF front-end and three 6 MHz IF's. External power supply required.

Checking the CQ or QST ads around that time frame (1955/56, etc.) might turn up some ads.

[W7TFO]

What I saw in the mags was HF gear, looked like high-level AM around the 100-W class.  Black wrinkle.

Jeez, that is an old memory....

73DG

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Find a picture, an ad, etc. and we can all marvel together.

[W7TFO]

Ah, a quest.

Why not?

73DG