John,
If it were me, I'd put that old girl back in shape when time allowed.
Just to think of those two magnificent 450 TL's glowing in the night is
enough to bring a tear to ones eyes. Great find!
73,
Rick/K5IZ
John Lyles wrote:
I picked up this thing yesterday at a SK's wood shed for $50. It had been
sitting next to the ugly-painted BC610E, which recently went on EPAY.
The Wilcox 96D is < a foot wide, 6 feet tall, 300+ lb box. It "works in a
drawer", in that it can be slid out on rails, for inspection inside. It was built in
November of 1952. It has an RF exciter, crystal socket inside, and an 807 driving an 813
driving a PAIR of 450TLs. Only the 807 remained in the socket. Plate voltage on the final
was 4100 and current was 0.6 - 0.9 Amps. It was a powerful transmitter in its day! The power
supply was separate, and it isn't certain it made AM or not. Frequency range is ~ 2 - 12 MHz
according to the dials. It has little doors which open to expose the turns counters for
tuning, and one opens to get to the fuses and power relays. On top are a pair of balanced
output studs. This funky looking transmitter (slim) needs the final plate tuning cap, but
has most else. It is loaded with some good parts, including the turns counter dials, two
big slip stator caps, a can within a can neaturalizing cap. The PA inductor is tapped at
numerous points, an
d has a
second coil which can be slid into and out of the fixed inductor.
Now the dilema. Its certainly a different rig, but it needs to be tubed with pair of paralleled 450TLs and needs the cap along with a few small parts. Should I part it out, for something homebrew, like a balanced antenna Tuner? Or try and restore 'er? I'd be curious about others experience and opinions. BTW, I have three other transmitter projects needing my attention right now. I got the Wilcox out of the truck bed and plopped it out under a roof next to my shed this afternoon. Inside one of the front doors there is a complete parts list and schematic!
73
John
K5PRO
New Mexico
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