Well guys, another HEAVY event that I had to miss taking part in. My New Years Resolution is to somehow get enough wire up in the air to join in with at least a VK II next year. But did accomplish the enabling of an interesting and unusual receiver in time to catch some of the activity just before and after midnight. Strong signals and could hear activity just about coast to coast including SSB. The receiver is a Develco Research Receiver circa early 70's, and all early solid state silicone with 4 stages of conversion and 11 individule fixed xtal oscillator cards. Frq selection is via thumbwheels to 10 Cy resolution but no fine tuning. The most important component was an external 1 mhz reference oscillator that I just added. This phase locks the whole receiver and provides the final hetrodyne frq. Apparently this receiver was an early custom job for the Military SIGINT service with 0 information available.
Have a great New Year ! Bill, KB3DKS/1 Receiving the World ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
