Lee, What a wonderful story. My mind flashed back to the 1940's and building a Xtal radio that I listened to every evening and ended up getting my license at age 10. Fun for the rest of my life.
Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 W9DVM www.w9dvm.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LEE BAHR Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] RE: 160m AA5 receiver to AM Xmtr project When I was in the 6th grade, I used to take my mother's AA5 radio part constantly and then put it together again. (It used octal tubes). I read in an article about a "new" ferrite magnetic antenna". I ordered one from Burstein-Applebee in Kansas City. It was a small coil with an adjustable slug for resonance. I hooked it up to my AA5 radio and it worked great. better then the loop on the broadcast band. Then I discovered if I pulled the slug out of the coil, the coil was now tuned to the 75 meter ham band. Apparently the second harmonic of the AA5 oscillator was now mixing with the 75 meter phone signals and producing a 455 khz signal. It worked great! 75 meter AM stations came in loud and clear. When I wanted to give the radio back to my mother, I simply peaked the antenna "loopstick" antenna back on the broadcast band. Lee w0vt ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
