OK, sorry. Wrong Eagle. Lee, w0vt
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Szendrei" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] The Eagle Has Landed - The Gross Radio EagleThat Is > Lee - you seem to be describing a different "Eagle". The original post > (which John was replying to, and included in his reply) describes the > Gross Eagle as a 1933 regenerative receiver: > > " A 1933 Gross Radio Company Eagle regen RX, complete with all four > coils and documentation. > Think of a National SW-3, with a single coil rather the SW-3's two. > Band coverage is 200 meters down to 15 meters. > A pair of type 32 tubes, and a single 33 in the AF output." > > I have seen and operated that receiver, as the person who had originally > made that post on the AWA reflector (Bruce, W1UJR) is a good friend of > mine and lives nearby. > > See: > http://www.w1ujr.net/bruces_bench_2008.htm > > Second "project" down the page, immediately following the snow static > discussion. > > 73, > -Larry/NE1S > > LEE BAHR wrote: >> The Eagle sold for less >> money then the Philmore. I also bought a 3735 Khz crystal for it from BA >> for 35 cents. > -snip- >> As I recall the Eagle was available from Gross in the late >> 40s. I think maybe the Philmore NT-200 was a mass marketing "knock-off" >> of >> the Gross Eagle. They put everything in a fresh new box using fresh new >> parts, not surplus, including tubes and two coil forms for two bands. >> Philmore then advertised their kit to the Novice crowd and Gross probably >> said we want out and sold their remaing kits to BA. Both transmitters >> used >> a U shaped piece of aluminum for their chassis. The Power supplies were >> on >> another U shaped piece of aluminum. Both transmitters had their tuning >> caps >> and tuning lamps in the same place on the front of the U shaped chassis. >> The initual Novice bands were 80 and 11 meters. The first Philmore >> transmitters sported 80 and 11 meter coil information. > -snip- >> I never tried operating on 15 with the Eagle. >> >> 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.
