Concerning the discussion of audio modifications to commercially designed amateur AM transmitters:
A lot of these rigs from the 1950s (Viking I, Viking II, Valiant, DX-100) did, in fact have pretty nasty audio in their stock state, and there are good reasons to go in and engineer improvements in that department - and there are many "low-hanging fruit." Granted, modifications made by hams will cover the spectrum from worse-than-stock to an "extreme make-over" in the positive direction. So will their physical implementation. (From what I've heard and had experience with, the Collins 32V-* series, and the Johnson Viking Ranger, are among the best-sounding in stock form of this generation of gear.) Myself, I don't like to sound raspy, distorted, or overly restricted, so I've more-or less had my way with these rigs to varying degrees here at ARS NE1S. Then again, I don't own any museum pieces, I got all of them for nothing or close to it, and could give a rats behind about any resale value. I do make sure any mods I do are neatly implemented and not ugly hack jobs, simply because that's the way I like to do things. They are my toys to enjoy, and enjoy them I do. There are two reasons I don't own any super-clean gear of this type: (1) the pricetag, and (2) I'd be reluctant to do what I consider necessary modifications to it. I'll agree with what Jim W5JO said - this type of experimentation is ham radio at its best, and I've learned a lot in the process. 73, -Larry/NE1S -- Pay a visit to my amateur radio web page at: ne1s.rfburn.org ______________________________________________________________ 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 Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
