I always thought the fun part was improving things. I have KT88's as modulators in my 32V3, no driver transformer, and VR tube regulated screen voltage.
I guess a lot of the sound is in the operators voice, the best stock audio I ever heard was an old sure 55s plugged into a stock 32V. If I did that, I sound nasty, but the guy (don't remember who) sounded fantastic. Brett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Szendrei" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:18 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Ham mods (was Re:SP600 Question)] > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
