Hi Kevin,
I was very active on 6 meter AM in 57-59. I used a Globe Scout 680
with my HQ-140-X and an International Crystal 6 meter converter with
a 5 element Hy Gain beam on a 20 foot pole in my back yard and had
good success with it. My rig was pretty typical of the time, so if
you want to simulate a 50's era 6 meter station, go with a
transmitter-receiver/converter combination.
The only sort-of transceiver I remember from then was the Gonset
Communicator, but of course it wasn't really a transceiver as it was
a transmitter, receiver, and power supply in the same box.
The other commercial six meter transmitters I remember from back then
were the plate modulated Lettine 242 (what I always wanted) and the
Johnson 6N2 with an 829B that borrowed it's power and modulator from
a companion Viking Ranger, Viking I, or Viking II. It seems I
remember a lot of homebrew transmitters from back then too.
The International Crystal 6 meter converters were popular because
they were cheap and worked pretty well. The one we all wanted back
then though, but couldn't afford, was the Tapetone XC-50. If you can
find one of those, grab onto it.
I'd recommend the Swan 250 for SSB, but only because I have lots of
Swan experience and none whatsoever with the TR-6 although I'm highly
confident it's as good, or very probably better. One thing the Swan
250 has going for it though is that it uses a pair of relatively
plentiful and cheap 6146's rather than the sometimes hard to find and
ridiculously expensive sweep tubes that were so popular in the 70's.
VY 73,
Tony
K4KYO
At 01:49 PM 12/31/2010, you wrote:
Hi All,
First of all, happy New Year to everyone! Thanks for your help and
advice throughout the year.
Now to my question. I now have a C line station running well and I
like it very much. I use it primarily on AM and really like the
vintage radio activities. I now have two other AM stations one of
which I am going to sell at an upcoming ham fest. I am active on a
six meter AM group here and would like to land some sort of vintage
six meter station, preferably some sort of transceiver that will
work well on true AM. My question is, what did Drake offer along
that line? If not Drake, what else might you recommend to me?
"Thanks and very 73.
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio: K7RX
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