I was WN8DVT-WA8DVT in Dayton in about 1960. See picture of my first stations here: http://s748.photobucket.com/albums/xx121/W4TQ/?action=view¤t=StationsLR.jpg
The top picture shows my Hallicrafters Sky Champion (was an antique when I got it) and an Ameco AC-1 (AC-1 kit bought mail order from an ad in QST). The next picture, after I got my General, shows on the far right a homebrew single tube 6146 amplifier, and a Heathkit VF1 VFO. On top of the VF1 is a 6AU6 push-pull modulator I built from plans in an old ARRL manual. I used the modulator on the 6146's screen grid. By setting the control grid bias just right, the screen modulation produced a double sideband signal (sort of)--I got good audio reports as such, anyway. I couldn't afford to buy an output transformer to build a plate modulator to run AM. As you can see, my station was in the attic. The antenna was a 40 meter dipole which ran from one end of the attic to the other (just above my head), and then out through a hole to a tree in the front yard. Dan - W4TQ K3 - 3020 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
