That Heathkit VF-1 freed a lot of us from being "rock-bound" back in the old days!
73, Charlie,K4OTV -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Rodenkirch Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 6:17 PM To: Carl; Top Band Contesting Cc: Charlie Cunningham Subject: Re: Topband: Nostalgic "openings" I had a Viking I as well, Carl....after a couple of months with xtals, purchased a Heathkit VFO kit, put it togwether and was in HOG heaven. Decided to employ a relay so when I hit the VFO transmit switch I keyed the Viking I....installed the relay on the back of the Heathkit VFO cabinet - when I switched that VFO "on," I believe my signal sounded like a drunk canary for a brief period of time 'cuz that AC relay sure shook the VFO cabinet up! Hi Hi DANG....Great memories of my time back in Central Wisconsin in the late 50s! > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Nostalgic "openings" > Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:42:29 -0500 > > I first tried 160 in 1957-58 with a DX-100 and Viking I, all AM from LINY. > First SSB contact was in 58 with a CE-10A and homebrew coils, all of 8 > watts or so. > > It wasnt until 1967 at my first home in NH that I tried 160 CW and > worked some DX with a CE-100V that had the optional 160 kit and a > 75A4; I still have both. I was already into 80/75 and 40 DX plus > contests and with 8 acres a couple of Beverages. I met Stew Perry > several times as he was a regular at National and hamfests and taught > me a lot about the band and really "listening". I owe him a lot. The antenna then was a dipole between a 100' > and 120' tower with the ends bent down at an angle and it also held > the 80M dipole as a full horizontal using the same coax. > > Carl > KM1H > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Rodenkirch" <[email protected]> > To: "Top Band Contesting" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 3:19 PM > Subject: Topband: Nostalgic "openings" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > By the bye, the e-mail from Don, WD8DSB, reminded me of an old Globe > > Scout double side band rig I owned YEARS ago: > > Globe Sidebander DSB-100: transmitter. > > It's ad appeared in MAY 58 QST; price $119.95 kit, $139.95 wired; > > 40 watts AM, 50 watts CW, 100 watts DSB; bandswitching 80 thru 10 > > meters; > > 6CL6 crystal oscillator, 6CL6 buffer/doubler, pair 6DQ6A final > > amplifier; > > 12AX7 speech amplifier, 12AX7 driver, 6AQ5 modulator, 6AL5 speech > > clipper, 5U4GB rectifier; weight 30 lbs. > > Go here for a pic: > > https://www.google.com/search?q=globe+sidebander+dsb-100&tbm=isch&so > > urce=iu&imgil=sU-DHOHX30gNzM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted- > > tbn3.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcTD2FiUvvky-Ujm-w > > JiMEew4QzUvbI0CQgbZHBu3ikMSaLp2Otg%253B640%253B428%253BjgUGacNNUJMas > > M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.oldtuberadio.com%25252Fglobe-side > > banderdsb-100%25252F&sa=X&ei=SuHaUsa_MqPuyAGt6IHYCQ&ved=0CDoQ9QEwAg& > > biw=1511&bih=714&dpr=0.9#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=sU-DHOHX30gNzM%253A% > > 3BjgUGacNNUJMasM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.oldtuberadio.com%252Fwp-co > > ntent%252Fuploads%252F2012%252F04%252FGLOBE-SIDEBANDER-DSB-100.jpg%3 > > Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.oldtuberadio.com%252Fglobe-sidebanderdsb-100 > > %252F%3B640%3B428 Sigh.....good memories of WRL and Heathkit....Jim > > Rodenkirch K9JWV _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - > > http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3681/7013 - Release Date: > > 01/18/14 > > > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
