Scrounging for some old parts (FOUND)
 

On Mar 9, 5:13*pm, Bill M wrote:
Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
Bill M wrote:
I've located all the parts I needed. *Thanks guys.

You are of course, going to show us pictures of what you
did with them when you're finished. Right? Or no more parts
for you. ;-)

Jeff

Actually its a rehash of an earlier project that didn't live up to
expectations.

Pic at: *http://www.sparkbench.com/xmtr030510-2.jpg

Its kind of tacked together as a 'prototype' in the photo. *Now that
I've got it fairly well tweaked out its time to rebuild it properly and
replace the new parts with some OLD parts :) *Dropped a large dime at
PTOP today.

6AG7 VFO!!!, 42 Buffer/Doubler, 807 PA. *0D3 regulator. *Showing about
15 watts out on 40 with a clean enough signal to put on the air.

-ex

That is WAY-WAY cool!
Paul, KD7HB

Scrounging for some old parts (FOUND)
 

Lovely stuff! But what is the cloth in the backgound for? To keep the
valves warm and thus enhance frequency stability? :)

"Bill M" wrote in message
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Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
Bill M wrote:
I've located all the parts I needed. Thanks guys.

You are of course, going to show us pictures of what you
did with them when you're finished. Right? Or no more parts
for you. ;-)

Jeff

Actually its a rehash of an earlier project that didn't live up to
expectations.

Pic at: http://www.sparkbench.com/xmtr030510-2.jpg

Its kind of tacked together as a 'prototype' in the photo. Now that I've
got it fairly well tweaked out its time to rebuild it properly and replace
the new parts with some OLD parts :) Dropped a large dime at PTOP today.

6AG7 VFO!!!, 42 Buffer/Doubler, 807 PA. 0D3 regulator. Showing about 15
watts out on 40 with a clean enough signal to put on the air.

-ex

Scrounging for some old parts (FOUND)
 

AR88 Enthusiast wrote:
Lovely stuff! But what is the cloth in the backgound for? To keep the
valves warm and thus enhance frequency stability? :)

Thats a time-honoured photographic technique called HBC. Hiding
Background Clutter.

:)

Bill

Scrounging for some old parts (FOUND)
 

Bill M wrote:

AR88 Enthusiast wrote:
Lovely stuff! But what is the cloth in the backgound for? To keep the
valves warm and thus enhance frequency stability? :)

Thats a time-honoured photographic technique called HBC. Hiding
Background Clutter.


IOW, you didn't want to clean your bench. ;-)


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