" Uncle Peter" wrote in message
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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in message
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Pearce Simpson, model Newport 120...... Schematics?
With broken heart, I've probably thrown away 10 or 12 of these when I
quit
my marine electronics business. Now that I want to return to real Ham
radio,
and have no transmitter, I'd like to convert this old rig into an 80 and
40
meter cw rig. (just the transmitter) Should not be too big of a project,
but
having a real schematic (or one that's fairly close) would make memories
return like magic!
TIA, Old Chief Lynn, W7LTQ since 1948



Lynn

Weren't those around 2 mc for the old marine frequencies? It might be a
lot
easier tuning one to 160 meters than trying to get it up to 40 meters.

Pete k1zjh

Yes, for sure! And some of these true boatanchors had MHz taps on the
coils (some call them inductors) switched with the channel selector switch.
I haven't had time (I'm retired, you see) to look inside yet. 160 meters has
so much local noise around here, in addition to needing more real estate for
antennas, that I'm thinking 40 is so much quieter, and half-wave antennas
will fit on my lot in any orientation.
Old Chief Lynn W7LTQ