On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, philo wrote:

On 11/03/2011 12:59 PM, Padraigh ProAmerica wrote:
Just acquired from an old lady her old CB transceiver. It's rather old;
crystal controlled. Is it feasable to swap out the 27 MHz crystals and
replace them with 10M crystals? Is there a source for these crystals?
And would any major modifications to the rig be required?

Any info would be appreciated (and yes, I hold a Technician class
license).



Years ago I actually took an old CB set and bought a crystal for the lower
end of the CW band and used it as a cw transmitter.
Used my HQ-140-X receiver.


Worked fine. When the band was open I worked Japan on it
with an indoor whip antenna!

THat's why all those Heathkit Sixers did so well, when the band opened up,
very little power was needed (of course, offset by the fact that the band
wasn't always open). Ten is the same way (though antennas are longer),
there was even that Hammarlund receiver with the CB transmitter built in,
that could easily be used on 10m.


Michael VE2BVW