I think I later owned an AR2 and don't believe it was a lot different
than the AR3. I upgraded from the Heath to a Hallicrafters S20R and
what a difference!! Then one of the wafers in the bandswitch arced
and that was the end of that receiver!! then it was a National NC57;
all the way in to the late forties!! And the Globe Scout was
replaced with a Harvey
Wells TBS50. Bandswitching, plate modulation and all!! Now I was in
the big leagues!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 11:19 AM 12/2/2007, you wrote:
>Pat,
>
>I heard about the AR3, but never actually used one. One interesting quirk
>of my AR2 was that the BFO didn't work due to an open oscillator coil. I
>discovered that by proper adjustment of the Peak control on the QF-1, I
>could make it act like a BFO, and that's what I did for most of my novice
>career. I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven when the coil got replaced
>and I had a real BFO.
>
>Steve
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 10:26
>Subject: Re: Old Heath Gear
>
>
> > Steve,
> > I started my ham life with an AR3 and a Globe Scout 40 with plug in
> > coils. The receiver was so terrible that i waited until I got my code
> > speeed up to 13 before I took my general - thought working the Novice
> > bands with the AR3 wouldn't have been fun, even with the QF1. Also
> > had a VF1 with the Globe and worked a lot of 160 - still really like
> > that band although it is way different now.
> > Pat, K9JAuAt 08:44 AM 12/2/2007, you wrote:
> >>Any of you guys remember the Heath AR2? That receiver, and a DX40 was my
> >>novice station in 1961. I used a Heath Q multiplier, which improved the
> >>selectivity of the receiver, but the AR2 drifted like crazy. I have to
> >>say,
> >>though, that the DX40 was a nice little CW transmitter as long as you used
> >>it crystal controlled. I eventually got a VF-1 for it, but never got the
> >>chance to use it on the air. That VFO was more unstable than the AR2.
> >>
> >>Steve
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 00:49
> >>Subject: Re: Old Heath Gear
> >>
> >>
> >> > My first contact was made from the Nebraska School for the Blind on
> >> > April
> >> > 25, between 4 and 5 PM, on 80 meters in 1966 and running the SX99 for
> >> > our
> >> > receiver and the A T 1 for our transmitter because the DX60B was broke
> >> > like
> >> > usual. My home station in Omaha was a DX20 and a BC348 receiver, using
> >> > no
> >> > tuner, and 100 feet of wire running to a tree behind the apartments. I
> >> > had
> >> > a blast using crystals on 80 and 40 meters for six months till I took
> >> > the
> >> > general. Years later, I went over to a friends with an expensive watt
> >> > meter. The final 6L6 showed just under 10 watts output so we plugged a
> >> > brand new tube in. It still showed just under 10 watts output.
> >> >
> >> > Phil.
> >> >
> >> > K0NX
> >> > The Zenith Tube
> >> > www.RedWhiteAndBlue.org
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:49 PM
> >> > Subject: Old Heath Gear
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> My first transmitter was a Heath kit A T 1. It ran about 25 watts as
> >> >> I
> >> >> remember. In about 1965 I loaned it to a fellow ham who needed
> >> >> something
> >> > to
> >> >> get on the air. About 5 or 6 years ago I called him and ask, what
> >> >> ever
> >> >> happened to that old rig. He told me it was setting in his cabinet
> >> >> and
> >> > was
> >> >> just waiting for me to come and get it back so I went and got it and
> >> >> it
> >> >> is
> >> >> setting here on a shelf in the shack. I don't have any crystals to
> >> >> see
> >> > if
> >> >> it works. I guess they may be worth something now days also. I'm not
> >> >> interested in old gear myself, I like the new things hi. I think it
> >> >> was
> >> > the
> >> >> first transmitter kit from Heath. Ed K7UC
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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