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Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 5 Jan 2012 18:54:45 -0600
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Never ran that rig on F M - I had a PMR7 for a while and wasn't 
particularly enthusiastic about it!!  Pretty broad and not terribly 
mechanically stable.  I still have a Gonset G66 receiver that was 
used with the Elmac.  A whole lot more receiver than the Elmac.  A 
friend retured his A M mobile station and gave me the Elmac, Gonset, 
Elmac A C supply and the Elmac 3 way power supply.  I don't think 
that there is a car living today where you could hang all that gear!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 06:36 PM 1/5/2012, you wrote:
>Hi Pat,
>I always wanted to get the matching rcvr (PMR7) but never did. Ever used the
>AF67 on 29.6 FM?
>Albert, WA7FXB
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 6:17 PM
>Subject: Re: Monitoring our CW Signal with Older Rigs
>
>
> >I have an Elmac AF67 and M1070 tucked away.  Used it on ten a m last
> > cycle.  Still a good, reliable transmitter.
> > Pat, K9JAUAt 06:24 AM 1/5/2012, you wrote:
> >>I had a Knight R100A rcvr with the Valiant.
> >>A.S.
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Albert Sanchez" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 7:21 AM
> >>Subject: Re: Monitoring our CW Signal with Older Rigs
> >>
> >>
> >> > HI ALL!
> >> > I had an Elmac AF67 with the M1070 matching power supply as my first
> >> > transmitter with an old military receiver of some sort that must've
> >> > weighed
> >> > at least 100 pounds that covered 2 thru 22 Mhz. I had two XTALS on 80
> >> > and
> >> > 1
> >> > on 40 novice bands. After upgrading to Conditional license I used the
> >> > Elmac
> >> > on CW with its internal VFO--it had just a small amount of chirp.
> >> > Upgraded
> >> > to a Viking Valiant, then to a TR4. Sure had a lot of fun! I monitored
> >> > my
> >> > CW
> >> > by turning down the RF gain on the rcvr.
> >> > 73's, A.S., WA7FXB
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 12:14 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: Monitoring our CW Signal with Older Rigs
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> That was my first transmitter, too, Tom, a DX-35.  I operated on 40
> >> >> and
> >> >> had
> >> >> a xtal whose tripple harmonic allowed me to work 15-meters Novice band
> >> >> then.
> >> >> I well remember that rig and the stupid 75 volts on the cathode-key
> >> >> circuit.
> >> >>
> >> >> And, for Howard #3, the P2000CW was the accessible predecessor of the
> >> >> LDG
> >> >> talking wattmeter, except its output was in CW and considerably more
> >> >> accurate.
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 3:15 PM
> >> >> Subject: Re: Monitoring our CW Signal with Older Rigs
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>>    Mike:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It's all coming back to me now..  Your first approach is exactly how
> >> >>> I
> >> >>> monitored my CW note when transmitting.  I had an old rock-bound
> >> >>> Heath
> >> >>> Kit
> >> >>> DX35 transmitter, and a Lafayette receiver whose model number I
> >> >>> forget,
> >> >>> and
> >> >>> made many CW qsos that way back in the day.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thanks for jogging my memory here.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >>> From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 2:49 PM
> >> >>> Subject: Monitoring our CW Signal with Older Rigs
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> For Tom, and anyone else who has become curious about this subject
> >> >>>> after hearing that amazing combination of chirp and very raw note
> >> >>>> that
> >> >>>> I posted:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Until Novice operators could use the full featured rigs such as the
> >> >>>> Kenwood TS520 and Yaesu FT101, the way most of us monitored our CW
> >> >>>> signal as Novices was to simply not mute the receiver, and back the
> >> >>>> RF
> >> >>>> gain control down to a very low setting when transmitting. Thus, we
> >> >>>> heard our transmitter more or less as it sounded to everybody else.
> >> >>>> I
> >> >>>> say more or less because if you happened to have a ground loop, or
> >> >>>> let
> >> >>>> your receiver get overloaded by your transmitted signal, you could
> >> >>>> get
> >> >>>> some false indications that were really problems which were local to
> >> >>>> your shack, and were not actually being transmitted for the rest of
> >> >>>> the world to hear.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> The Heath HW16 Novice transceiver had a built in side tone for
> >> >>>> monitoring purposes, but that side tone sounded pretty awful. To
> >> >>>> clean
> >> >>>> up that problem, many people simply removed the neon bulb from the
> >> >>>> side tone circuit, and were then able to monitor the HW16
> >> >>>> transmitter
> >> >>>> through the receiver. This also made it easier to get the receiver
> >> >>>> and
> >> >>>> transmitter on the same frequency.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> There were also numerous circuits which were designed specifically
> >> >>>> as
> >> >>>> external CW monitors. My mention of finding one of those solid state
> >> >>>> ice cube size monitors from the late 1960s a few months ago prompted
> >> >>>> a
> >> >>>> few messages on this list about various monitor circuits.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
> >> >>>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
> >> >>>>

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