Oh yes; those AM days were magic!

Even after I got the TR-4, I used to fire it up on AM and work guys; it
was one of the few transceivers with a real diode AM detector in the
receiver.  And the AM modulation actually sounded quite good; it wasn't
done like the Swan 350 where one decreased output and injected carrier.


Mike Freeman < K 7 U I J >
"All men tend to become that which they oppose." - Laurence van der Post
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning an antenna


> That voltage control oscellator across the swr bridge still out plays
a
> meter.  We have compared tuning, and since the oscellator changes
pitch
> with 5 watts or less, I can beat a standard meter and equal the Bird.
> Besides that, the feedback is instantanious.
> I wish I still had my Globe Chief.  I never had more fun with any
other
> radio I owned.
> That was due to the magic of being on the air, rather than the radio.
> By the way slop bucket doesn't own the entire phone band yet.
> We still have a bit of space, take a listen around 1885 or 3885 some
time.
>
>