I have one.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Old Heath Gear
> Pat,
>
> Did you ever see a Hallicrafter S38E? It was a nice looking receiver, but
> it had two giant shortcomings: it had no power transformer (AC/DC), and
> no
> BFO. I think it used some sort of feedback circuit to generate the tone,
> which meant that if signals got too strong (like the 40 meter Novice
> band),
> the tone disappeared. There was no RF gain, so you couldn't correct the
> problem.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 14:28
> Subject: Re: Old Heath Gear
>
>
>>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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