K1DEU,
John 1957
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K1DEU,
John 1957 |
Age 14, at home, QTH Williamstown, Mass. on the Vermont border. In the background is Pine Cobble Mountain in Pownal, Vermont where you could find me on top, on a nice day. I operated mostly 40 and 75 meter AM Phone and low band rig consisted of a Hallicrafters S-85 Receiver with a HeathKit QF-1, Q Multiplier. If was quite difficult getting an answer to my CQ's when starting, with my general, as my voice hadn't changed. Later in 1958 a Hallicrafters SX-101 MK3A was added. Transmitter was a Heath DX-35, a 6146 RF final, plate modulated with a public address amplifier, using push pull 6L6's, with a power xfmr used as a modulation xfmr, for AM phone, plate modulation. Later in 1958 a Benton Harbor Kilowatt was added, the famous Heath Kit DX-100, with a pair of 6146 RF finals. The Antenna was a Ameco 1KW 80 meter folded dipole fed with Heath kit balun coils at bottom of feed point and a coax fed 40 meter dipole. As I do things backwards ( getting on HF phone before VHF phone) Late in 1958 6 Meter VHF was added starting with the famous 6 meter Heath lunchbox, and a 2 element Conical TV antenna for the local North Adams, Hoosac Valley Radio Club, net, migrating to a Ameco 6 meter Nuvistor converter and a homebrew 6 meter 829B, plate modulated with a pair of push pull 6146's which also modulated the DX-100 and a 6 element Telerex beam with a 24 foot boom. The newspaper route quickly became about 10 times larger to buy half the fancier gear, with the parents kicking in the other half. Click here for John's Current Web Page. |