Remembrances of vacuum tube days
As a young teenager, I developed a love for electronics which became a lifelong love affair. In those days vacuum tubes were the norm and solid state devices such as transistors weren't in usage then....
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georgelesley wrote:
Yes I remember the great tone of the old radios before “superhet’s” came along
I don't know that Superhet or Superregan made that much difference. though on a Superhet the passband was generally Tighter.
I am looking for a Knight Kit Star Roamer... Want one working, Likely will search E-bay for one.. This is a Superhet with a Regenerative stage..
The Radio is tubes (Save for the power rectifier) and the Regen was supposed to be used to "Fake" a BFO for CW reception (Or SSB but not that good at SSB) However if you adjusted the Regen (Front panel knob) just BELOW self-oscillation man did the RF gain go up... Stations you could barely detect were suddenly 5x9
It was also one of my first "Kits".. but alas that one is long gone.
I want one for multiple reasons
In other news.. Moving into an apartment is fun My Kenwood TS-2000 is now up and powered with a long wire for Receive only on HF and a Dual band Diamond V/Uhf on the VHF port. It's working at 15 watts on the VHF All I need for the ONE repeater I can hit from inside the apartment) I just found the long wire tuner. now I need to find the radio end of the cable to link 'em up Then I can "Tune" the long wire.
Ghost Wire will be used for an indoor long wire (Twin 16 ga wires buried in tape Stick it on the wall and hook it up)
Getting there. And I also plan on an MFG Mag loop Just for fun.
