Yep! That's them there meters that I remember. Your amp looks good.
Another thing that I would like to aquire at a cheap price is an old Command
set recv and transmitter in mint condition. I don't know how many I bought
in the late 50's and through the 60's--I've probably owned at least 30 or 40
over those years.
Billy Dean Ward
>From: Paul Kiesel <k7cw@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: k7cw@qsl.net
>To: Billy Ward <billydeanward@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [AMPS] Old Westinghouse Amp
To: <amps@contesting.com>
>Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 22:20:56 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hi Billy,
>
>Well, I don't have the transmitter, but I am using a
>couple of meters from one in my newly-built amplifier.
>you can see it on my web page at
>http://www.qsl.net/k7cw . Look for the GS35B amplifier
>project. I got the meters from a fellow 30 years ago.
>They came from a VHF fm broadcast transmitter that had
>a big silver-plated cavity in it. I saw the cavity,
>but it had already been removed from the transmitter,
>along with the meters. I'm glad I kept the meters.
>They are COOL! Good luck in finding one of the
>transmitters.
>
>73 de Paul, K7CW
>
>--- Billy Ward <billydeanward@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am sure that there are guys and gals here that
> > remember those old
> > 6-Foot X about14-Inch wide Westinghouse transmitters
> > that slid out of the
> > cabinet. They had a little safty shorting bar
> > swinging by a chain. They had
> > a key-lock crome twisting type handle. They used a
> > coupt of the old
> > "Gallon" size tubes and had a HUGE power supply in
> > the bottom. Most of
> > them, I believe were in the 50 Mhz range. I would
> > like to locate one just
> > for nistalgic reasons.
> >
> > Billy Dean Ward
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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