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Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology
From: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 19:12:30 -0600
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As part of my collection, I have Drake 2B receiver and a Gonset GSB100 phasing exciter. One night I wound up in a round table with a bunch of HiFi SSB aficionados 0n 40 meters. These guys were running advanced equalizers and high-end microphones. Then had the latest Oriental Transceivers. They even had audio spectrum analyzers to check out each others signals. So, I asked for an evaluation, and they were quite complimentary. So, they asked what I was running, and I told them a 1957 vintage phasing exciter with a D104 mic. They were amazed! Sure, it drifts, and it is hard to get it right on frequency by zerobeating the receiver BFO with the carrier on the exciter. But it is a lot of fun to use.

Steve WA9JML
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