Sounds like a rock crusher to me. Good luck in tracking down documentation on this classic.
David Knepper - W3ST Secretary to the Collins Radio Association (CRA) Publisher of the Collins Journal www.collinsra.com CRA station call - W3CRA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Jankowiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 10:57 PM Subject: [AMRadio] big iron AM rig built by silent key Durwood Tucker > I'm looking for any information on a transmitter I rescued. I know it > was built in the 1950's by Durwood Tucker in Dallas, TX. It was used > from the '50's to the '60's. > > It's 99% complete but has some damage such as some broken insulators > on chokes, a few cut wires, etc. > > Like the rig of another poster, this was built with no expense spared. > many meters and controls grace the front panel of the rig which tunes > from 1.5-30 MHz. Everything was adjustable by variacs and metered; > biases, screen voltages, plate voltages, you name it. It uses a > 4-1000A modulated by a pair of 304TH's and the HV meters read to 5000 > volts. > > I don't know how much power it is capable of but I am sure it is > 'enough'. > > I wonder if anyone remebers Durwood Tucker or his call sign. The > family is no help, for whatever unfortunate or private reason. I have > never seen the design, and I doubt I will ever find a schematic. Just > fishing.. I would like to put together a collection of info about the > transmitter. > > Thank you, > Patrick > _______________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
