I remember Casey running that rig on 40 meters. BIG signal into NEPA. Nice looking rig. Nothing like a boatanchor to make the shack cozy. Mike(y) W3SLK ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <amradio@mailman.qth.net>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 7:25 AM Subject: [AMRadio] W4QCU Homebrew AM rig
VERY NICE - that large AM transmitter looks so CLEAN here 60 years later! He used some VERY nice-looking transformers. I love that look with the rounded corners and black wrinkle paint! Bry, AF4K On 4 Sep 2005 at 1:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://pages.prodigy.net/w4qcu/bertha.collage.jpg > Speaking of homebrew...what was once commonplace is now becoming a lost > art. > To see evidence of this all one has to do is look at "Big Bertha", a xmtr > presently owned by W4QCU. Bertha runs 500 watts to push-pull 100THs > modulated by a > pair of 805's, she stands 7 feet tall and weighs in at 600 pounds. The rig > was constructed by Casey Kasefang, W4HYG (now a SK) after WW-II. Nearly > all of > the components date from the late 1930s. > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
