>> So my question to the group. Who is the Collins 20v-2 guru and how much >> will >> be involved to move it from 610khz to 1885khz. >> >> 73, Al K3TKJ
Why be content to operate on just ONE frequency? It is very easy to convert those xtal oscillator stages to function as buffer stages for an external VFO, and to make rf stages the rig tuneable across the band so that the rig will function with VFO or multiple xtals. If you have a VFO with low impedance output, and capable of at least 0.25 watts, the best solution is to ground the grid of the xtal oscillator stage, disconnect any feedback circuitry going to the cathode, add an rf choke from cathode to ground if necessary, and inject the rf signal from the VFO directly to the cathode through a coupling capacitor. That is what I do with my Gates BC1-T and homebrew HF-300 transmitter. With the other homebrew rig presently tuned to 40m, I inject the VFO signal directly to the control grid of the 6AG7 1st buffer/amplifier stage. I converted my BC1-T to external VFO, which is a modified T-368 m.o. unit, and it will tune from 1800 to 2000 with all the transmitter tuned circuits accessible from the front panel, and the neutralisation holds perfectly from one end of the band to the other without readjustment. One of the faults I find with much of the present-day AM operation on 160 and 75 is the same as with the SSB dead-air groups: insisting on operating on one and only one frequency, with daily 8 to 10 member roundtables amidst QRM from adjacent QSO's less than 5 kHz away in both directions, while there may be tens of kHz of vacant space in other parts of the band. We need to spread out a little and maintain more widespread AM presence throughout the bands, with reasonable sized QSO's and roundtable groups. Don k4kyv ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
