need info on HAM/shortwave radio equipment

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Yaesu 1000D transceiver unlocked to talk on 11 meter (CB) bands coupled to dual Eimac 3Z1000 triode linear amp. (home made in Bremen, Germany of course) No carrier (SSB) and PEP of 2.5kW with little interference to outside bands.

CQ Contest Alpha! Eimac! Four QSL?

Haha the golden days. Switch to AM - 100W carrier seems puny (to those truckers running their Cobra 148GTL-DX's and sweet sixteen transistor foot warmers) but whistle into that D104 (TUG-8 four wire had better sound than 9 stand and silver eagles!) And you needed the 5kW slug in the ole BIRD meter to see the max output! That's enough to need really beefed up gamma matches on the moonraker 6! :shocked:

Astatic made some great "Lollypop" mikes,
sad to see they are gone.

TUG-8 is a nice mic..

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: cavemanmoron

Astatic made some great "Lollypop" mikes,
sad to see they are gone.

TUG-8 is a nice mic..

Yes they did. Some operators changed out the original crystal element with a ceramic. Lots of people complained about the tinny sound of the crystal sets especially with the 9 stand preamps and definitely the silver eagle ones. You could always tell who was keying an 'eagle by the kerplunk! sound the stand press to talk bar made. :laugh:

I never was much of a Turner fan and in the 90's everyone became electret omni converts. They are definitely superior with the proper speech processing - otherwise they pick up every little detail in the shack.

Last time I heard 11 meters it was so full of skip shooters with echo mics and noise makers it was unbearable.