AB4YD Amateur Radio Page


Posted on Feb 5, 2014

This project was inspired by a series of QST articles by Hayward, W1PH. I based my rig on his April 1962 article, `Have You Tried 160 Lately `. I liked his simple, single band rig. I thought his use of 6V6 tubes, along with regulated voltages, to be a simple but stable alternative to being `rock bound`. You can read about his `coffee can` VFO, in


AB4YD Amateur Radio Page
Click here to download the full size of the above Circuit.

the August `49 and Sept `51 issues of QST. However, I ignored his approach to mounting the VFO part of the circuit in a sturdy coffee can, and just put all of the circuits onto the same chassis. It worked, but it was very microphonic, and this made it difficult to operate. I eventually chose another route for the VFO, and used a separate chassis for the VFO circuit. Along the way, I also changed the VFO tube to a 6C4, mainly to reduce problems related to heat. The output was very low, so I added a 6AC7 stage. I also went to a 1/2 freq VFO, and doubled the frequency to 80M just in front of the 807 final. I am pretty happy with the stability of the VFO. The output from the 807 seems a little low, but perhaps it is due to my low B+ and 250V screen. I get about 20 watts into my 50 ohm antenna, even after going thru my half-wave output filter. All in all, it was a fun project.




Leave Comment

characters left:

Related Circuits

  • New Circuits

    .

     


    Popular Circuits

    Little dipper
    Bird Feeder Monitor Circuit
    Triple Power Supply
    water level alarm circuit
    24V flasher circuit
    Cornet2 Vacuum Tube Moving Magnet Phonostage
    Pulse Generator And Signal TracerCircuit
    Simplified magnetic amplifier circuitry
    Meter load economizer circuit diagram
    Basic circuit diagram connection of signal and power ISO103
    Phase protective circuit of harmonic currents 2 b



    Top