[Clegg] Looking for Zeus!!!

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On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Robert S. Ross wrote:

> Hello Folks:
>
>    What a day!! Started out this morning at 9AM to take my Son BirdWatching
> at Longpoint Provincial Park on Lake Erie. After about 3 Hours of driving
> and a couple of hours looking for Birds....we finally arrived home. On my
> answering machine was a message from Gary Cheek KG8LB telling me that he
> had found something I would be very interested in!! Gary had unearthed a
> Clegg Zeus 2/6 Mtr. Transmitter and matching Clegg Interceptor 2/6 Mtr
> Receiver in Nice shape...and he wanted to know if I wanted these
> things.....if not he was going to put it on the net!!! Well....about 5
> minutes later...I was back on the road again, and headed for Utica, Mich.
> Another 4 hour Roadtrip, but man...what a reward!! I couldn't get there
> fast enough!!
>
> Upon arrival I was treated to a matching set of Clegg VHF Twins, complete
> with the 80 pound Power/Modulator supply and all original
> manuals.....although I don't think the Transmitter manual is complete...so
> I may need some help if anyone has a Complete Zeus Manual. The overall
> condition of the set is about a 7-8 out of 10......after clean-up should be
> even better. The front Panels are real Clean...and in Excellent physical
> shape. Gary had not had a chance to fire them up...so they are
> untested....but I'll worry about that later. If I get these babies
> working....it puts out a whopping 100 Watts plus on AM. That's well over 10
> times what my Clegg 22'er does on AM.
>
> I'm way too tired to do much with it tonight.....so it will have to wait
> til I find some time to play around with it...and see what it's doing
> electrically. I'll probably clean them up good first anyway.
>
> In the meantime...if anyone else on the list has one of these
> Monsters...I'd be real happy to hear from you. Any comments you may have on
> their operation, performance, tips etc. would be appreciated. I have been
> collecting Boatanchors for over 20 years...and this is "The ONLY" set of
> Clegg Twins I have ever seen....period...so I would tend to think they are
> rather hard to find??? With an Original Price of over $1,000.00 in 1962...I
> wouldn't think there was a lot of them sold?? That would be a pretty hefty
> price for a VHF setup...especially back then.
>
> If you know anything about these guys...please let me hear from you. I'll
> get back to the list as soon as I have had time to snoop around inside of
> them.
>
> Thanks....Regards/73.....ROB.
>
>
> Robert S. Ross        VA3SW
> London, Ontario, CANADA
>
> radiorob at serix.com
> va3sw at rac.ca
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Hi Rob,

You are in for some fun with the Zeus.   I have been using mine here in
the Seattle area for five or six years now and can say with certainty
it puts a great signal out, 150 watt on the "Bird". With the high level
modulation of the 811A tubes this will shoot your voice peaks to 600
watts. Several of us have been persistant and I feel sure that the Zeus
has really helped stir up interest in reviving AM activity on 50.4 and
144.4 Mhz. I will be glad to help if I can.

73  Pat  K7YIR  Seattle

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