IDENTIFY WWII XTMR

[Dee Almquist]

It was indeed a Fed Tele Ft102. I have one in my shop. Came off a Liberty
ship, circa mid '40s. Interesting you mentioning this brought back memories
of '53 when a nr silent key gave me one to finish. He had rebuilt it (very
nice) into pr 304TL modulated by pr 304TLs w/a big red RCA mod iron. The pwr
transf weighed 130#+ if I recall. Along with it he gave me a "Presentation"
Hammarlund Super Pro (400SX maybe) w/ chrome panel. That Superpro stayed
w/me for yrs but the big rack went when I did my active tour in service.
Never did get it on the air except CW 75 watts off the driver (807). In
those days I was so poor (19 yrs old & newly married), couldnt even buy a
"round to-it", hi. Oh well, them were the days!
This rig I have now was in pretty punk shape so I stripped it down,
overhauled the 813 pa sect. The 2nd deck in top of rack will hold the
modulators w/a window. All iron in bottom. Never did have the VFO for this
one. Don't need it. Will drive PA with my Johnson Navigator. The modulators
will probably be 813s also. The rack is going to get stripped & powder
coated wrinkle nr original. Don't know what I'm going to use the RX hole for
yet. And I dont have the desk extension. That got seperated sometime in the
distant past.
Keep in touch....
73 es Dee


----- Original Message -----
From: James Tolar <w5sqe at INAME.COM>
To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:45 PM
Subject: IDENTIFY WWII XTMR


> In 1952, about a year after getting my first ham license, I traded my
Harvey Wells TBS-50D for a war surplus shipboard cw transmitter. I have been
trying to remember(a skill that has disapated somewhat) what the rig was. I
believe it was a Federal FT-102. It was in a 6 ft high by about 19inch wide
cabinet. The rf part was in the top, and hinged out and down. In fact, if
not careful, on your head! The rf section had a vfo, followed by a number of
6L6s(or 1614s), followed by a pair of 813s.
> The rig was tuned by following settings in the instruction book. Below the
rf section was an opening for a receiver, and an operating shelf extended
forward from the bottom of the receiver opening. Below that was the hv power
supply compartment.
> Can anyone venture an opinion, or guess as to which transmitter this was,
and on what type of vessel it was used?
> This is just to satisfy my curiosity.
>
> Regards,
> Jim Tolar  W5SQE (since 1951)  Houston, TX
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