Smallest Dual-6146 HF Transmitter?

[Jack]

Hi Guys,

The G-76 does only have a single PA tube a 6DQ5, but it is plate  
modulated by a pair of 6DQ6s.
Possibly the only tranciever with plate modulation for amateur radio  
use.

No 160 meters.

I am on my second one.

73,
Jack WA9NQW


On Aug 23, 2007, at 9:41 AM, Bob Groh WA2CKY wrote:

> A nice rig but (according to my sources) not what Doc is looking  
> for. The G-76 only has a single tube output (a sweep tube, I  
> believe) and does not have high level modulation. The problem, I  
> think, is that plate modulated 100W category rigs were sort of in  
> the 'pre-SSB' era (also in the 'pre-lightweight' era for that  
> matter!) - up to the mid-50's or 60's you found the Viking I and  
> II, the DX-100, Collins 32V series, etc. All large, big and really  
> wonderfully built rigs - big finals, mostly plate modulated, etc.    
> Then we transitioned to the SSB era and the lightweight era where  
> AM tended to be done at low level (since SSB required (usually) a  
> mixing scheme) and weight (and customer requirements!) made high- 
> level modulation an impossibility.
>
> 73
> Bob, WA2CKY
>
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> Subject: Re: [BOATANCHORS-TEMPE] Smallest Dual-6146 HF Transmitter?
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> The closest thing to what you are looking for is probably a Gonset  
> G-76.
>
> 73,
> Darrell, WA5VGO
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