Off Topic: Knight T-150 Transmitter

[Brian Carling]

Hey Ray,

With a little work you can have a great sounding station with that
Knight pair. There is nothing wrong with them that can't be
corrected with some effort.

The modulation scheme needs improving, but both can be done.
There ARE screen grid modulation schemes that sound good on
the air. The DX-60 is a great example of that.

Why not copy the circuitry of the Heath DX-60 and work on
improving the audio passband with some capacitor changes, etc.?

The VFO may need some stabilizing and TLC.

Heck you could run an external VFO like the VF-1 or even an HG-
10B Heathkit! I like the HG-10B in many ways.

There are tips on how to do these things in the old magazines and
even on some web sites.

If you run it crystal controlled on 50.4 MHz AM, you will get fine
stability, and impress the heck out of the guys on the other end
since most of them will be running QRP. I think if I were you I
would change the finals to 6146es too.

Really good project for icy winter evenings!

On 31 Dec 2000, at 13:48, Ray Friess wrote:

> HMMMMMMM...  all this talk about the beloved knight kits is making me
> a bit despondant.  I also used a t-60 as a novice... still have it
> and wouldnt give it up for anything, even though I havent used it since
> I was a novice  (call me sentimental, I dont care HI HI).
>      Next to my dream of owning the Heath SB twins (which finally came
> true), I ALWAYS dreamed of owning a t-150 and R-100 receiver pair and
> earlier this year I finally had my dream come true... a ham had TWO of
> em and sold them both to me for less than a hundred bucks for the
> pair... I thought I was in 7th heaven when they arrived...
>      I especially looked forward to trying the t-150 on six meters after
> I get them all checked out and ready to to.
>      Now, with all these comments, I'm wondering if my dream is going
> to come crashing down around me when I actually fire them up and
> transmit.  Maybe I'll get run off the bands  HI HI.
>      ray  wa7itz
>
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