Receiver for VHF-1 Seneca?

[Allen Jones]

Although not a Heath product, many six and two meter
operators used the Ameco line of converters.  They
used nuvistors and can often be found at hamfests and
on eBay.  If you are lucky they will be found with the
accessory power supplies that plug on to the end of
the converter chassis.  There were also models from
Parks and Tecraft.  A large number of ops homebrewed
them from articles in CQ, QST and 73.

Allen  W9DZ

--- Mark Sykes <mark at MARKSYKES.NET> wrote:

> If you have the Seneca 2- and 6-meter AM/CW
> transmitter and you can't locate XC-2 and XC-6
> converters to use with your Mohawk, what receiver do
> you then use?  Heathkit sold the XC-n converters for
> a single year; what did they anticipate Seneca users
> would be listening on?
>
> I've thought of three purely Heathkit options:
>
> 1.  Search the world for a set of XC-2/XC-6
> converters.  Slow, but that lets me use the matching
> Mohawk with the Seneca.
>
> 2.  Use an HW-20 transciever as a 2-meter AM/CW
> receiver (and an HW-10 for 6) with the Seneca.  Same
> style as the Seneca but a less 'integrated' than the
> XC/Mohawk setup; however, more knobs and boxes to
> admire.
>
> 3.  Use an SB-301 with the SB-300-4 and SB-300-3 2-
> and 6-meter converters and an AM crystal filter
> (happen to have this setup!).  Also works but the
> styles and periods don't match.
>
> BTW, I'm looking for a working Seneca as well as the
> XC-2 and XC-6 converters.  Just got my Mohawk and
> Apache last evening; still in the honeymoon phase.
> :)
>
> Mark
> KD8RG
>
>
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