Receiver for VHF-1 Seneca?

[Ray Friess]

I have two of the Ameco two meter converters and plug in power supply
that I've been
thinking of selling.   One is a tube model... the other is a nuvistor
model...
Ray  wa7itz

Allen Jones wrote:

>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:
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>>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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