<html>Hi Greg:<br><br>Well, I built my AR-3 when I was around 10. It didn't work when first fired up, so I took it to my first Elmer, who resoldered a few joints and had a signal generator to get things aligned. I was a happy camper with my first Heathkit success.<br><br>8 years later, I built the 6AQ5 transmitter in Popular Electronics (using a plastic box, as a chassis), which was crystal controlled and very simple. I used the accessory plug on the back of the AR-3 to power it, and worked many stations on 40 meter CW. With its link coupling to a dipole, I must have been lucky to get a watt or so to the antenna.<br><br>73, Mike K6NC<br><br>ex-WB6NTL<br>ex-WN6BYP<br><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Verdana"></font> </div>
-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> gregm1968@gmail.com [mailto:gregm1968@gmail.com]<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 24, 2016 06:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> heath@puck.nether.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Heath] (Heath) AR-3 Stories<br><br>My story isn't quite so nostalgic. I've had an AR-3 for about 30 years-bought at a flea market for the princely sum of $1. Way back in the 60's a friend had one when we were teenagers studying for our Novice tickets so I couldn't pass it up. Still perking along and the BFO "works", we'll sort of. Has anyone ever used the accessory socket to power a transmitter-like a 6AQ5 from the old Popular Electronics? Rock bound up in the old Novice section of 40 meters the lack of selectivity might not be too much to overcome. I like to think of the chuckle it would give someone reading the "rig hr" section of my QSL card.
Greg Magarie WA1VIL
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