I was listening to 7290 kHz with my BITX this morning and I heard W4GON say his AM rig is homebrew. So of course I fired up the DX-100 and the HQ-100 and gave Joel a call. Conditions were terrible but we had some support from the radio gods.
From Joel’s QRZ.com page: “It uses a pair of 6L6s in Push-Pull Class AB1 high level plate and screen modulating a 6146. I still have a lot of work to do on this rig, like building an enclosure, but it works and I just couldn’t help but getting on the air with it!”
I think it is a thing of beauty.
A thing of great beauty! You could heat a small home with that rig–and plug in your guitar at the same time. Those 6L6’s sound good on the air–and have powered many a guitar amp. Very best 73. Jonathan W0XO
Lovely! It reminds me why I first got interested in the hobby back in the sixties. Admittedly, a rig was actually something you had to rig together. My Elmer made me build everything I used, except the code key. The 6L6 and 807s were the mainstay of output tubes for the indigent among us, and I still keep a few of these old BAs up and running on the bench. Don’t know if the appliantologists would understand. No matter; keep up the great work! BTW the SolderSmoke book is excellent reading!
Love it! -Steve N8NM
What’s that I see on the bench? D-104! FB!
very nice ,bravooo !