Anyone into 2m AM, boat anchor style?

[NQ6U]

Getcher Gonset Communicator IV right heah! (http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/ele/3053750341.html) Fifty bucks. I'm tempted myself but I know I'd never use it.


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[w2amr]

Getcher Gonset Communicator IV right heah! (http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/ele/3053750341.html) Fifty bucks. I'm tempted myself but I know I'd never use it.


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Sweet Eye candy but otherwise useless. OK, maybe not totally useless. You can always slope tune it to listen to repeaters.

[W9WLS]

Somewhere up-stairs , I have a Hallicrafters 2M A.M. rig , and Out in the shop there is a Heath "TWO'er" (lunch-box) .
As to use,, there's not much on the F.M. repeaters around here or SSB and I don't know of anyone else within 100 miles or more who has any 2M A.M. gear, working or not.

[N8YX]

One of my friends in the area has quite a bit of Clegg gear and plays around with 6 and 2M AM quite often. I don't have anything in line at the moment which will transmit AM on anything above 6, so the best I can do is to listen.

[W3WN]

Somewhere up-stairs , I have a Hallicrafters 2M A.M. rig , and Out in the shop there is a Heath "TWO'er" (lunch-box) .
As to use,, there's not much on the F.M. repeaters around here or SSB and I don't know of anyone else within 100 miles or more who has any 2M A.M. gear, working or not.
If you ever want to part with that Hallicrafters, PM me.

I have a few Twoer's out in the garage. One is an outright parts rig, the other two appear to be intact. One of my projects for the upcoming winter will be to get at least one of them working again, just for fun.

The Gonset brings back memories, but not of 2 meter AM. More like 6 meter AM, back in my Novice days. A friend was involved in county RACES, and operated from the county comm center (today we'd say EOC) every other week for the RACES drill. I had a lot of fun doing that, back in the day.

[W1GUH]

Just saw a Heathkit Seneca in very good, maybe excellent shape cosmetically, at the last hamfest I was at. VERY tempting...but what the heck would I have done with it?

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Not the one I saw...but very close.

[KB3LAZ]

Just saw a Heathkit Seneca in very good, maybe excellent shape cosmetically, at the last hamfest I was at. VERY tempting...but what the heck would I have done with it?

http://images.craigslist.org/5N25G85Ec3K43L43Hdc5386ed844ee8c6182f.jpg

Not the one I saw...but very close.

Use it ofc. =)

[N8YX]

Something impishly grins at us from the main tuning knob. :shock:

[wa6mhz]

here is the very RAREST of 2 meter AM rigs: The SONAR CD-2

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3591/3404951335_5de89038ab_z.jpg?zz=1

The Crest Radio Museum has virtually ALL the 2 meter AM rigs ever produced, except for a few obscure ones never imported.
I need to find a Trio 2M AM if any of those still exist.

I speciallized in 2 meter AM since it was my first love in Ham radio. Betcha haven't seen a Lafayette HA-144 or the larger HA-(Oh I forget the model number!) I have them!

[N8YX]

Not 2M, but I had a couple HA-460s over the years. My friend Carl, KB8ATN (SK) owned the 10M version of that rig when I first met him back in the early 80s.

[W3WN]

here is the very RAREST of 2 meter AM rigs: The SONAR CD-2

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3591/3404951335_5de89038ab_z.jpg?zz=1

The Crest Radio Museum has virtually ALL the 2 meter AM rigs ever produced, except for a few obscure ones never imported.
I need to find a Trio 2M AM if any of those still exist.

I speciallized in 2 meter AM since it was my first love in Ham radio. Betcha haven't seen a Lafayette HA-144 or the larger HA-(Oh I forget the model number!) I have them!Sorry Pat, you lose that bet. I not only have SEEN an HA-144, I HAD one at the old QTH. Alas, it was one of many items that were sold off when I was out of work a few years back.

Ever seen a Polycom? I had a PC-6 (6 M AM) that was also lost at that time, I never had the 2 M version, which I believe was a PC-2. Lost my 6 & 2 Meter Hallicrafters Transverters at the time as well. * sigh *

[wa6mhz]

Here's my Polycomm PC-2 I got at the Santee Swapmeet for $30! works great!

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4106/4956976553_63df414479_z.jpg

[W3WN]

Good looking rig. The PC-6 was almost identical, although mine was blue, not red. I believe they had a dual-band version as well.

I had some fun with that rig, doing a little 6 M AM mobile with a big halo on the back of my AMC Ambassador, until a voltage spike blew something in the rig. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted...

[W1GUH]

here is the very RAREST of 2 meter AM rigs: The SONAR CD-2

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3591/3404951335_5de89038ab_z.jpg?zz=1

The Crest Radio Museum has virtually ALL the 2 meter AM rigs ever produced, except for a few obscure ones never imported.
I need to find a Trio 2M AM if any of those still exist.

I speciallized in 2 meter AM since it was my first love in Ham radio. Betcha haven't seen a Lafayette HA-144 or the larger HA-(Oh I forget the model number!) I have them!

What a classic!

On the subject of 2m AM, anyone remember a one tube HB 2m transceiver using a 76 tube? Saw it in a non-ARRL handbook, probably from the 40's. I'm sure that its spectrum was as fresh and pure as the driven snow!

[n2ize]

I have a Johnson 6&2 rig in the closet somewhere. It was originally designed to plug into a Viking 2 or Valiant to supply the power and AM modulation. Many years ago I built up a power supply for it and modulated the VFO and used to on FM. I even talked into a few repeaters with it by transmitting on the input and listening to the output on a scanner. But that was long ago. I never used it on 2 meter AM. Never caught much activity there in this neck of the woods. 6 meters might be interesting. I have a 6 meter beam antenna sitting around here. Also have a 10 element 2 meter beam.

[W1GUH]

I really miss 2m SSB. Had lots of fun on that mode (living on a mountain top helped that a lot, of course) in the early 80's. Wish activity would pick up. Beams for 2m are so easy and cheap to make.

[w2amr]

I have a Johnson 6&2 rig in the closet somewhere. It was originally designed to plug into a Viking 2 or Valiant to supply the power and AM modulation. Many years ago I built up a power supply for it and modulated the VFO and used to on FM. I even talked into a few repeaters with it by transmitting on the input and listening to the output on a scanner. But that was long ago. I never used it on 2 meter AM. Never caught much activity there in this neck of the woods. 6 meters might be interesting. I have a 6 meter beam antenna sitting around here. Also have a 10 element 2 meter beam.Is that the 2 meter beam that I traded to you for a 6&2 transmitter back in the 80's?

[w2amr]

I don't know how rare it is, but I got one of these.
5981

[WØTKX]

I had a Lafayette HA-750 that I used the heck out of on 6 meter AM when I was a kid.

[W1GUH]

I don't know how rare it is, but I got one of these.
5981

See those beautifully decorted radios regularly at hamfests.

[n2ize]

Is that the 2 meter beam that I traded to you for a 6&2 transmitter back in the 80's?

Yeah, I still got that antenna. It was up for years then finally got blown down in ta thunderstorm. It had a slight bend but I fixed it and put it back up but I discovered my rotor was broke. So I've got a new rotor on order and that antenna will be going back up. If I get a strong enough mast I might piggyback the 6 meter beam for a ride.

[W9WLS]

RON:
Can't seem to post pix here, so will send to your "ZED" listed e-mail.
Even found the manual for the SR-42.

[W3WN]

I really miss 2m SSB. Had lots of fun on that mode (living on a mountain top helped that a lot, of course) in the early 80's. Wish activity would pick up. Beams for 2m are so easy and cheap to make.When NØVLR gave me the tower, Paul also gave me the remnants of what had been a 6 & 2 meter Lightning Bolt quad. The boom is intact, most of the 2 M arms are there, but the 6 M arms are missing. Someone had tried to adapt this poor thing for 70 cm as well...

Shouldn't be too hard to fix the 2 M arms & restring it as a 4 element quad, though.

[W3WN]

RON:
Can't seem to post pix here, so will send to your "ZED" listed e-mail.
Even found the manual for the SR-42.
Thanks, I did get the pictures, and I sent you a PM here in response.

[W3WN]

I don't know how rare it is, but I got one of these.
5981Back in the dark ages, when I was a senior in High School, I got involved in the drama club & acted a little bit (preparing for today's Zed, I'm sure... *ahem*). One day, they found one of those in a forgotten corner of the backstage area. I ALMOST talked the drama teacher into letting me take it home...

There used to be a relative ton of those stashed in potential CD shelters. I'm sure a good many were left to rot, or when the shelter was repurposed, got tossed. But you still see them at hamfests... heck, someone had a couple of those, some dosimeters, and official CD tins of water & biscuits at Dayton this year!

[w2amr]

Back in the dark ages, when I was a senior in High School, I got involved in the drama club & acted a little bit (preparing for today's Zed, I'm sure... *ahem*). One day, they found one of those in a forgotten corner of the backstage area. I ALMOST talked the drama teacher into letting me take it home...

There used to be a relative ton of those stashed in potential CD shelters. I'm sure a good many were left to rot, or when the shelter was repurposed, got tossed. But you still see them at hamfests... heck, someone had a couple of those, some dosimeters, and official CD tins of water & biscuits at Dayton this year!It just kind of sits there and stares at you , doesn't it?

[KG4NEL]

It looks like that eye has a permanent hangover.

Of course, if I lived through the '60s, I probably would have too...

[w2amr]

It looks like that eye has a permanent hangover.

Of course, if I lived through the '60s, I probably would have too...It wasn't all that bad.:lol:

[NQ6U]

It wasn't all that bad.:lol:

If you remember that, you weren't really there.

[W3WN]

It looks like that eye has a permanent hangover.

Of course, if I lived through the '60s, I probably would have too...Sounds like you didn't experience the 60's. You had two 50's and moved right on into the 70's...

(cribbed from Field of Dreams)

[suddenseer]

I have yet to hear a 2 meter amer. I normally do cw on 2, and 6. I worked a French station on 6M CW the last opening. I was so thrilled to do DX on a local band. Did it with 5 watts still QRP. I still need 5 more cards for WAS QRP. Most of my friends in this zone need the same 5 cards.