The only 6 meter only rig I ever had was a Benton Harbor Lunchbox. On a 5 element beam, it was a hoot. But then again, it was the 60's. Everything was a hoot.
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The only 6 meter only rig I ever had was a Benton Harbor Lunchbox. On a 5 element beam, it was a hoot. But then again, it was the 60's. Everything was a hoot.
I have an IC-251, with a Ten Tec 2M to 6M transverter mounted on top.
It is a very good combo. I get it. These old Icom rigs have hot receivers.
Check these out Eddie. My complete lunch box collection. Left to right, HW30 Twoer, HW29 Sixer, HW29A Sixer, CB-1 Citizen Band, HW19 Tener.
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Pretty cool, George. The amazing part of that series was that they were all very, very similar electrically. The regen receiver was easily moved to different bands with just a few LC changes, and the same was for the transmitter. It is amazing how well the work for what they are. Like I said, I had mine hooked to a 5 or 6 element beam with an armstrong rotator. When the band opened up, it was truly amazing how far away you could snag a QSO. In later years, I used it for a local net. It was a lot of fun. I have no idea how well it would do these days as I haven't been on six for a lot of years, and don't know how many hams are using AM there.
When I was 16, My first CB radio was a CB-1 . Then back in the 90's, I worked a lot of DX into Europe on 10 meters AM, with the Tener and a 5/8 wave GP. BTW, a couple of weeks ago I worked a guy in Florida on 6 AM , who was running a Clegg Zeus. The audio sounded great.
Way back when, a friend of mine had a Clegg 99er. They were a nice rig for the time.