re: Nixie tube display for the K2

[wd4lst-2]

Way cool -
Now I don't feel so bad. Along side my K1 build, I am working on an building a "Novice Special" 12 watt transmitter - think 70s qst - uses a 6c4 and a 5763 tube. After I get the base transmitter working, I want to replace the Crystal with a DDS vfo similar to the one in the KX1. All this came about when I was scrapping out an old Heathkit condenser checker with a green eye tube. the empty chassis screamed for such a project.
Well - time to inventory my pocket protector now ;)
-73s
Pete

Pete Axson
WD4LST
17901 NE 18th Ave
Citra, FL 32113

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[EricJ-2]

You could replace the crystal with a DDS vfo similar to the KX1, or you
could USE the KX1.

I used my K2 as a VFO for my Drake 2-NT crystal controlled "Novice" rig.
Worked very well, but tied up my K2.

Now I use an AmQRP DDS-60 with a KD1JV controller and Jackson Harbor Keyall
as a dedicated VFO for the little Drake.

http://www.ke6us.com/boatanchors_drake.htm

Eric
KE6US
www.ke6us.com
SKCC 86

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Subject: [Elecraft] re: Nixie tube display for the K2

Way cool -
Now I don't feel so bad. Along side my K1 build, I am working on an building
a "Novice Special" 12 watt transmitter - think 70s qst - uses a 6c4 and a
5763 tube. After I get the base transmitter working, I want to replace the
Crystal with a DDS vfo similar to the one in the KX1. All this came about
when I was scrapping out an old Heathkit condenser checker with a green eye
tube. the empty chassis screamed for such a project.
Well - time to inventory my pocket protector now ;) -73s Pete

Pete Axson
WD4LST
17901 NE 18th Ave
Citra, FL 32113

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[Bill Coleman-2]

On Jun 8, 2006, at 9:33 AM, <[hidden email]> <[hidden email]>  
wrote:

> I am working on an building a "Novice Special" 12 watt transmitter  
> - think 70s qst - uses a 6c4 and a 5763 tube. After I get the base  
> transmitter working, I want to replace the Crystal with a DDS vfo  
> similar to the one in the KX1. All this came about when I was  
> scrapping out an old Heathkit condenser checker with a green eye  
> tube. the empty chassis screamed for such a project.

I've got a similar project brewing. I found an old chassis from my  
Novice days. This 40m transmitter never quite worked. I'm going to  
strip it down and build a MOPA transmitter using a 6CL6 and 6146 tube  
for 30 and 40m. After that works, I'm intend to build a little solid-
state receiver with an NE602/crystal filter/MC1350/NE602 receiver  
chain, not unlike some of Wayne's earlier designs.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: [hidden email]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

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[wd4lst-2]

And to think....
the casual observer would see the Elecraft genre as only about a really cool cadillac of a portable rig that you can build. IMHO, the fact that it is a catalyst of imagination, bringing together ideas of things to try, wether it be vintage tube (valves for those of you across the pond), processor based projects, or a combination thereof, is the real prize!! If I had a dollar for everytime I looked at the reflector email digest and said "wow- that is a really cool idea", I could afford to build everything Elecraft sells!
73s & 72s
Pete

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> From: Bill Coleman <[hidden email]>
> Date: 2006/06/09 Fri PM 06:40:50 CDT> To: <[hidden email]> <[hidden email]>
> CC: <[hidden email]>,
>   <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] re:  Nixie tube display for the K2
>
>
> On Jun 8, 2006, at 9:33 AM, <[hidden email]> <[hidden email]>  
> wrote:
>
> > I am working on an building a "Novice Special" 12 watt transmitter  
> > - think 70s qst - uses a 6c4 and a 5763 tube. After I get the base  
> > transmitter working, I want to replace the Crystal with a DDS vfo  
> > similar to the one in the KX1. All this came about when I was  
> > scrapping out an old Heathkit condenser checker with a green eye  
> > tube. the empty chassis screamed for such a project.
>
> I've got a similar project brewing. I found an old chassis from my  
> Novice days. This 40m transmitter never quite worked. I'm going to  
> strip it down and build a MOPA transmitter using a 6CL6 and 6146 tube  
> for 30 and 40m. After that works, I'm intend to build a little solid-
> state receiver with an NE602/crystal filter/MC1350/NE602 receiver  
> chain, not unlike some of Wayne's earlier designs.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: [hidden email]
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>              -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
>

Pete Axson
WD4LST
17901 NE 18th Ave
Citra, FL 32113

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