From: apogosso@tpg.com.au   
      
   "flipper"  wrote in message   
   news:3jl9t7hgrb5tqj0ro2r4gf8nlajofnd5t1@4ax.com...   
   > Okay, so I like to make up cutesy names :)   
   >   
   > I wanted to do 'something' with a 6ME8 so I tried using it for an AM   
   > transmitter and the first prototype works rather well. Bandwidth is   
   > 'too much', less than 1 dB down at 18 KHz, but we'll worry about that   
   > later.   
   >   
   > This is a 'dollar days' special, 2 whole bucks worth of tubes, and L2   
   > is a UHF converter coil scramble rewound, so that was 'free'. Power   
   > supply is from the same converter and if the remaining issues get   
   > worked out it'll probably end up in that cabinet as well (but where to   
   > put the air variable?).   
   >   
   > The schematic is rough, but should be rather self explanatory, and the   
   > ganged tuning hasn't been fleshed out yet. I'm still using separate   
   > caps while jiggling things around.   
   >   
   > Orphaned web page, not yet ready for prime time, has a recording of it   
   > playing through a table radio.   
   >   
   > http://flipperhome.dyndns.org/Beamus.htm   
      
   But the smartest arses (aussies of course, he-he!) put their AM transmitters   
   in the vintage radio cabinets.   
   http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/140770446284?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:I   
   &_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649   
      
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