I needed to get lots of work done on Saturday as I will be at our local Catholic Church sponsored Grief Group today, (Sunday) and that creates a big hole for any ham stuff.
A surprise from the 1st Grief Group Session was that here it is a special Catholic Church Event, on a Sunday and no one passed the basket to squeeze a bit extra out of my wallet. I should count my blessings.
Basically, I accomplished the following on Saturday:
Wired the 12GE5 socket complete with the Bias network. Installed and Wired the Pi Network. Connected the Receive and Transmit Band Pass Filters as well as the Cathode Meter. Work remaining is the hook up of the power connector wiring. But I want to do that when I am fresh.
Pi Network Compartment
Rx Tx Band Pass Filters
Most of the Under Chassis Wiring
Slightly Different View of the BPF's
Top View of the Mostly Vacuum Tube XCVR
Power Plug: Fit Check for further wire dressing
Finally, is a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul. I lifted an octal socket from a power supply so I could finish the mostly vacuum tube wireless power supply. The replacement arrived which I installed Saturday and thus a check of its functionality with an old CW transmitter I built long ago.
I was surprised at how good the CW transmitter sounds. It puts out 6 watts. Ignore the crappy sending.
CW Tx
Them that know can make things go.
I also went grocery shopping yesterday. It was awful... the result was but a few staple items in the cart that cost a lot of money. To the "majority who voted for this condition" what have you done? My only solace is that you are having to pay too! This appears to be more than a blip on a chart.
73's
Pete N6QW