Hi,
I've gotten far enough along with this project to where I'm ready to
toss it out for public scrutiny, so have at me, guys.

I'm a receiver guy - never built a tube transmitter from scratch and
this is my first go. My goals were, in no particular order, to build
something with a early 30s breadboard look, xtal control, 40/20 meters
primarily - 80/30 as bonus, moderate power for getting on the air
barefoot while not overpowering a future amp idea...and of course using
accessible parts.

This is sort of my compilation of ideas from old QST articles. Robbed
ideas from this and that to make them fit. I made some major boo-boos
at first but I think I finally have them sorted out. Something that
dawned on me a little bit slowly is that none of those old xmtrs were
set up to operate 40 meters with a 7 Mc xtal. Much of the emphasis was
on double this/double that. Nowadays we have 7 and 14 Mc fundamental
xtals abounding so I went the route of reinventing the wheel so to speak.

The rig is working at this stage...at least straight thru on 40.
Waiting for some other bits and bobs to carry on to other bands. The
note sounds good and its nothing I'm reluctant to put on the air. On
the other hand its a massive amount of wood and metal for a measly 5 or
6 watts A little slatboard 6V6 chirper would have been much easier.

Anyway, I'm not a veteran with old xmtrs so I'm putting it out for
comments, questions, critiques, etc. Flame suit is handy!

Schematic:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...hema111108.jpg

View:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...r/Dscf1436.jpg


-Bill WX4A/KP4