Gerry Lawlor wrote:
Hi

I am currently interested in restoring an old well-constructed homebrew
exciter which was built in the 50's from (I believe) an ARRLhandbook design.
It has a 6AG7 (osc) , 6V6 (doubler/tripler), 807 (PA) lineup with clamp tube
protection on the 807. It was intended to drive an 813 amplifier as far as
I know. It appears to have been used mainly on 15, 20 and 40m and is
crystal controlled. It was last used about 30 years ago but is in good
overall condition and the quality of the components used appears to be good.

I would appreciate any data on this design, particularly circuit
information. A pointer even to the original handbook article would be of
value.

Thanks in advance for any asssistance.

Gerry/EI9FV




The rig you are talking about is on page 192 of the 1951 ARRL HB.
The tube lineup is 6AG7 osc-doubler, 6V6 multiplier, 807 final, 6Y6G
clamp tube. This chassis was then link coupled to a second chassis with
a pair of 813's in push pull.

In the 1952 HB there is a similar rig without the 807, the 6V6 drives a
single 813 and the 6Y6 is the clamp tube for the 813.