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Progressing . Wired the oscillator tube, put the 7100 crystal, keyed it by grounding the cold end of the 2.5 mh choke. The wave form looks good and the tone seemed clean while listening to it on the 830...
It lives!

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Nibble, nibble, nibble... that's how to make a small hole larger. The flashing is cheap. If at first you don't succeed, throw it away and start over.

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A view from the backside featuring the mounted meter, tuning capacitors the 12 uH tank coil wound on 1" OD ridgid PVC, the homebrew crystal holder complete with a crystal for 7.100, and one of the RF chokes.

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Here's how the front panel is evolving. The shafts of the capacitors will be shortened. There are other holes to locate for the crystal socket, a power indicator lamp and a key jack. Maybe the key jack will go in the back....

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Here is the schematic for the tube transmitter I'm preparing to build.
It was described in The QRP Quarterly magazine.

I have most of the components and an old chassis that might work but it will leave a lot of unused holes...

Please expand the photo of the schematic and take a look at the design and let me know if you see any discrepancies..

Dedicated

Frank, ever fish from one of these?

Took this photo last spring on the Couer d'Alene River with a 400 mm telephoto so he was quite a distance from me. Never seen him catch anything but he was hanging tough when I finally gave up.. (Remember, click for a closer view.)

Ready for Northern Pike

Some are fur and glitz and some are maribou and glitz.. (Glitz, meaning some flashy fiber and some red flosss. The hook is around a 2/0, not sure, the box is old and the size is gone. The finished leader is 5 to 6 inches and is from coated 30 lb wire. I read somewhere on the internet how to form the loops by heating the twisted wire with a propane lighter to fuse the coating together. Works like a charm. No more crimping for me!