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  • [SSDN] W2EWL's "Cheap and Easy SSB" Rig -- And The LSB/USB Convention M

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    W2EWL's "Cheap and Easy SSB" Rig -- And The LSB/USB Convention Myth

    Posted: 21 Aug 2021 04:03 AM PDT http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2021/08/w2ewls-cheap-and-easy-ssb-rig-and.html

    In March 1956 Tony Vitale published in QST an article about a "Cheap and
    Easy" SSB transmitter that he had built around the VFO in an ARC-5 Command
    Set transmitter.  Vitale added a 9 MHz crystal-controlled oscillator,  and around this built a simple phasing generator that produced SSB at 9 MHz. 
    He then made excellent use of the ARC-5's stable 5 - 5.5 MHz VFO.  His rig covered both 75 meters and

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