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Dr. Greg Latta's Electrical Engineering and Amateur Radio Pages

Dr. Greg Latta's Electrical Engineering and Amateur Radio Pages

Welcome to my electrical engineering and amateur radio pages. These pages will, of course, change as time goes on so I encourage you to stop back every so often. My latest project is the 6x2 Superheterodyne Receiver. This is a 6 tube superhet receiver for the 80 m and 40 m bands. It features a crystal filter for single signal CW reception, a crystal calibrator, and the ability to receive WWV at 5 MHz. The I am currently working on integrating the receiver with the Wingfoot VFO Exciter / Wingfoot 813 Amplifier transmitting system. The 6AG7 Class A VFO Amplifier can be driven by an analog or digital VFO and can be run by itself as a 3 watt QRP transmitter or drive the 6146B Amplifier to 60 watts of output on the 80 m - 20 m bands. For crystal control, the 6CL6 One-Tube Transmitter can be used instead of the 6AG7 VFO Amplifier. The 1955 Wingfoot VFO Exciter and modern Wingfoot 813 Amplifier form a complete, late 1950s/early 1960s high power, all tube, VFO transmitting system. The Wingfoot VFO Exciter can run barefoot at 27 watts output or drive the Wingfoot 813 Amplifier to 250 watts output on the 80 m - 20 m bands. When I added a new Ameritron AL-572 amplifier to my shack (which I love), I also also purchased the QSK5PC circuit board for break-in CW. I spent considerable time studying the QSK-5PC on the workbench to understand how it worked, and put everything I learned here on the web under Electronic T/R Switching and the Ameritron QSK-5. Anyone interested in how electronic T/R switching is done will find Electronic T/R Switching and Ameritron QSK-5 quite useful. Pages are also available on a fascinating study of secondary emission and emission saturation in vacuum tubes. These pages are the result of work done by Frostburg State University honor student Angela Meyers for her honors thesis. An information page for students at Frostburg State University taking Physics 340, Audio Engineering, has also been added.

Receivers
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The AA8V 6x2 Superheterodyne Receiver

The AA8V Twinplex Receiver

Transmitters: 6AG7/6146B System

The AA8V 6AG7 QRP VFO Amplifier

The AA8V 6146B Amplifier

Transmitters: Wingfoot System

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The W8EXI Wingfoot VFO Exciter

The AA8V Wingfoot 813 Amplifier

Miscellaneous
New!

The AA8V 6CL6 One-Tube Transmitter

Electronic T/R Switching and the Ameritron QSK5

Academic

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Physics 340 Audio Engineering Page

A Study of Secondary Emission and Emission Saturation in Vacuum Tubes by Angela Meyers

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Questions, Comments, and E-Mail

If you have any questions or comments, you can send E-Mail to Dr. Greg Latta at glatta@frostburg.edu This page is under constant revision. Please check back often.

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