CQ Amateur Radio

Looking Back: A Classic CQ Transmitter Project

eventy years ago, in November 1952, published a “Special Novice Issue.” (). The front cover photo showed a three-tube 2-meter transmitter (Novices originally had limited phone privileges on 2 meters – ed.) I recently pulled that issue off the shelf and reread a well-written issue. I found it to be an enjoyable trip down memory lane since I grew up in and started my early engineering education and career in the

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