EMRFD Message Archive 36

Message	Date	From	Subject
36	2006-07-25 14:21:18	Pete Eaton	The Mighty Midget Revisited
A somewhat similar challenge was a QST Project in the 60's called "The Mighty Midget" in the February & April 1966 QST. Once one completed the transmitter and made contacts with 10 different ARRL sections he or she could receive the Mighty Midget Award certificate. http://www.qsl.net/n6ev/6gw8_1.gif http://www.qsl.net/n6ev/6gw8_2.gif http://www.qsl.net/n6ev/6gw8_3.gif http://www.qsl.net/n6ev/6gw8_4.gif A Matching Receiver was published in the April '66 QST http://www.jvgavila.com/mmrx_1.gif http://www.jvgavila.com/mmrx_2b.gif http://www.jvgavila.com/mmrx_2a.gif http://www.jvgavila.com/mmrx_3.gif http://www.jvgavila.com/mmrx_4.gif http://www.jvgavila.com/mmrx_5b.gif http://www.jvgavila.com/mmrx_5a.gif While there was no dollar limit imposed the design goals were quite limited partly due to the Novice License restriction of xtal control, cw mode only. If I remember correctly the receiver was quite good for a simple tube based design. It's really not fair to compare the two efforts on a performance basis alone but the motivations are similar. We have come a long way since then! Pete WB9FLW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com