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CHANGES, SO THAT THE VFO WOULDNT DRIFT IN FREQUENCY.  EVERYTHING WORKED,
AND I EVEN TALKED TO STATIONS IN JAPAN FROM MY HOME IN OREGON.  SOMEONE HAD
GIVEN ME A ZENITH TRANS OCEANIC VACUUM TUBE RADIO THAT HAD A LARGE CIRCULAR
DIAL AND A WEIGHTED TUNER, AND I WAS ABLE TO OPERATE ON THE 80, 40, AND 20
METER BANDS WITH IT.  IT DIDNT HAVE A BEAT FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR BFO, BUT
WHEN I TUNED THE IF CANS, I ACCIDENTALLY SENT ONE OF THE CIRCUITS INTO
OSCILLATION AND CREATED BFO.  I DISCOVERED THAT THE TOP SCREW OF THAT IF
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CAN WAS HOT, SO I SECURED A WIRE TO IT WITH CLAY AND MOVED THE WIRE TO
CONTROL THE BFO INJECTION, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO HEAR CODE.   I BUILT A
SCREEN GRID MODULATOR FROM MORE JUNK PARTS THAT I HAD, TO USE FOR AM PHONE
TRANSMISSIONS.  HOWEVER, MY TESTS SHOWED VERY LITTLE MODULATION BECAUSE MY
HEATHKIT DX 20 HAD A 6DQ6 AMPLIFIER, WHOSE SCREEN GRID WAS CONNECTED
INTERNALLY TO THE SUPPRESSOR GRID.  I THEN BUILT A PLATE MODULATOR USING
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