Clegg Venus 6

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: QST, Oct 1963

Image: QST, Oct 1963

Name/Title

Clegg "Venus 6"

Description

120 Watt PEP SSB/AM/CW 6 Meter Transmitter

Category

Transmitter, VHF

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Clegg Laboratories Inc

Date made

1962 - 1966

Valuations

Value

$495.00

General Notes

Note

QST, Nov 1962, p. 109. (announced) QST, Oct 1963, p. 116. (available almost a year later) QST, Jan 1964, p. 135. QST, Mar 1965 p. 121. Allied Radio catalog 1966 (copyright 1965), p. 361. The Venus 6 meter SSB transceiver used a crystal lattice filter and had 85 watts output on sideband and CW. The AM mode was available at reduced power. Its receiver was a double-conversion superhet. The AC power supply was a separate unit that could be mounted remotely. References Review: QST, Sep 1964, p. 84.