Gonset GC-102

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

GC-102 (left) with GSB-201 amplifier.: Image: CQ, Dec 1962
GC-102 (left) with GSB-201 amplifier.

Image: CQ, Dec 1962

Name/Title

Gonset GC-102

Description

5-Band HF SSB Transceiver

Category

Transceiver, HF

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Gonset

Date made

1962 - 1962

Other Name

"Sideband Communicator"

General Notes

Note

QST, Dec 1962, p. 114. CQ, Dec 1962, p. 24. Matches the GSB-201 amplifier. –Mechanical filter used to generate side band. –All bands, 80 through 10 meters, in basic 500 KC segments. –2-speed concentric dial drive with "coarse" tuning ratio of 20:1 (50 –KC / revolution) and "vernier" tuning ratio of 100:1 (10 KC / revolution). –Power input to final: 180 watts P.E.P. –Receiver features dual conversion. –“Semi-digital” dial presentation with 10 KC major divisions, 2 KC minor divisions. –Highly stabilized VFO. –Designed for mobile and fixed station operation. –Separate AC and 12 volt DC power supplies. –AC P/S forms pedestal for transmitter to match appearance of GSB-201 Linear Amplifier. –Edge-lighted dial and illuminated S-meter, 100 KC crystal calibrator built in. –Transceiver tunes WWV 15 MHz for calibration purposes. –High voltage power supply is used only in transmit mode. –VOX and speech amplifier sections are fully solid state.