Electro Mechanical VX-101 Junior

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

Electro Mechanical VX-101 Junior

Description

12 Watt HF Exciter / VFO

Category

VFO, Transmitter, HF

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing

Date made

1946 - 1947

Valuations

Value

$48.00

General Notes

Note

CQ, Apr 1946, p. 54. QST, Jul 1947, p. 120. (photo) Some ads refer to the VX-101 Junior as an exciter, while others call it a VFO. It could be used as either. The VX-101 Jr. provided band-switching coverage of 80, 40, and 20 meters. Similar to the VX-101 but without provision for crystal operation. – 12-15 watts output on 80, 40 and 10 meters – Precision calibrated, temperature compensated – HY 60 output stage – No plug-in coils – Gang tuning, full bandspread – Compound voltage regulation – Provision for external modulator