Gonset G-66, G-66B (#3046)

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: CQ, Sep 1955: G-66
Image: CQ, Sep 1955

G-66

Name/Title

Gonset G-66, G-66B (#3046)

Description

Mobile Ham Band plus BCB Receiver

Category

Receiver, HF

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Gonset

Date made

1955 - 1960

General Notes

Note

QST, Jul 1955, p. 91. QST, Nov 1955, p. 68. QST, Mar 1956, p. 105. (specs) QST, Dec 1956, p. 131. (G-66B, #3046) Walter Ashe catalog 1957 (probably issued in 1956), p. 8. Allied Radio catalog 1958 (copyright 1957), p. 272. Allied Radio catalog 1960 (copyright 1959), p. 393. Gonset's chrome-plated G-66(B) receiver was designed to be paired with the company's G-77 transmitter. It covered the broadcast band plus 80-10 meters in six bands. The double-conversion set's first IF was at 2050 kHz. Selectivity came from eight UC circuits in the 262kHz second IF. References G-66 Review: CQ, Jul 1956, p. 35.