Junk Box Sideband from the Azores (2004 QST Article)

About 20 years after I first built it, I find myself working on and using this SSB transmitter.    I recently added some impedance matching to the Swan 240 crystal filter;  several years ago I replaced the PA with a "JBOT" amplifier designed by Farhan VU2ESE.  I now have it on the air, using it with a highly modified Doug DeMaw, Barebones "Barbados" superhet  receiver. I had my first (recent!) QSO with this station yesterday, with Les 6Y6Y on the beach in Negril, Jamaica. 

More on this project in due course. Lots of soul in this machine. 

I'd forgotten about this article -- thanks to Pete Eaton for reminding me. Click on the images for a better look at the article. For an even clearer view, download the images and then open them on your computer. 

Reggae Knack?

Could it be that Bob Marley's son Ky-Mani has The Knack? Probably not (no mention of it in Wikipedia) but he certainly has some nice old receivers on his 2007 album cover.