Some
"boatanchor" info I have collected
Some
"boatanchor" info I have collected
I first got my ham license around 1960. I built a Knight-kit SpanMaster regen receiver and a homebrew 6L6 transmitter - results were pretty pitiful!
I later built a Knight R-55 receiver kit and homebrew 6 meter transmitter (6146 modulated by 6L6s). At some point I also acquired a BC-348 and Ameco 6m converter.
I was active on 6 meters AM before college and afterward, but dropped out when I went back to grad school in 1972 and discovered the intriguing world of computer graphics.
I got active again around 1990 (KD4CPL) and have been having a ball
collecting, repairing, and operating gear I just read about and lusted
after in earlier days.
Heath, Knight, Eico, Johnson, Hallicrafters, WRL/Globe, Lafayette, etc.
I am particularly interested in equipment that came in kit form.
The earliest Heathkit I have is a Transmitter Power Supply with assembly instructions dated Jan 1948.
PLEASE let me know if you have any unbuilt vintage kits (ham or hi-fi) for sale or trade.
This is my main vintage operating position -
bottom row: Mohawk, NC-303, SX-101, SX-88, HQ-170, NC-300 receivers
middle row: Apache, Ranger II, Valiant II, Valiant I, DX-100B
transmitters
top row: Drake 2B, SX-117, R-388A, SX-62 receivers.
speakers: Hammarlund S-200, Heath AK-5, National NTS-2, NC-300TS,
Hallicrafters R-48A,
R-46, R-46A, R-46B, Collins 270G-2
This is a Johnson Desk Kilowatt, found in a warehouse along with the Ranger
and Valiant. It took about four rolls of paper towels and a gallon of Windex
to clean off all the accumulated grime. The National HRO-60 was added later.
This set-up is pictured in the 1998 CQ Vintage Radio Calendar.
In the background you can see a deskful of Knight-kit gear as well
(T-50, R-100, R-55, T-60, R-100A, T-150A).
Some "boatanchor" info I have collected
Here is a page full of Research Triangle Ham Info.
Clubs, repeater frequencies, packet info, classes, etc.
And I'm also interested in vintage hi-fi gear, particularly (surprise!) things that came in kit form.
I also enjoy vintage sports cars and vintage racing.
And speaking of heavy iron and baroque technology, what about steam locomotives?
I'm a fan of the Virginian
Railway (absorbed by the Norfolk & Western in the late 50's). I haven't
got a layout right now, (the basement is full of radio gear), but I used
to and probably will again sometime. Here's a link to the National Model Railroad
Association, and to a local model railroad
club.
And here is a link to the local North Carolina Railroad Museum
- this is real 12" = 1' scale railroading.
