Since we're going back to prehistoric days, here's K5FUV, 1960. All the best operators in the 60's wore white shirt and tie to operate,the magazines showed that.

The only thing I have left from those days is the J-38 key and the cigar box.

For W5DM: a drag bike enthusiast might remember the "Double Trouble" drag bike from the 50's and 60's. A twin Triumph bike, it was owned by Bill Koch, originally from Paris who went to California. It was the dominant bike of the day, I used to see it in the magazines. He moved back to Paris, and would occasionally fire it up on the street. He did exhibition runs for several years in this area.

FUV

On Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 03:16:52 PM CDT, Jay Bromley <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi All,

The above jpg came through as a Facebook memory and thought I would share it with my ADXA buds. I think this picture was also shown at the ARRL Centennial? BTW, Dig that groovy wood paneling! That was my late 70s AM setup or one of them. Later off to the right side there was a Johnson Desk KW (the last one ever built, #652) and a little later Collins KW1 (serial # 10) was behind me. Back then I could lift most of that gear or at the very least move it around, LOL.

The little Icom R70 receiver was my go-to most of the time, but later I had some Collins 75A4s receivers. That transmitter on the desk was a rescue Johnson Valiant II. It was sure pretty when lit up.

See I did have hair back in the day and NO gut! 🙂

73 de w5jay/jay..

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