[Boatanchors] Re: Boatanchors Digest, Vol 21, Issue 23

Tue Oct 18 09:13:41 EDT 2005

Larry,

I'm very interested in the R-390A. Where exactly is Glibert AZ? I looked you 
up on QRZ.com. I'm going to be going to Laz Vegas this weekind and maybe 
could stop by and pick it up. I live in Salt Lake City.

Please let me know if it is still available.

73's
DW Holtman
WB7SSN

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> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:42:29 -0700
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> Subject: [Boatanchors] stuff to dispose of
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> I'm planning on disposing of 3 ea. 28 tty machines to clean out the
> garage a bit.  I also have some other equipment that needs to go.  $50
> each in the way of gas money.
>
> 1 is a panadapter with a 50-250 mc tuner, looks pretty nice, think it
> needs some new power supply caps.  two units in one rack.  The rack
> could go with it but not necessarily so.  $25
>
> 2)a couple of Northern Radio Variable Master Oscillators, suspect both
> need power supply work.  One worked for a while and then now longer
> provided output power.  Might just be tubes as well.  Don't know.  $25 ea.
>
> 3) BIG MOMMA, about 800 lb. of Westinghouse rack.  Has a 4-1000 with a
> pair of 813's in the top of it, Middle has a pair of 450TH as modulators
> and the bottom half is all power supply and modulator.  Did i say big
> and heavy.  Fully metered as it was the modulator/power supply for an
> Air Force 3 Kw transmitter.  The 4-1000 in the top was not part of the
> original radio system but added later.  This thing is commercial in
> quality.  Took 4 of us a a couple of pack mules to get it out of the
> building and into the U-haul truck last year.  I think the transmitters
> are now down in Texas someplace.  NO SHIPPING, ABsolutely.  It's been
> inside my clean garage so it's not a junker by any means.  Just needs
> 220 line voltage.  I have the documentation that was with it, it's not
> the original AF Tech. Order but the previous owners.  Get this thing
> running and i guarantee you that you'll never need a fireplace in the
> house....  WHEW!  Lot's of heavy iron for the builder here or it'll
> definitely put some fire in the wire.  $800
>
> 4) Johnson Viking II with 122 VFO.  I used this as my primary AM station
> for several years.  It's extremely clean with a front panel almost like
> new and the paint job is excellent.  The Ip drifted upwards so i put it
> in the closet as i couldn't find anything wrong with it.  Since the
> discussion on 6146B tubes as evolved, that's probably what the problem
> is and i suspect replacing them will take care of that problem.  When i
> put new tubes in it years back i wasn't aware of the 6146B problem so
> stuck a pair of them in it.  Now we know the rest of the story as Paul
> Harvey would have said.  $250
>
> 5) EAC R-390A.  Needs work, alignment and probably some new tubes.  To
> heavy for my back to move it around.  It's in a rack but i'll get it out
> of there and into the truck somehow.  Has top and bottom covers. $350
>
> There's other stuff that has to go also but i've got to make up my mind
> to "let it go" first of all.
>
> I mention this because i'm contemplating another X-country trip possibly
> in November.  Will be driving I-40 to North Carolina and can deliver
> some of this stuff along the way.  figure the cost of shipping some of
> this stuff and you'll see that me delivering it along the route would be
> a lot cheaper.  I'll consider a small donation towards "gas".  Don't
> want to deviate off the route as this will be the 3rd time this year
> i've driven that road and i'm getting to the point i can sleep part of
> the way and not miss any turns.  Towns are another matter.
>
> Any interest?
>
> larry
> W0OGH
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> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:02:53 -0400
> From: "W9WZE Halligan's Hallicrafters" <dfischer at usol.com>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] I'm Back, Well Most Of Me Is!
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> CQ Fellow Lovers Of Things That Go Glow In The Dark -
>
> Although the repairs and restoration of my QTH, and replacement of damaged
> computer equipment,  are still a work in progress, I am at least back to 
> being
> able to get on-line to a limited extent.
>
> The remainder of the home repairs are supposed to be completed Wednesday 
> October
> 19th. The replacement of my primary computer, Laser printer, color scanner 
> and
> adaptive synthetic speech hardware is in progress, but moving at the rate 
> of a
> Narcoleptic Turtle using a crutch! Because I must depend on two dedicated
> computer systems that do specific tasks which allow me to manage the daily 
> data
> processing and bill paying that we all must endure, and since one is down 
> for the
> count, I have jury rigged the old Compaq Prosario 1210 lap top to help me 
> bail
> the boat of life out and keep her afloat until the new ship arrives and is
> promptly christened by having a Boat Anchor dropped on the packing crate! 
> On
> second thought, forget it, as the way my luck has been running the past 
> two
> months that boat anchor is apt to crush, not christen, my foot!
>
> When possible, I have kept an ear on the lists, when not, several others 
> kept an
> eye on them for me. Thanks to all, especially Al Waller, K3TKJ.
>
> I have ressumed putting the final touches on the digital video disk, after 
> the
> unplanned four week delay due to the storm damage, and hope to ship it to 
> the
> production facility in California on Friday october 21st. If all goes as
> scheduled, I hope to ship it on october 31st, Halloween, the Magician's 
> holiday.
>
> Thanks to the super scanning job several of you assisted me with, the 
> video
> formatting guidance from a local TV station and the sixty+ hours of photo 
> and
> text editing daughter Shelly donated to the cause, the final product 
> turned out
> better than I had ever even hoped for. Although the delay in releasing it 
> was an
> act of God, the extra time allowed me to add some additional original 
> photos,
> historic articles involving Bill Halligan and radio at large and several 
> special
> surprises! I think you who will be receiving the first100 copies, the 
> certified
> ones  are going to be very pleased when you sit back and see and hear 
> William
> Halligan, Sr. the legend, but most importantly, the man. The entire 
> Halligan
> Historical Project is about Bill Halligan growing up with radio and how 
> they each
> changed the way that history would unfold, but the focus is more on the 
> man and
> not the company.
>
> This is a real opportunity to meet the man, see his smile, listen to his 
> Irish
> wit at age eighty-four and experience radio as this video makes it come to 
> life
> before your eyes.
>
> It just gets better in 2006, as you will get a chance to hear 'LIVE' the 
> two men
> who were the Ham Radio operators on the 1947-1948 Gatti-Hallicrafters 
> DXpedition
> to Mount Kilimanjaro's "Mountains Of The Moon". I have spoken with them in 
> their
> homes and what absolutely fascinating tales they told! Some information 
> never
> before released, simply because nobody ever asked them the questions that 
> I did.
> I tried to learn what the world did not already know and what i learned 
> was
> fantastic! Amusing, emotional and sometimes very dramatic as a very close 
> brush
> with death took place. I will be writing a text transcript of the 
> conversations
> that will accompany the audio release. Which will include information from 
> other
> exchanges besides the actual live ones.
>
> Great information coming your way, so keep the tubes lit and stay tuned!
>
> Thanks to one and all for your support, patience and assistance. I sure 
> will be
> delighted when this nightmare from that story book character 'Chicken 
> Little' and
> his cry of "the sky is falling!" ends! In my case, it came true! Nothing 
> quite
> like having a cloud visit inside your QTH raining on you, your computer 
> and your
> spirits!
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
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