[Boatanchors] A Classic Example of the Homebrew Art

[Robert Nickels]

I'm a sucker for any of those portable rigs!   This one is especially 
nice and looks like a good design.  Re-purposing the portable radio 
cabinet was genius!

A while back I posted a couple of articles from Electronics Illustrated 
magazine from the 60s, this all-in-one always fascinated me and still does:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B98akUlPIomlODBmYTgyMDUtNDg0Ni00ZjRjLThjMTYtNjYzZTQ2NjRhOWY4?usp=sharing

The construction method used - three separate chassis behind a common 
panel - would be do-able by most hams who built equipment back then.   
No professional lab here, and all the parts were sourced from the usual 
catalog sources.

This one is also built into a small suitcase, but was a real Erector Set 
design, still something that could be built by the average ham with 
basic tools:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B98akUlPIomlMThmMDNiZDUtMTRjYi00MTRiLTllZjgtYmM5M2RmOTUwMGM0?usp=sharing

You have to admire the skill of the artists who drew the pictorial 
assembly drawings showing all the components sort of floating in space,  
and how they are connected.    The result is about as close to 
Heathkit-quality instructions as it got and no doubt inspired many 
builders who were intimidated by the ARRL Lab quality construction.

Hopefully the Google Drive settings are still open to allow sharing, I 
seem to get that wrong about half the time.    They are individual page 
scans so you'll have to click through them to read in sequence.    I'll 
pdf them some day.

73, Bob W9RAN