[Central-Electronics] Vintage Ham Shack for Sale - Includes 100V

[peter markavage]

Very nice looking 100V and 170. You did a great job. Hope they find a
good home.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 09:32:08 -0700 "Radra" <radracom at verizon.net> writes:
> I completed the restoration of my 100V and am rather pleased with 
> the
> result.  Many thanks to those who offered their advice.  While I was 
> at it,
> also did a restoration of my HQ-170 receiver.  Out of professional 
> curiosity
> I wanted to see how well these vintage items could be made to work 
> employing
> modern test equipment and techniques.  Did have to grapple with the 
> question
> concerning to what extent I could modify the circuitry and still 
> consider
> the equipment "original" and "restored" as opposed to 
> "re-designed".
> Finally opted to keep circuit mods to a minimum doing only those 
> necessary
> to obtain good performance and safety.  It has been a fun and 
> interesting
> project.
> 
> Well now that everything is up and running, I have to, once again, 
> deal with
> the question of what to do with them.  My QTH is in a draw between 
> three
> close-by hills with a mountain a bit farther to south.  CC&Rs 
> prohibit
> external antennas.  So HF operation has never been a realistic 
> option here
> which partially explains why the ham shack has been in storage for 
> 40 years.
> So decided to sell the shack and use the proceeds to obtain some UHF 
> gear I
> have had my eyes on.  There is a repeater on yonder mountain.  Am 
> currently
> in the process of designing a solid-state UHF amplifier.
> 
> If any of you folks are interested, take a look at my eBay listing 
> at
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4675&item=57656976
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> 
> Would like to see this equipment find a good home.
> 
> Lyman K7LH