[Elecraft] Re: Poster with K2 and AC7AC on wall of BBC WS in Bush House

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

It's a poster pushing the WS, one of a whole series with photographs
and quotes from listeners.  I have a photo, but it may not be very
good, since nominally photography in the building is prohibited.

The homebrew rig was, as I recall, in an aluminum box, with what
looked a lot like an ARC-5 dial, and was a bit smaller than the K2.

I'll have to ask my friend if he can bag the poster, or even multiple
copies.

73, doug

   From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <rondec at easystreet.com>
   Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 07:09:36 -0700

   A poster or picture on the wall of the BBC World Service?  I'm intrigued. 

   My operating desk has a "bridge" or small shelf unit that the K2 sits under.
   Several things have been on top of the bridge: a solid-state superhet of my
   own design that I built some years ago (with a white front panel and black
   cabinet), a vacuum tube superhet that was a construction article in QST a
   couple of years ago (with a brass front panel), and more recently a
   link-coupled antenna tuner feeding my open wire lines (in a dark brown box
   with a large tapped coil visible on top).  

   I don't recall what I may have passed onto the BBC. I'm a regular BBC
   listener and fan. I frequently get asked if something I've written here or
   elsewhere about radio can be used. As long as it's in support of Ham radio,
   I always say yes. 

   Maybe I need to take a trip to London to check it out! I've not been to the
   BBC facility there. 

   Ron AC7AC


   -----Original Message-----
   From: Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 [mailto:faunt at panix.com] 
   Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 2:16 AM
   To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
   Cc: rondec at easystreet.com
   Subject: Poster with K2 and AC7AC on wall of BBC WS in Bush House


   Forgive me if this has been discussed to death already, but I'm not on the
   list all the time.

   Due to my interest in books, sailing, theatre, etc., I come to the UK
   regularly, and often have gazed at the Mecca of SW broadcasting while
   waiting at Aldwych for the bus; and patronize the BBC shop on the ground
   floor regularly.

   It turns out, another member of the Arthur Ransome Society works as an audio
   engineer for the BBC WS, and was on duty late last night, so gave me a
   midnight private tour of Bush House.  We were going up a large staircase and
   I saw in the distance a WS promo poster with what looks like a homebrew rig,
   so I go closer.  It turns out, it's Ron AC7AC quoted about the WS, and the
   homebrew rig is on top of a K2 in the photo.  So, there's currently a photo
   of a K2 on the wall of a staircase in the home of the BBC World Service.

   Perhaps Ron can give us more information about the homebrew rig shown?

   73, doug
   in London