[K6NCG] Piece of K6NCG history - aircraft

[Ronald Carman]

    Yes; after two attempts I was able to see the photos - did I really help 
building that amp?
It looks awfully neat for me to have had much to do with it, unless I was useful 
for going into
San Francisco to the stores on Market Street!  I do remember those Saturday 
forays to the
surplus stores (and other places too, sometimes) - lots of fun.  Of course 
gasoline only cost
30¢ a gallon then; I'm scared to guess what it costs in California now - bad 
enough in Texas!
Anyway, it still looks good and I would bet it still works fine - those output 
transformers are
really impressive looking on the back of the chassis!  I's kind of surprised you 
didn't build a
power supply with solid state rectifiers; maybe the 5AR4 was available in the 
shack.
I still have my 1959 Sylvania tube manual, with a bunch of updates from 
subsequent years
and it still comes in handy - yes I still have lots of tubes; I'm kind of a pack 
rat!
Good looking plane; I never got a chance to fly one of those, although I do have 
a little
jet time to my record; I got to fly an Air Force T-38 at Laughlin AFB back in 
1976!
P.S. There is no E in my name; my Mama didn't raise me to be no opera - hi!
Ron, K5CXH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <billgibson at fuse.net>
To: "Discussion of K6NCG" <k6ncg at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [K6NCG] Piece of K6NCG history - aircraft


>
> Hi Tom,
> Thanks for looking. That's a Challen ger 601. Before flying this airplane I 
> worked at GE (Cincinnati) as part of the certification effort on the CF34-8 
> engine, although the 601 uses the older CF34-1. It would have been ironic to 
> fly an engine you had certified.
> Yes its funny how some things have value and we take them along with us, like 
> your field strength meter. I still have my 1962 RCA Tube Manual too! Why?
> I hope Ron Carmen can see my little web page. Maybe Ron will recognize the amp 
> that he li terally helped me to build.
>
> http://www.wamdi.com/Stereo_Amplifier.html
>
> Bill - K4UC