[Milsurplus] ARRL National Convention Mil Radio Display

[David Stinson]

The ARRL National Convention is being held tomorrow and Saturday 
at the Plano, Texas "HamCom" hamfest.  
With the help of Mike Hanz and others, I've been working for 
months on a WWII Aircraft Radio display of complete, working sets.
It's called "The Voice of Eagles."
There's only so much room on the one allowed table (the place 
is jam-packed with vendors), so I've included five sets:
SCR-287, SCR-274N, ARB/ATB, SCR-183 and ARC-type-17.
Why ARC-type-17?  Well, it's a 1946 set and WWII did not
*officially* end until December of 1946 (betcha didn't know that!)
and, if I can get some power to the table tomorrow, it will allow 
the lookers to use the set to talk to their plastic radios,
which should pique their interest.

I just got back from setting-up for tomorrow's opening.
Here are some photos:

http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/HamCom/display1.JPG
http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/HamCom/display2.JPG
http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/HamCom/display3.JPG

There were only a few people in the room setting up,
but the display was a big hit with them.  Hope it goes 
over well tomorrow.

While there are guards in the area overnight, I removed the
tuning knobs from the 274N receivers, just in case ;-).

Hope some of you will be here.

73 Dave AB5S