[OKDXA] HamCom2008

[AC5UP]

All I know is that I passed the 13 wpm CW test on the 7th try and 
Jerry's talent for the dittybop is very impressive to me. This doesn't 
mean I'll spend any time practicing CW, but it is impressive. Congrats!

And speaking of Claremore... This past Saturday morning I was listening 
to the big band & swing show on KRVT when they did a telephone interview 
from the HLARA antique radio swap & show not too far from me in Broken 
Arrow. Even though I don't need any more antiques that glow in the dark, 
they did use the magic words: Free Admission.

Turnout was modest, the club has a deal where members display their 
goods and vote for best restoration jobs with prizes awarded. Saw some 
nice work on display and accidentally bought a chassis for five bucks. 
Eleven tube AM/FM superhet in clean but original condition, no rust, no 
markings of any kind regarding make or model, but it did have a three 
gang tuning cap and terminal board construction. Looked to be a better 
than average model and was distinguished by the FM side of the dial 
being marked with FCC channel numbers --- 200 to 300. No MHz, only kHz 
on the AM side.

Spent some time last night surfing the web and found out it's a 
Farnsworth N4 chassis and that makes it something of a find. High end 
manufacturer and the Farnsworth part is Philo T... Inventor of the 
Iconoscope TV pickup tube and regarded as the real inventor of modern 
TV. Very interesting dude if you want to Google his bio. Found out all 
I'm lacking is an output transformer (it was originally mounted on the 
speaker) and with a pair of 6V6's in push pull that should be an easy 
junkbox item. Tubes are common numbers, too, so it has potential.

Since the spam filter might nail me if I include the links, the 
schematic can be found
at nostalgiaair dot org, if you're in the mood for surfing a really nice 
gallery of radio pics visit hlara dot org, and if you've ever wanted the 
complete Rider's library from 1923 through 1954... Visit sujan dot 
hallikainen dot org and look for it in the links. Nice assortment of 
commercial broadcast material up there as well.

Would like to end this note with something about working some CW 
tonight, but that's going to happen about the same time Lucifer holds an 
ice skating party in his backyard... ;)

Besides, I have some wax paper caps that followed me home on Saturday 
morning and you know they gotta' go!