[QCWA] And now some picture links of equipment.

[Jeffrey D Angus]

One of the "sets" I have sitting in the storage area is a duplicate
of my original Novice License station from 1967.

Heathkit DX-20 Transmitter
<http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/%7Epostr/bapix/DX_20.JPG>
75 Watt DC Input power, Crystal controlled transmitter. 3.5-21 MHz.

Hammarlund HQ-110C Reciever <http://radioal.com/hq110ab.jpg>
1.6-52 MHz receiver. Used in the AM mode with AVC, with the IF
at 455 KHz feeding the BC-543.

Heathkit VF-1 variable transmit freq.
<http://www.radioranch.biz/Heathkit%20VF-1.jpg>
Used in place of the Crystal for the Heathkit DX-20 to allow some
frequency agility.

Signal Corp BC-453
<http://www.armyradio.com/publish/Articles/Command%20Sets/Pictures/bc-453.jpg>
Used as a third conversion IF for the Hammarlund receiver. This has
a 50 KHz IF frequency.

Navyships TCS-12 control box
<http://antiqueradios.com/albums/Misc/TCS_5.jpg> (Note: just the speaker
box upper right) Made a nice box with a speaker, headphone jack, and
some switches to operate the station with.

In 1976, having already upgraded to Advanced Class licensing, I decided
to get a "new" station with all MATCHING parts.

Heathkit HW-101 Transceiver
<http://www.tech-systems-labs.com/HW-101%20%282%29.jpg>
This is the heart of the station. 3.5-28 MHz 100 Watts. AM, CW and SSB.

Heathkit HM-102 Matching watt meter
<http://www.tech-systems-labs.com/HM-102.jpg>
With remote pickup so meter can be near equipment.

Heathkit HP-23 and HP-13 power supplies
<http://heathkit.nl/heathkit_nl/plaatjes/hp-23_hp-13.jpg>
Subsequently upgraded with newer capacitors. The HP-23 is 120 VAC line
operation and the HP-13 is 12 VDC operation.

Heathkit SB-600 speaker <http://www.heathkit.ca/sb/sb%20ser15.jpg>
And of course, the nice matching speaker.

Additionally, and I picked these up a few years afterwards to "round
out" the collection of matching Heathkit goodies...

Heathkit SB-610 <http://www.radiold.com/radios/rad60/rad60p20.jpg>
Basic CRT, tone generator and X-Y scope operation for station
monitoring.

Heathkit SB-620 <http://www.heathkit.ca/sb/sb_ser9.JPG>
Long delay phosphor, a Panadaptor that looks at the receiver IF and
gives you a amplitude vs frequency display.

Heathkit SB-630 Station Console <http://www.heathkit.ca/sb/sb%20ser14.jpg>
All-in-one Watt meter, clock, 10-minute ID timer and Phone Patch.

Finally, when I sold my house in 1989, I bought yet another station
to operate with on HF.

Icom IC-761A transceiver <http://www.rigpix.com/icom/ic761.jpg>
100 KHz - 30 MHz general coverage transceiver. 100 Watts, on CW, AM,
SSB, narrow band FM and RTTY (Radio Teletype)  Actually, I have a
matching pair of them.

Icom SP-23 speaker <http://ham.srsab.se/graphics/icom_acc/SP-23.jpg>
And the matching speaker with selectable haigh and low-pass audio
filters.

Icom SM-8 desk microphone
<http://www.eham.net/data/classifieds/images/209079.jpg>
Like the matching speaker, allows you to switch between either
transceiver. (Which was partly to blame for my buying a second
transceiver.)

Lastly, if one is to going to send Morse code, it helps to have a few
keys to send it with.

Vibroplex Original Standard "bug"
<http://www.vibroplex.com/original_standard.jpg>
My original, given to me in 1970 after I upgraded to Advanced Class
license.

Vibroplex Vibrokeyer <http://www.vibroplex.com/vibrokeyer_standard.jpg>
Used wtih an external keyer. Hallicrafter TO-1
<http://www.radiold.com/telegraph/tel_31.jpg> And yes it has vacuum
tubes.

Vibroplex Iambic key <http://www.vibroplex.com/iambic_standard.jpg>
Used with a integrated circuit type "smart" keyer. Note, the IC-761 has
that built in as an accessory.

Vibroplex straight key <http://www.vibroplex.com/straight_key_standard.jpg>
Good old fashioned hand key. Is it obvious I have a thing for Vibroplex?

And of course, to learn Morse Code...

Instro-graph code practice machine
<http://www.radiold.com/telegraph/tel_25.jpg>
Yes, that's paper tape with dots and dashes punched into it.

Jeff
wa6fwi

Some other bits of equipment I didn't throw into the pile here
(Mainly as I don't still have them)
Gonset GSB-100, Navyships RAO-7, National HRO-50-T1, Drake 2B,
Drace C4 line, Signal One CX-7, Gonset Communicator IV, home-brew
813, and 304-TL amplifiers. LOTS of Teletype gear and other odds
(mostly odd) and ends.

Hopefully, having caused you to spend 20-30 minutes reading this. ;-)




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