Tube sets trade for OM 1 and 3 and lenses
On Aug 4, 2014, at 8:22 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
> On 8/4/14 18:38 : , Peter Klein wrote:
>> > I found an ex-Western Union Vibroplex bug at one for cheap - that was
>> > exciting, since I love antique telegraph keys.
>>
>> You love the Tillamook (Oregon) Air Museum, which I visited last week. They
>> had some WWII-era Hallicrafters radios in relatively good shape on exhibit.
>> Behind glass and with mixed light sources, but I did my best:
>>
>> Super Skyrider receiver with a paper-tape based Morse keyer. There were no
>> straight keys or bugs on display.
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/tillamookair/P7290058.jpg.html>
>>
> Sweet.
>> Sky Buddy receiver mislabled as a transmitter and receiver, with a mic
>> plugged into the headphones jack. :-) Below are some single-band Navy
>> receivers and their "twin" transmitters. I actually used a transmitter like
>> this for a while, think it was called an ARC-5.
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/tillamookair/P7290059.jpg.html>
>>
> Yep. A lot of those old military rigs look very similar. All ugly and
> utilitarian.
>> S-22 on left, Navy receiver mislabeled as a "rectifier power unit" on right,
>> a tester and a VLF receiver on the floor
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/tillamookair/P7290088.jpg.html>
>>
>> I remember these "boat anchor" radios well. When I got my ham license as a
>> teenager in late 1968, many of us had them. WWII surplus stuff was
>> relatively cheap and worked well if you could calibrate your dial and cope
>> with the drift, not to mention be able to lift them on and off your desk.
>> You could always tell the guys who keyed with "bugs" by their "Lake Erie
>> swing"--long dashes followed by very fast dots, and sometimes one or two too
>> many. :-) The ones who were really good at it were amazing in the same way
>> that a virtuoso musician is amazing.
>>
> My first station was a Heathkit DX-100b and a Knight R-something receiver,
> homebrewed T/R relay. I never got the hang of a mechanical bug, but built an
> electronic keyer. Original paddle was two straight keys back-to-back
> vertically on a base. Upgraded to a Brown Brothers BTL-A paddle, which I
> still have.
>
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> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
> Valparaiso, IN
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> "It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St. Hubbins
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach
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