To the right of the Super Skyrider receiver I think I see a BC-221 frequency
meter. There is one hereabouts ... somewhere ... which hasn't been used for
45 years, but was essential for listening to DX HF broadcasts! Thanks for
reawakened memories, Peter.
Piers
In yet another [ground] plane of existence
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From: olympus
[mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Peter Klein
Sent: 05 August 2014 00:38
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] IMG: Old radios (especially for Paul Braun)
> Cute. Some of those antique malls are fun (although the ones that show
> stuff from my childhood as "antiques" are really annoying...)
Paul: Yeah, tell me about it!!
> 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>
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>
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.
--Peter (aka KD7MW in another plane of existence...)
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