My very first rig was an HW-8 kit, but i sold the unfinished kit and got an old Galaxy V. Frank, KL7FH, tweaked it for me as he was a really sharp guy.
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My very first rig was an HW-8 kit, but i sold the unfinished kit and got an old Galaxy V. Frank, KL7FH, tweaked it for me as he was a really sharp guy.
Neat, National I thought made some neat looking gear in their day, but I think real radios were made to glow.Quote:
Originally Posted by KE0ZU
All them radios glow in the dark, except for the black rice burner in the bottom pic.Quote:
Originally Posted by N8GAV
Nice! My first SWL station was a NC-98 and seeing those matching National speakers on the top shelf brought back some great very late night memories basking in the glow of whatever I could find.:yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by KE0ZU
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The NEW shack!!
I had a National NC-33 when I was 10. My said it was junk. I listened to everything on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by N7YA
I always thought I would like doing that...Trucking, I mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by W7XF
Too old to change now...
That's not a coffee cup, afterall, every contester should know a piss cup when they see one.Quote:
Originally Posted by w2amr
Nope, that was my coffee cup....all the litre bottles under the desk are for contest.
Sorry. My bad. I guess they do it a litle different in Vegas, but that's the gamble you take when you go there.
Complete with floating tranceiver option.:mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by W7XF
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Originally Posted by K7SGJ
AAAAAH!
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OK here is the WA6MHZ OPERATING Shack! No idle junk here!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/6...58934f23_z.jpg
Main rig is the Yaesu FT-107M line from 1980
DIgital Modes station: Icom IC-736
Backup HF: Kenwood TS-450S
VHF/UHF: Yaesu FT-736R
6M: Icom IC-575H
KW: Drake L7, and MN-2700 Tuner
Windows 7 Computer with 21" LCD
Assprted VHF Power amps and TNCs.
....and a chipmunk, it seems.
is any of this stuff tied down, or are you gonna be squished the next time the earth moves?
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Originally Posted by wa6mhz
Now THIS is a true ham shack! Kudos, Pat, for not bullshitting anyone...thats the real deal. From the chipmunk, to the multitudes of ball caps, to the mic cables everywhere, to the top shelf about to cave in any moment, to the Chinese tassel, to papers, pill bottles and jars of things being shoved into any available spot....this is real hamdom! :clap:
Really!Quote:
Originally Posted by N7YA
The only glaring omission I can detect is the lack of a moldy coffee cup.
5 stars!
True....or empty soda jugs for pissing in so you dont lose your frequency during contests.
Shiiiiiit. That aint nothin. If he ever gets power in the garage, he can work every ham on earth, with a different rig, at the same time.
I did a little remodeling and used Field Day as an operating proof. First, the side which actually works well:
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And now, the problematic one. The left-hand Paragon is awaiting a set of 500 and 250hz filters and must be removed from the lineup for their installation. As for the other...I'm pretty sure there are a number of PIN diodes on the TX and RX bandpass filters that are asleep at the wheel, and possibly one or two on the 1st and 2nd Mixer boards. I have no transmit or receive from 1.7-2.5MHz; the 6KHz 1st Mixer filter (and more than likely its pass-through equivalent on the 2nd Mixer board) appears to be 20dB down in throughput and compared to the other filters.
Both of the transceivers are going to dance with the signal generator and a scope before going back inline.
The Herc-II shown in the picture is currently the world's most expensive speaker: I'm not going to run 220v into the shack for its power supply, and those don't like 110v.
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If it's mine, it's hers.
She Is Cat.Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
OH I LOVE THESE CAT PIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUCH NICE NICE PUSSY!
Here is Miss Phoebe guarding the radio to make sure I don't try and pick up the mic. If I do, I get BITTEN!!!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6...f61eb9ce_b.jpg
Two of mine will venture near but not onto the radio desk; the third prefers its spot on the couch. When I'm operating, though, my 6lb black panther wants to park herself in my lap. And on the keyer, and on the keyboard, and on the mic...
Yep, mine wants to walk across the keyboard while im trying to ty....io490h2376rq63q8hgu45hy249yjhwhs8=q
My current Vibroplex Brass Racer is actually my second one.Quote:
Originally Posted by N7YA
The first one? Dobryn the Cat decided that I wasn't paying enough attention to her, so she nudged it off the operating table.
No, I wasn't allowed to administer lethal injection or worse. Which is why my ex kept the cat when we parted ways.
I'm not sure that's a chipmunk, Adam. I think it's a hamster!Quote:
Originally Posted by N7YA
I once saw a dancing hamster doll based on the old web site. When you turned it on it shook it's bootie! Just the sort of thing Pat would own, you know.
Anyone else remember the dancing flowers?
73,
Yes.
Actually it is a GUINEA PIG! We used to raise them, and WA6BEN got me that stuffed one for a Fodders day present one year.Quote:
Originally Posted by ab1ga
Yeah...no drilling holes in the new truck...Quote:
Originally Posted by w2amr
Ya mean like THIS??Quote:
Originally Posted by ab1ga
In case you forgot this gem...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C8TdLx3-xs
You folks are awesome...
Now all we need is a clean version of "Viking Kittens!"
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Originally Posted by N7YA
Whoever came up with THAT song was on MAGIC MUSHROOMS!!!
You've seen the Rest, now it is TIME FOR THE BEST SONG on YOu TUBE!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4NMoJcFd4