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BELOW ARE
SOME OF THE ACTIVE STATIONS OPERATING AND THE GEAR THEY USE
( OTHERS
SOMETIMES CALL IN)
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DAVID VK7DM
40 metre TX
unit is on top, 160 metre TX below that, then modulator next down, and
with power supply on bottom.
Receiver used on AM is Palstar in middle of main rack next to FT897.
DON VK2ADY
Gear used by
Don VK2ADY for AM: L to R (bottom): FT200 and P/S in centre, ATU AT230
L to R (Above): TS130V & P/S, IC726sitting on ATU
RON VK4EV
Gear used by
Ron VK4EV for AM: Geloso G222,
Johnson Viking 2, AR7, AWA CR6B, Hallicrafters SX111
IAN VK2AIJ
Ian transmits from Goulburn
and uses and old Panda transmitter and Eddystone receiver
TERRY VK4AAT
Terry has
an ART13 (just behind the D104 microphone). He also has a BC348
receiver, proof of that can be seem in the bottom left corner of the
photo. That S meter has caused a lot of discussion on 40M but I can't
see it being removed!
DAVID VK2AWD
David uses a modern Icom
tranceiver driving a linear amplifier from his cupboard hamshack. He has
also made a valve transmitter and a solid state (class E) transmitter
that he sometimes uses out on his BBQ area.
BOB VK2AVQ
I was unable to extract a
photo of Bob VK2AVQ but I do have some photos of the gear he has been
using on AM. It is a lovely rack made by George VK2AHJ in the 1950's.
Here is the transmitter as it is today after restoration by Bob (top
photo) and as it was cc 1950's with the builder, George VK2AHJ (bottom
photo).
BERNIE VK2ABN
Bernie uses a WW2 Collins
ART13 transmitter and last heard he was using a Collins receiver. Bernie
has an impressive stack of equipment that wrapped around behind him on
the other wall facing.
KEN VK2AFH
Gear used by
Ken VK2AFH fo AM: Swan 350, Drake T4XB, Kenwood TS680
NORM VK4ANB
Gear used by
Norm VK4ANB for AM: Johnson Viking Valiant (photo), ZC1 Mark 11 from
1934, FT101b. Norm says
that the Viking Valiant is interesting in that he has the invoice when
it was bought second hand in 1967 by Dave Laing, YJ1DL, Radio Station
Luganville Espirito Santo New Hebrities via Noumea for $A65 from Henry
Radio, Los Angeles, California. The chap that Norm bought it from
purchased it in 1988 and Norm bought it in 2002.
VIC VK4AXM
Gear
used by Vic VK4AXM for AM: Communication RX HCR-62 ,
FT101E, FRG-7000, Sea Com 40c tuned to 3,580 AM. The rig under
construction (sitting in the middle of the operating table) is
using what I have found in the junkboxes, 6DQ6A or B final,
oscilator E810F, modulator EF86 and EL34 or 6L6 , I have to obtain
some iodine to lower the frequency of 3,580 X-tal , second harmonic
is 7,160, can't get it lower then 7,1572, bad luck........ 73
VIc
REG VK2ATS
Gear used by VK2ATS
for AM: Home brew transmitter and modulator. (The unit on the floor)
MICHAEL VK4ZKT
This photo
was snapped in the VK2BA shack. Michael is leaning on the VK2BA 40M /
10M transmitter, the BA320. Shortly we will have a full list of the 40m gear
Michael uses from home.
KEN VK4KB
Gear used by
VK4KB for AM at present are:- Granger Associates Teletransceiver model
174-3, Weston AM transceiver model LM5-2 and Weston AM transceiver model
VR60TM.
DAVID VK2BA
Gear used by
David VK2BA: On 40M any of the following gear is likely to be used:-Home
brew 813 transmitter - the BA20, Johnson Viking 2, 22 tube home
brew receiver, Kingsley AR7, National HRO 50T1. David also runs the
BA320 AM transmitter on 29MHz. He also listens on a pair of BC348
receivers - one is a fully rebuilt job and the other was owned
by John VK2WF (Now SK). David has also restored an old Bendix
TA-12C from WW2 and runs it on the net.
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