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Title: W7DET, 1957 - An exemplary home-brew AM, CW and RTTY station Post by: Ed-VA3ES on February 10, 2013, 01:15:54 PM W7DET Seattle, 1957 An exemplary home-brew AM, CW and RTTY station . An amazing station and an amazing person behind it!
Attached are station descriptions, an article from QST, 1957, and his obituary. Fascinating guy, and a ham's ham. I would have loved to have worked him, and known him. Title: Re: W7DET, 1957 - An exemplary home-brew AM, CW and RTTY station Post by: Ed-VA3ES on February 10, 2013, 01:18:30 PM W7DET, Bill Vandermay's obituary, June 19, 2003
Title: Re: W7DET, 1957 - An exemplary home-brew AM, CW and RTTY station Post by: ke7trp on February 10, 2013, 03:20:33 PM Very cool picture.
C Title: Re: W7DET, 1957 - An exemplary home-brew AM, CW and RTTY station Post by: KD0HUX on February 10, 2013, 06:03:26 PM 8)GREAT SETUP 8)
Title: Re: W7DET, 1957 - An exemplary home-brew AM, CW and RTTY station Post by: WBear2GCR on February 11, 2013, 12:15:32 PM Wonder where is beautiful piece of work is today?
Also I noted how the bug has a little nook in the front of the xmitr... Wouldn't want to have to move the desk to get at the back... :D _-_-bear Title: Re: W7DET, 1957 - An exemplary home-brew AM, CW and RTTY station Post by: Tom WA3KLR on February 11, 2013, 01:50:31 PM Great looking station and that shot is great quality photography. I do wonder about the heat build-up though in that kind of console. I wonder if there are vents on the top? The back is probably open but as Bear notes, it is up against the wall. A back view is on the second page of the QST article.
Title: Re: W7DET, 1957 - An exemplary home-brew AM, CW and RTTY station Post by: Ed-VA3ES on February 12, 2013, 09:22:23 AM Still amazing after 56 years! That is precisely the kind of station I dreamed about and lusted over when I first got into ham radio. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
BTW - the station picture graces the home page of my club's website, www.ve3orf.ca |