Taylor transmitter ?

[Ralph W3GL]

And then there's "Lady GaGa"...       Yeeetchhh ! ...   

[vincent]

What about the "BABA"?
I am sure that Frank knows of what I am talking about!

http://www.baba.it/

[The Slab Bacon]

What about the "BABA"?
I am sure that Frank knows of what I am talking about!

http://www.baba.it/

Man........................all the good stuff I can't have anymore  

[vincent]

Hi Frank,
sorry to hear that but I didn't realized exactly what was your problem.
Again sorry.
Regards.
Vincent.

[The Slab Bacon]

Hi Frank,
sorry to hear that but I didn't realized exactly what was your problem.
Again sorry.
Regards.
Vincent.

Vincenz,
            I have diabetes and liver disease. Controling the diabetes is the key to keeping the liver in check. But.......................... I do cheat occasionally, especially for "special occasions". Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.   

You know how it is, "Vino bono, panne fresca"..............................  

[vincent]

Hi Frank,
I understand very well your problem; I have a friend (a ham) that has the same problem (diabetes). This guy was eating Every Day a dozen of pastry (babas, etc.) and he did this for YEARS! Now, of course, he gets some problems.
I always agree with you about “Vino buono, etc…….etc”!!!
Regards.
Vincent.

[jtfitchSWL]

I'm quite sure the transmitter in the original query is a Taylor 50-watt PB-50. I've attached a picture of the same model at Armed Forces Radio Station XMAG, Nanking, where I worked, taken about 1946-8. It served as a backup for a Gates 250-watt broadcast band transmitter.

[k4kyv]

About a year ago I went on a tour to Alcatraz.  The communicitions/operations room display was set up with a hodgepodge of "communications-looking" equipment, along with some beat-up old office furniture. I recall a Motorola desk microphone and some oddball electronics gear. Smack in the middle was a Heathkit ham transmitter, similar in styling to an Apache but a little smaller.  Maybe a Marauder? When the prison was in operation, I can't imagine what use they would have had for a ham transmitter in the main operations room.

[The Slab Bacon]

The "average tourist" isn't supposed to know the difference......   

[KA3EKH]

Maybe having to use that Heathkit Mohawk and Apache junk was part of the punishment? Never used any of that stuff myself and thought it looked ok, but have read that the radios were dogs. Let's see how far we can change this thread from what it's supposed to be about. What was the issue with the big green heathkits?

[kb3ouk]

I don't know about those Heathkits, but I have a couple of Yaesus (FT-901DM, FT-101, and an FT-101EX) that keep throwing a fit and can be kinda torturous to run, especially the 901, that thing does not want to put out power half the time, it will tune fine then throw a fit and not want to work. My good 901 that I've modified for better audio works perfect (now that i've said that, the next time I get on the air it will decide to be uncooperative). The other three I'd like to haul upstairs and throw them out the second story bathroom window (about a 30 foot drop straight to the ground with nothing to stop them).

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Maybe having to use that Heathkit Mohawk and Apache junk was part of the punishment? Never used any of that stuff myself and thought it looked ok, but have read that the radios were dogs. Let's see how far we can change this thread from what it's supposed to be about. What was the issue with the big green heathkits?

If you want to discuss it, start a new thread. Why clog the original thread with something that is totally irreverent. It also makes it a lot easier for members to find the P & M threads in the future if they want to review the pros and cons of those rigs.

[k4kyv]

Actually, the initial reference to Heathkits and Alcatraz was clearly on topic, in response to the original posts regarding staged photos and displays intended for public view, that show bogus communication set-ups employing whatever electronic and radio junk that was conveniently available, stuff that would never actually be used in the subject applications of strategic operations involving POTUS or the administration of a federal prison, but with the assumption that the public or the average tourist never would know the difference.

The hijackers threw in remarks about coo-coo clocks, moo-moo, bang-bang, cous-cous and Lady GaGa.  Closely resembles what you would expect to see any time of day on sites like QRZ.com.

The whole set-up looks bogus.  The large black unit looks more like a piece of GR test equipment of some sort.  Although, the small pointer knobs don't look like GR's.  Can't imagine the President sitting at a piece-of-crap desk, in a corner, trying to run the country in a crisis and trying to do in with the junk that's sitting on that desk.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Actually, the initial reference to Heathkits and Alcatraz was clearly on topic, in response to the original posts regarding staged photos and displays intended for public view, that show bogus communication set-ups employing whatever electronic and radio junk that was conveniently available, stuff that would never actually be used in the subject applications of strategic operations involving POTUS or the administration of a federal prison, but with the assumption that the public or the average tourist never would know the difference.

The hijackers threw in remarks about coo-coo clocks, moo-moo, bang-bang, cous-cous and Lady GaGa.  Closely resembles what you would expect to see any time of day on sites like QRZ.com.

I was referring to the quote in my post. Please read more intently. We try to be a several steps up from other web forums where anarchy and "knuckle draggers" are common.

[KA3EKH]

I do apologies if my comments appear as “knuckle dragging” or as a pretext to lowering the standards of this forum. With no sarcastic intent let me say that I understand as a list moderator it is your function to intervene, correct and occasionally censor what takes place in this forum. Being a junior member, that is if I may consider myself a member of this forum I may occasionally commit errors in procedures and protocol and that I stand corrected in my flippant comments of the above post.  Much of what I consider humorous is derived from sarcasm, and seeing the developing thread and comments about Alcatraz I could not resist the temptation to post a comment and with that comment ask a question regarding the Heathkit tribe. You are correct in that this would be best suited in the development of a new thread but without the context of the Alcatraz statement the question would have no relevance to me.  I may have falsely assumed that within the confines of the QSO Forum this would be permitted. In reviewing my original post I now see that the line “Let’s see how far we can change this thread from what it’s supposed to be about” was not my best choice of words.

[W2VW]

IIRC the Marauder is the same size as the Apache and Mohawk.
A two thirds or so size unit may have been a Seneca 6 and 2 metet transmitter.
Maybe they kept VHF stuff around for CD activities. The later Ameco TX-62 was kept around in many public and semi public places for CD.