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« on: February 12, 2014, 01:04:58 PM » |
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After about 3 1/2 years of buying, selling, moving things, lacing wire looms, building and planning I think I am pretty happy with this being a relatively permanent form of my main radio room rack. The only thing missing is the rack mounted ART-13 power supply which I am currently rebuilding. I will post a few more photos later of the other racks. The neat thing is that I have a P-P 6V6 amplifier on one of the other racks and I can patch it into any of the radios. No more multiples of speakers hanging around!
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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2014, 03:28:52 PM » |
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Very nice. If all that gear is hooked up you have done well. Without knowing its a working station it looks a lot like my storage area downstairs!
Nice Job! Now make some QSO's with it.
Joe, W3GMS
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« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2014, 03:39:29 PM » |
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Save for the ART-13 which awaits the rebuilding of the power supply everything is hooked up and operational. A lot of time was spent making neat wiring looms so as to not have a nest in back.
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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2014, 05:11:12 PM » |
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nice wallpaper
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It's alive. IT'S ALIVE!!!
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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2014, 10:07:37 PM » |
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This is impressive.
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I'm outta control, plain and simple. Now I have a broadcast transmitter.
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It's alive. IT'S ALIVE!!!
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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2014, 08:09:59 AM » |
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What is the large, black wrinkle thingy on the floor?? Looks military.
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I'm outta control, plain and simple. Now I have a broadcast transmitter.
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2014, 09:08:38 AM » |
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Beautiful layout & especially the invisible wiring job. Always wanted to do that to my station but haven't had the ambition. It is an intimidating task..OH NO!! YOU BLOCKED THE DOOR; HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET TO THE KITCHEN FOR A BEER.......................... OR TO THE BATHROOM AFTER DRINKING THE BEER.
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2014, 10:45:30 AM » |
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What is the large, black wrinkle thingy on the floor?? Looks military.
That's an RCA RBC-1. It's a WWII Navy HF receiver that was contracted to RCA (who then scoured the nation and borrowed engineers from other companies to help them develop it). It's actually in the rack. It's just that it's so tall that I needed to set the rack shelf down far enough for it to fit. I also needed to have a bit of room above it when it came to lifting it out as it weighs 82lbs. I plan on aligning it very shortly and so I will take some photos of it up close as well as some photos of the inside and post them here. |
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2014, 11:04:45 AM » |
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That RBC is a nice receiver...The Gov't paid RCA plenty for those...They were built for the Navy and used on Battleships...They had to be tough...I have one in use here on 15 and 20 meter AM
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2014, 11:46:02 AM » |
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Nice!
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2014, 12:10:19 PM » |
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"HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET TO THE KITCHEN FOR A BEER......"
1.) You don't need to go to the kitchen; buy one of them small refrigerators, and keep it near.
2.) You only need a jug.
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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2014, 03:52:07 PM » |
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Far too neat! Seriously, looks great, wish mine looked that good.
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« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2014, 06:16:00 PM » |
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Is that a bed in the foreground?
You sleep there?
I agree it is super neat AND CLEAN.
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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2014, 09:29:08 PM » |
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Very neat! And a nice mix of boatanchors and more modern gear.
Burt - The bed idea is good for contesting. Actually you can put your QSL cards on the ceiling and drift off to sleep thinking of tropical DX...
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« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2014, 10:03:37 PM » |
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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2014, 12:38:37 AM » |
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Ya never know when a cute ham YL might drop by looking to meet the OM behind the mike.
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« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2014, 03:36:35 AM » |
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It is very clean and neat. I'm afraid mine's not so neat, although a little 409 and a broom takes care of any messes. It must take a great deal of time to lace wiring.
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« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2014, 08:56:20 PM » |
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Before I was married, I had radios next to my bed. Or should I say I had a bed in the shack. Once the 'mine' became 'ours', the radios went out of the bed room.
I'm still looking for a nice office chair that I can use to power nap.
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« Reply #18 on: February 23, 2014, 09:18:15 PM » |
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Before I was married, I had radios next to my bed. Or should I say I had a bed in the shack. Once the 'mine' became 'ours', the radios went out of the bed room.
I'm still looking for a nice office chair that I can use to power nap.
klc
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« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2014, 12:10:17 AM » |
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« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2014, 01:38:09 AM » |
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Before I was married, I had radios next to my bed. Or should I say I had a bed in the shack. Once the 'mine' became 'ours', the radios went out of the bed room.
I'm still looking for a nice office chair that I can use to power nap.
klc
A friend who has been happily married for a looong time, and whose XYL is very nice and has her own hobbies, he has a SW receiver next to their bed, on his side of course. It's just a matter of being considerate using it I suppose, so when the other party is reading or sleeping she isn't disturbed. |
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« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2014, 08:27:58 AM » |
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Ya never know when a cute ham YL might drop by looking to meet the OM behind the mike.
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« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2014, 10:58:50 AM » |
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« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2014, 08:04:47 PM » |
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HA HA I forgot who corny those digital cartoons were. Some of the words typed in would not sound out like we thought. |
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