HB xmtr needs rescue - Portland Maine - rack-sized

[K4NYW]

Looks like a homebrew transmitter built around a WW2 Navy chassis?
Contact John directly - I have put his photos at
http://www.virhistory.com/ham/maine/

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Dugan <John.Dugan@caliberhomeloans.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 8:24 AM
Subject: RE: Naval Transmitter
To: Nick England <navy.radio@gmail.com>

Hello,

Please share with anyone that would be interested in it.  If someone is interested in it i would prefer that it's not parted out and they take the whole thing.  I do know that it is extremely heavy and would take a few helpers  to get it out of the basement.

It's also located in Portland, Maine.

Thanks,


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:32 PM, John Dugan <John.Dugan@caliberhomeloans.com> wrote:


    Hello Nick,

    I saw your information online regarding US Navy Radios.  I just bought a house from one of my friends father who has had this radio transmitter from late 60's from a naval destroyer at Bath Iron Works in Bath Maine.

    I don't have any need for it and trying to find out if it's worth anything to anyone before it's picked up for scrap metal.

    Thanks for any information you can provide.

[wb1ead]

Hi All..wondering if anyone has peeked at the photos given by Nick in regards to this transmitter..??..reason i ask is a gud friend contacted the owner who really honestly is not a ham so he has zero experience with this..is this really a transmitter?..home brew or commercial as it must be since evidently it was removed from service from a Navy destroyer..can't imagine the milatary using home brew!..if someone cud weigh in on their impressions I'll be sure to forward them to my buddy..wud like to know relative pwr/modes/electricity needed etc..cannot find nuttin on the web based on the 2 pics
                                         Tnx and Happy New Year   73 de DAVE

[AJ1G]

Based on the linked pictures that thing is definitely not a piece of mil gear.  Appears to be a very old homebrew transmitter. The second photo appears to be a small homebrew receiver sized power supply.

[N1BCG]

Looks very interesting!  Can additional pictures be posted, perhaps of the back, particularly if it's open to show some of the interior? Tim WA1HLR is nearby in Maine.

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

Hard to tell much from the photos, but if it's anything like the ones I have here from that timeframe, chances are it's a CW-only rig (no modulator), crystal or outboard VFO-controlled, and possibly sporting two RF decks - one for 40 and one for 80. Bandswitching was more challenging back then.

Definitely worth saving for parts, if nothing else. As far as value, old HB gear brings very little unless it has some known provenance like belonging to old Hiram or such.

[N1BCG]

Additional pics, part 1...

[N1BCG]

Additional pics, part 2...

[KB2WIG]

Watts a Hiram ? ?


KLC

[wb1ead]

Tnx to those who posted ur comments about this tx!..I tried to relay the info to a gud friend who was supposed to go there and scope it out on Saturday..??..many tnx too to N1BCG who obviously lives nearby to this for the additional pics..
                               As far as I know it's still a "rescue" item..73 de DAVE

[N0WEK]

Looks like a good source of transformer iron at the very least. A bit far for me though.

[WZ1M]

I tried to contact the owner, several times as I am only a few hours from him. Nothing heard.
Regards,
Gary...WZ1M

[Opcom]

Maybe he is bust over the holidays. I'd get it for the cabinet and parts if I were close. It's not a radio any more but still worth saving the parts.

[Tim WA1HnyLR]

After looking over the photos it appears that this transmitter was built in a cabinet that was perhaps a TBM-11 type of transmitter-WW-II It looks like it would be good for parts . Portland is about an hour and a half ride for me from Skow Town-
Tim WA1HnyLR

[Carl WA1KPD]

Wonder if Larry, NE1S knows about this. About 15 minutes from his home

[ka1shu.]

   Seller wanted $100 for it and needed it out by the 6th of Jan. It was in a unit he was selling.

[K4TQF]

SAVED FROM THE LANDFILL

Y'all will be happy to know that I spent most of the day today dismantling this beast and hauling it home. ( it was located about 5 minutes from my QTH ) It probably weighed 250-300+lbs assembled. I took it apart as much as possible, and loaded the parts individually. The rack was light after all the iron was removed. I hefted the empty rack up on the top of my car and secured it with 4 ratchet straps," hillbilly style " ! It looks like it was an old Navy rig that had been somewhat modified, but everything was there. With the exception of one of the side panels and the tubes.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of the tubes that were recently removed please contact me K4TQF@yahoo.com. Time for another pain pill and a beer

Many thanks to Larry NE1S
TNX, Durff

PS: now I have a basement full of radio parts leaking PCBs !

[K4TQF]

Watts a Hiram ? ? KLC

As in belonging to Hiram Percy Maxim.  1AW, and later W1AW. He created the ARRL in 1914, and was president for many years.

[K4NYW]

SAVED FROM THE LANDFILL

YAY!