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Here's Bo, W4TGL of Summerville, Ga. Hill (Bo)
Bohannon was a B-17 pilot during WWII who served with the 15th Air Force, 5th Wing, 2nd Bomb Group, 49th Squadron stationed
in Italy. Bo's bomber was shot down over Germany and he remained a POW for the remainder of the war. Always a
friendly voice on 3885 kc!
Here's the business end of the "Aluminum Overcast"
B-17 that came to Rome, Ga a while back. Look familiar Bo ?
Pretty awesome, huh !
Another shot of the Flying Fortress
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Can you guess who belongs to this remarkable transmitter
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This "bookshelf transmitter" is the handy-work of Clyde
K4UXK of Columbia Tn. A single 833 modulated by a pair of 833's. I've heard this rig on both 160 and 75 and it
sounds absolutely
wonderful !
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"Life is just another radio..." Here's Sam KF4TXQ
in his vintage shack, surrounded by some great sounding transmitters ! 'Little Hoss' (pair 813's modulated by 813's)
in the corner and to the left is one of Sam's T-408/URT-12
Coast Guard transmitters lovingly named 'Ursula' (pair of 4-65A's modulated
by 4-65A's). Sam is still looking for any manuals or information on the T-408.
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Andy WA4KCY , President of the Southeastern AM
Radio Club sports a beautiful shack !
From this operating position Andy uses a
Gates BC-250 GY Broadcast transmitter and can choose
from several receivers including the SX-88, R-391, and SX-73. Modulation from the RCA ribbon mic is taylored by
the Gates
Producer console and Berringer compressor/limiter with a 2-channel 15 band
equalizer, giving superb broadcast quality sound ! The BC-250 GY
is just out of view to the left. More info can be found on Andy's website.
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Andy at the controls of "Studio A"...the voice of Clem,
Ga !
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Ron WB4GWA
Broadcasting from beautiful downtown Concord, Ga. old
man Ron stands next to his Gates BC-1 and homebrew transmitter with 4-1000A final modulated by
a pair of 4-400's!
Here are a few more shots of Ron's well equipped shack...Collins
75A-2, 51J-4, RCA AR-88, R-390A and HRO receivers neatly stacked !
Continuing on around the radio room.....what a nice Hallicrafters
station !
I had a hard time taking these pictures....I wanted to sit
down and operate !!!
Below is Dr. Ron's homebrew pair of 813's modulated by 813's.
This one adorns the cover of Electric Radio Issue #110. Check it out !
The Elmac AF-67 station sports a homebrew linear amp to add
just a bit more punch.
Here's the inside of the little amp.....is this utilizing all
your available space or what !!!!
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Will the real "Old Navy" please stand up !
Here's a great shot of Jimmy KA4JGS, in Alexander
City, Al. with his beautiful sounding homebrew AM transmitter, Old Navy !
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Another fine AM signal out of Alexander City comes
from Steve AE4IN, whose shack is pictured here.
Outstanding Collins collection Steve! I think you've cornered the
market on the St. James Gray stuff !
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Who else do you know that has the complete lineage of S38 receivers
???
Here's Gary K4VT, boatanchor restorer
extrordinaire showing off his great collection !
Starting at the top and then going top to bottom, left to
right, we have the Echophone Commercial, then Echophone EC-1B, Hallicrafters S41-G and S41-W. Next is the S-38, S-38A
and
S-38B. Finally the S-38C, S-38D, and S-38E !
Pictured behind Gary are just a few of the vintage radios in his extensive collection.
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We've all heard Ron K4SX with his wonderful sounding
AM signal......ever wonder why it sounds so good? Take a look at this beautiful shack !
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Just a small sample of the vintage gear found in the
Norcross , Ga. shack of Mike K4HBI.
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Everyone's heard Jack, KF4YIO ("yippee i ooooh") of
Ringgold, Ga. on 3885kc ....but did you know he was also
a homebrew artist ? Check out this beautiful
regenerative receiver with brass panels !!
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