Hamshack Tour

This is my main operating station. Although several vintage radios are shown on the table (Collins KWM-1, KWM-380, 51S-1, Hallicrafters FPM-200 and FPM-300), these rotate on a regular basis. My main modern transceiver consists of a Yaesu MarkV/FT-1000MP for h.f. and an Icom 756PRO for 6 meters. Other gear shown in the photo are (to my rear) a Collins KWS-1 transmitter and 75A-4 receiver, and several pieces of homebrewed equipment, the largest of which is the h.f. linear amplifer on the bottom right of the desk.

To the left is my main A.M. (amplitude modulation) operating console. From top to bottom is a Johnson Viking 500 transmitter, an R-390A military receiver, with a JPS NIR-12 DSP filter, and on the bottom shelf a Johnson Ranger II transmitter and Hallicrafters SX-115 receiver.

The most interesting part of the group is the R-390A receiver. For you experts, this is an EAC 1967 version, with modified IF and a 7 Watt hi-fidelity audio output stage, designed by Bill Kleronomos, KD0HG. It's the best AM receiver I own. The NIR-12 DSP filter is connected to the Line Out audio.

When I'm in my hamshack, I'm most likely at my workbench building or repairing a piece of equipment. Need a part? I've probably got it somewhere. Now if I could only remember where I put it . . .

This is my vintage Drake "5-Line," circa 1980. It consists of a TR-5 transceiver and PS-75 power supply, an RV-75 remote VFO, L-75 linear amplifier, WH-7 wattmeter and MS-7 speaker. The "5-line" was intended as a low-cost alternative to the popular "7-Line," and because not many were sold they are now sought after by collectors.

Here's my summer hamshack at our vacation cabin in the Beartooth mountains of south-central Montana. The grid square is DN55, so be sure and give me a call if you run across W8ZR/7