 MY FIRST STATION W6SID Back in 1940 the only license one could get as a new amateur radio operator was known as a Class B license, 13 wpm code required plus a written techincal exam (General today). It had to be taken at an FCC office, in my case San Francisco, after of one year of only 40 meter CW and 160 meter AM you could take the Class A exam (Advanced today). Extra, Tech. and Novice Class Licenses was non-existent at that time. My station consisted of following:
Bretting 9 Receiver (9 tubes including recifier tube) 6L6 Crystal Oscillator (home brew) 80 Recifier Power supply (home brew) Antenna was a half wave doublet
KB7KE / KO7T 1978-1982 This my Station near Seattle in 1970 and 80's when I was a net controller for the Bill Bennett Family Hour DX Net. This station also won the 1980 CQ WORLD WIDE WPX CONTEST for the 7th call area and 7th in the USA. It consisted of the Drake Twins, TR4C & TX4C, driving a Dentron Clipperton-L Amplifer to 1KW and a Hi-Gain TH-5 Tri-Band Yagi as the antenna 
My Collins Station 2007 75S-3B Receiver 32S-1 Transmitter 516F-2 Power Supply 30L-1 Linear Amplifier 312B-4 Station Console (not shown) KWM-2 Transceiver (not shown) Cushcraft R-7 Multi-Band Vertical 
My Station in Seattle, WA won the WPX CONTEST for the 7th call area and 7th in the USA. It consisted of the Drake Twins, TR4C & TX4C, driving a Dentron Clipperton-L Amplifer to 1KW and a Hi-Gain TH-5 Tri-Band Yagi as the antenna 
My ICOM Solid State Station 2004 to 2010 ICOM 746 PRO Transceiver ICOM 2 KL 500 Watt Solid State Linear ICOM AT 500 Autonatic Antenna Tuner Cushcraft R-7 Multi-Band Vertical See Base Station Page 2 for more |
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