Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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ART-13


Collins Radio ART-13 Navy Transmitter 1942

I junked one of these out once for parts. They had an intricate preset system to auto set all the lower knobs by mechanical means. Pretty cool design!

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Vintage Test Equipment Website

Check out myvintagetv.com for a great photo gallery of old test equipment!

Vintage Ad Website

What a find! At VintageAdBrowser.com, they have thousands of ads on all merchandise dating back to 1900. I could spend days in there....

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Prototypes in Real Life

After many trips to Radio Shack for more alligator clips.... This image is an audio synthesizer project from MultiPhase Diary. Click image for a larger view.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Cool Workbench

Click to enlarge. This is how a REAL project workbench looks! From la1tpa-qrp.blog
I love all the homemade test equipment.

ICOM R-75 General Coverage Receiver

My current shortwave receiver - the Icom R-75. She is a pretty good performer but I have too much RFI from all the network devices in my house and can't hear much.