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HF MOBILE OF THE MONTH
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:03:29 GMT, "BJ" wrote:
|Submit your photos for May's featu | |http://www.k2bj.com Don't consider this an "entry" and it IS NOT to become the property of k2bj.com but you might be interested in a real mobile rig, circa 1958. http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/w7uvr.jpg This was the qsl set from my "Elmer", Lee, W7UVR, SK. 4-1000A/parallel-pp 813 1KW high-level plate modulated AM in motion. Later SSB equipment added. 5KW generator. Later upgraded to 15KW Remotely tuned whip antennas with motorized vacuum caps and coils. 30' pneumatic mast with folded two-element beam (later upgraded to 3-el) for stationary operation. |
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:03:29 GMT, "BJ" wrote:
|Submit your photos for May's featu | |http://www.k2bj.com Don't consider this an "entry" and it IS NOT to become the property of k2bj.com but you might be interested in a real mobile rig, circa 1958. http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/w7uvr.jpg This was the qsl set from my "Elmer", Lee, W7UVR, SK. 4-1000A/parallel-pp 813 1KW high-level plate modulated AM in motion. Later SSB equipment added. 5KW generator. Later upgraded to 15KW Remotely tuned whip antennas with motorized vacuum caps and coils. 30' pneumatic mast with folded two-element beam (later upgraded to 3-el) for stationary operation. |
Wes Stewart wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:03:29 GMT, "BJ" wrote: |Submit your photos for May's featu | |http://www.k2bj.com Don't consider this an "entry" and it IS NOT to become the property of k2bj.com but you might be interested in a real mobile rig, circa 1958. http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/w7uvr.jpg This was the qsl set from my "Elmer", Lee, W7UVR, SK. 4-1000A/parallel-pp 813 1KW high-level plate modulated AM in motion. Later SSB equipment added. 5KW generator. Later upgraded to 15KW Remotely tuned whip antennas with motorized vacuum caps and coils. 30' pneumatic mast with folded two-element beam (later upgraded to 3-el) for stationary operation. Those are some manly loading coils...Would hate to see the price of those in todays $$$$...I've seen that mobile somewhere before...Maybe in an old QST or something...But somewhere I think I have an article about that car. Was he into civil defense or something like that? Seems to ring a vaque bell...Seems like in the article, the car was mainly set up for emergency CD use...MK |
Wes Stewart wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:03:29 GMT, "BJ" wrote: |Submit your photos for May's featu | |http://www.k2bj.com Don't consider this an "entry" and it IS NOT to become the property of k2bj.com but you might be interested in a real mobile rig, circa 1958. http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/w7uvr.jpg This was the qsl set from my "Elmer", Lee, W7UVR, SK. 4-1000A/parallel-pp 813 1KW high-level plate modulated AM in motion. Later SSB equipment added. 5KW generator. Later upgraded to 15KW Remotely tuned whip antennas with motorized vacuum caps and coils. 30' pneumatic mast with folded two-element beam (later upgraded to 3-el) for stationary operation. Those are some manly loading coils...Would hate to see the price of those in todays $$$$...I've seen that mobile somewhere before...Maybe in an old QST or something...But somewhere I think I have an article about that car. Was he into civil defense or something like that? Seems to ring a vaque bell...Seems like in the article, the car was mainly set up for emergency CD use...MK |
On 12 Apr 2004 12:28:46 -0700, (Mark Keith) wrote:
|Wes Stewart wrote in message . .. | On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:03:29 GMT, "BJ" wrote: | | |Submit your photos for May's featu | | | |http://www.k2bj.com | | Don't consider this an "entry" and it IS NOT to become the property of | k2bj.com but you might be interested in a real mobile rig, circa 1958. | | http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/w7uvr.jpg | | This was the qsl set from my "Elmer", Lee, W7UVR, SK. | | 4-1000A/parallel-pp 813 1KW high-level plate modulated AM in motion. | Later SSB equipment added. | | 5KW generator. Later upgraded to 15KW | | Remotely tuned whip antennas with motorized vacuum caps and coils. | | 30' pneumatic mast with folded two-element beam (later upgraded to | 3-el) for stationary operation. | |Those are some manly loading coils...Would hate to see the price of |those in todays $$$$...I've seen that mobile somewhere before...Maybe |in an old QST or something...But somewhere I think I have an article |about that car. Was he into civil defense or something like that? |Seems to ring a vaque bell...Seems like in the article, the car was |mainly set up for emergency CD use...MK Lee was shall we say, a little different. He was trained as an engineer and I believe spent some time in the Coast Guard before his dad died and left him a very substantial trust fund income. At this point, he "retired" to pursue other interests, as they say. He was a neighbor of ours (my parents and me), why I do not know, since he was very well off and we definitely were not. The properties were suburban and measured one acre, but his had a power line that was very noisy. Instead of moving, he built the mobile. It wasn't for emergency use so much as for DXing. I think it was on the cover of CQ magazine, but I couldn't afford subscriptions in those days so I'm not sure. His home station was the classic setup of a master exciter, modulator and power supply with individual amplifiers for each band. These were p-p 304TLs, high level modulated. All of this stuff was in a series of 6-foot rack cabinets built into a wall with access from the rear and a huge horseshoe shaped operating console in the middle of the room. Receivers were always the latest of whatever was perceived as the best. His castaways were always donated to the VA hospital radio club so he could take a tax write-off. I tried to weasel things out of him but he always said that until I became a non-profit charity I was SOL. [g] Since he couldn't hear anything, he became an ARRL Official Bulletin Station and would relay ARRL messages on a published schedule. I helped install his 80-40 meter vertical. This was fed with nitrogen-filled rigid coax. I did the grunt work installing the radial system; spending a couple of days driving ground rods at the end of each of about 60 radials and stretching out the wire. These were laid on the ground and then a landscaper was called in to cover them with topsoil. My "pay" was a 30' aluminum tower that I picked up and carried the block or so to my house. I was about 16 at the time. When Collins came out with the noise blanker for the 75A-4, he could finally hear from the home location. He had a Telrex "Christmas tree" stack and a four-square for 40 meters, plus the other vertical. When SSB got more popular he scrapped the AM amplifiers and bought five Collins 32S-1's and five Gonset GSB-201 amplifiers for the OBS station. Of course, he had the requisite KWS-1 as well. The mobile went to SSB at an early date as well with a Technical Material Corp SSB generator driving the 4-1000A. There is another interesting story about the BOCAR sports car that he bought but that will keep for another day. Wes |
On 12 Apr 2004 12:28:46 -0700, (Mark Keith) wrote:
|Wes Stewart wrote in message . .. | On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:03:29 GMT, "BJ" wrote: | | |Submit your photos for May's featu | | | |http://www.k2bj.com | | Don't consider this an "entry" and it IS NOT to become the property of | k2bj.com but you might be interested in a real mobile rig, circa 1958. | | http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/w7uvr.jpg | | This was the qsl set from my "Elmer", Lee, W7UVR, SK. | | 4-1000A/parallel-pp 813 1KW high-level plate modulated AM in motion. | Later SSB equipment added. | | 5KW generator. Later upgraded to 15KW | | Remotely tuned whip antennas with motorized vacuum caps and coils. | | 30' pneumatic mast with folded two-element beam (later upgraded to | 3-el) for stationary operation. | |Those are some manly loading coils...Would hate to see the price of |those in todays $$$$...I've seen that mobile somewhere before...Maybe |in an old QST or something...But somewhere I think I have an article |about that car. Was he into civil defense or something like that? |Seems to ring a vaque bell...Seems like in the article, the car was |mainly set up for emergency CD use...MK Lee was shall we say, a little different. He was trained as an engineer and I believe spent some time in the Coast Guard before his dad died and left him a very substantial trust fund income. At this point, he "retired" to pursue other interests, as they say. He was a neighbor of ours (my parents and me), why I do not know, since he was very well off and we definitely were not. The properties were suburban and measured one acre, but his had a power line that was very noisy. Instead of moving, he built the mobile. It wasn't for emergency use so much as for DXing. I think it was on the cover of CQ magazine, but I couldn't afford subscriptions in those days so I'm not sure. His home station was the classic setup of a master exciter, modulator and power supply with individual amplifiers for each band. These were p-p 304TLs, high level modulated. All of this stuff was in a series of 6-foot rack cabinets built into a wall with access from the rear and a huge horseshoe shaped operating console in the middle of the room. Receivers were always the latest of whatever was perceived as the best. His castaways were always donated to the VA hospital radio club so he could take a tax write-off. I tried to weasel things out of him but he always said that until I became a non-profit charity I was SOL. [g] Since he couldn't hear anything, he became an ARRL Official Bulletin Station and would relay ARRL messages on a published schedule. I helped install his 80-40 meter vertical. This was fed with nitrogen-filled rigid coax. I did the grunt work installing the radial system; spending a couple of days driving ground rods at the end of each of about 60 radials and stretching out the wire. These were laid on the ground and then a landscaper was called in to cover them with topsoil. My "pay" was a 30' aluminum tower that I picked up and carried the block or so to my house. I was about 16 at the time. When Collins came out with the noise blanker for the 75A-4, he could finally hear from the home location. He had a Telrex "Christmas tree" stack and a four-square for 40 meters, plus the other vertical. When SSB got more popular he scrapped the AM amplifiers and bought five Collins 32S-1's and five Gonset GSB-201 amplifiers for the OBS station. Of course, he had the requisite KWS-1 as well. The mobile went to SSB at an early date as well with a Technical Material Corp SSB generator driving the 4-1000A. There is another interesting story about the BOCAR sports car that he bought but that will keep for another day. Wes |
Wes Stewart wrote in message
It wasn't for emergency use so much as for DXing. I think it was on the cover of CQ magazine, but I couldn't afford subscriptions in those days so I'm not sure. It sure looks familiar. Mainly the old mercury wagon, and the way the gear was set up. It's possible the article mentioned dxing, or maybe even field day use, but can't remember..But I do remember he set it up to be multi-op, with people at different radios. Maybe that would ring a bell...Of course, it's possible that there was someone else with the same type setup...But that car sure looks familiar...It's hard for me to check the issues, as I have them packed away in a closet, but if I run across it, and it's the same guy, I'll scan it for you. I've got many issues of old qst's and CQ's, etc the oldest going back into the 30's. Loads of them for the late 40's and 50's. It was a 50's issue I'm sure, with that car...MK |
Wes Stewart wrote in message
It wasn't for emergency use so much as for DXing. I think it was on the cover of CQ magazine, but I couldn't afford subscriptions in those days so I'm not sure. It sure looks familiar. Mainly the old mercury wagon, and the way the gear was set up. It's possible the article mentioned dxing, or maybe even field day use, but can't remember..But I do remember he set it up to be multi-op, with people at different radios. Maybe that would ring a bell...Of course, it's possible that there was someone else with the same type setup...But that car sure looks familiar...It's hard for me to check the issues, as I have them packed away in a closet, but if I run across it, and it's the same guy, I'll scan it for you. I've got many issues of old qst's and CQ's, etc the oldest going back into the 30's. Loads of them for the late 40's and 50's. It was a 50's issue I'm sure, with that car...MK |
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