On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:43 AM, JT Croteau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How did a new ham back in the mid to late 1930's typically get on the > air? I imagine he'd probably have been loaned a receiver and perhaps > a handbook to use while he built his own transmitter? Would a novice > have built his own receiver as well or would this have been uncommon? > > I'd like to put together a vintage shack from this era. I'm just > trying to determine if I should just buy a receiver such as an RME-69 > or HRO and homebrew the rest of the station. > > -- > JT Croteau, N1ESE
Here is a link to some photos of a "time capsule ham shack" from the late 30's. It was pretty much left untouched until about 1997 or so. There are pics of the old shack along with an article I wrote in '97 about some of the history behind it. I got the transmitter and some other things from that estate, but not all of it. http://amfone.net/ECSound/BartlesvilleTX/bvilletx.htm Brian / wa5am ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
