> ve3...@... wrote: > All of this brings up the question we all have early > Mot/GE euipment, most still working.
Good stuff is hard to kill... meaning old quality radios can and do last a long time. > Who wants it? Other than a few specialized collectors of certain equipment types... not many. Most people want new faster better equipment and the old stuff is displaced. > Is there a two way museum? Not one of any substantial size that I've ever heard about. And it would have to be a really, really large building. > I assume Motorola has one ??? If they do, it's probably not very big and doesn't seem to be very famous for being one. > Example, I have a 4channel ex FBI all tube radio, 2 6146's > in the P.A., was vibrator, now diode rect. A shame to send > to the dumpster, probably have 10 sets of crystals, oh by > the way, the box weighs probably 40 lbs !!!!!! > So----what do do with it ??? > Jerry VE3 EXT If you aren't going to use it for what its, you can scrap it or use portions of it for other applications. Maybe make up a game plan to cut the transmitter PA Section off the rest of the chassis with a hack saw, mount it with a power supply and build yourself one heck of a very nice decent RF Power Amplifier where much of the RF portion of the project has been done for you. A pair of 6146b tubes have a tremendous amount of usable RF Gain. There were articles published in QST on similar projects and I've done a fair number of similar conversions. You can get very creative with surplus radio gear. Not everything has to be store bought. s.
