Re: [Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
One thing Stan neglected to mention is that he donated his K2.
Thank you Stan and 73.
Tony Castellano W1ZMB
tcaste...@optonline.net
Hopewell Junction, NY
RV-6
N401TC
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From: stan levandowski sjl...@optonline.net
To: Elecraft Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 6:04 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
For those with interest:
The museum ship USS SLATER in Albany, NY is the very last of 563
destroyer escorts built during World War II that remains afloat in
America. It's been restored to 1945 condition and represents a real
piece of history.
For years, the amateur station has limped along with 30 year old
technology.
Today, WW2DEM is on-the-air with its new All-American-made 100 watt
fully optioned K2. Many thanks to Dale Putnam WC7S who built up the
K2/100 plus options for only the cost of shipping, to Tony Baleno who
built and donated a beautiful ZN-9 paddle and to Ken WB2ART who provided
attractive bezel personalization.
The ship is on the air most Saturdays (daytime) on 7062 CW; 7262 SSB or
14062 CW; 14262 SSB
Only the ship's vintage maritime antennas are used. They consist of 70
and 80 foot wire verticals and a 100' long wire plus a 190' long wire
that runs towards the fantail and then back up to the main mast.
Matching is easily accomplished with the KAT2.
There is a QRZ page entry for WW2DEM with QSL info, etc.
73, Stan WB2LQF
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Re: [Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
I did the same for USS Stewart with a TS-440 but they changed management and
threw me out along with the TS-440. I think they wanted me to modify the TBL
to a modern SSB Transceiver or prove that TS-440s were used by the US Navy in
WW2. I am pretty sure that even the Japanese Navy did not have them in WW2
because Western Electric did not invent the transistor until 1948. I am also
sure that if the Japanese had TS-440s in WW2 they would not have been so kind
as to sell them to the US Navy. As I have read (I was around, but at 4 was
not yet a ham) the Japanese were downright hostile to the US Navy during the
1941 to 1945 years.
The Stewart would like to sail in formation with Slater these days, but it is
stuck in the Pelican Island mud and would probably leak, although it floated
briefly during the Hurricane Ike storm surge.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman
K5EWJ Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
From: Tony Castellano tcaste...@optonline.net
To: stan levandowski sjl...@optonline.net; Elecraft
Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
One thing Stan neglected to mention is that he donated his K2.
Thank you Stan and 73.
Tony Castellano W1ZMB
tcaste...@optonline.net
Hopewell Junction, NY
RV-6
N401TC
- Original Message - From: stan levandowski sjl...@optonline.net
To: Elecraft Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 6:04 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
For those with interest:
The museum ship USS SLATER in Albany, NY is the very last of 563 destroyer
escorts built during World War II that remains afloat in America. It's been
restored to 1945 condition and represents a real piece of history.
For years, the amateur station has limped along with 30 year old technology.
Today, WW2DEM is on-the-air with its new All-American-made 100 watt fully
optioned K2. Many thanks to Dale Putnam WC7S who built up the K2/100 plus
options for only the cost of shipping, to Tony Baleno who built and donated a
beautiful ZN-9 paddle and to Ken WB2ART who provided attractive bezel
personalization.
The ship is on the air most Saturdays (daytime) on 7062 CW; 7262 SSB or 14062
CW; 14262 SSB
Only the ship's vintage maritime antennas are used. They consist of 70 and 80
foot wire verticals and a 100' long wire plus a 190' long wire that runs
towards the fantail and then back up to the main mast. Matching is easily
accomplished with the KAT2.
There is a QRZ page entry for WW2DEM with QSL info, etc.
73, Stan WB2LQF
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Re: [Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
On 1/9/2014 9:52 AM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: I did the same for USS Stewart with a TS-440 but they changed management and threw me out along with the TS-440. I think they wanted me to modify the TBL to a modern SSB Transceiver or prove that TS-440s were used by the US Navy in WW2. The RMHS out here on the western frontier has a story regarding the radio console from a Victory ship that they were going to restore. Somewhere during the Vietnam War, some call signs and frequencies had been penciled on one of the front panels. Their first thought was to scrub them off and clean up the panel however the museum curators gave a firm No. The somewhat crude notes were part of the history of the console and as far as I know, they remain to this day. Museum curators are very sensitive to things like that. Modifying a TBL to SSB would be a very interesting project! :-)) I am pretty sure that even the Japanese Navy did not have them in WW2 because Western Electric did not invent the transistor until 1948. Actually, it was Bell Labs ... a team led by William Shockley. He ultimately made his way to what would become Silicon Valley and founded Shockley Semiconductor Labs. The Bell Labs work was primarily point-contact semiconductors and Shockley worked more to develop junction devices. Unfortunately, he was a domineering boss with a side dish of paranoia, and people found him impossible to work for/with. At one point, a large number of his staff [17 or so if I remember correctly] resigned en masse and moved over to what would become Fairchild Semiconductor. All told, engineers and scientists from Shockley labs founded well over 50 Silicon Valley companies. In the latter half of his life, he became exceedingly controversial, adhering to theories of eugenics and, as a Nobel Laureate, managed to bring a lot of notoriety on himself. I know all of this because here in Auburn CA, we have Shockley Dr., Shockley Ct., and Shockley Cir. After his death and the death of his wife, a final bequest from his estate was 20+ acres of undeveloped land along Shockley Dr. to our local parks and recreation district. Auburn isn't very big and excitement sort of resembles the solar cycle [every 11 years or so :-)] so the bequest initiated a civic uproar about accepting the land given his racist views since the bequest required that the land be named in his and his wife's honor. The district finally accepted the land, I believe it is recorded in their name, and no plaque or monument will ever appear. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: On 1/9/2014 9:52 AM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: I did the same for USS Stewart with a TS-440 but they changed management and threw me out along with the TS-440. I think they wanted me to modify the TBL to a modern SSB Transceiver or prove that TS-440s were used by the US Navy in WW2. The RMHS out here on the western frontier has a story regarding the radio console from a Victory ship that they were going to restore. Somewhere during the Vietnam War, some call signs and frequencies had been penciled on one of the front panels. Their first thought was to scrub them off and clean up the panel however the museum curators gave a firm No. The somewhat crude notes were part of the history of the console and as far as I know, they remain to this day. Museum curators are very sensitive to things like that. Modifying a TBL to SSB would be a very interesting project! :-)) I am pretty sure that even the Japanese Navy did not have them in WW2 because Western Electric did not invent the transistor until 1948. Actually, it was Bell Labs ... a team led by William Shockley. He ultimately made his way to what would become Silicon Valley and founded Shockley Semiconductor Labs. The Bell Labs work was primarily point-contact semiconductors and Shockley worked more to develop junction devices. Unfortunately, he was a domineering boss with a side dish of paranoia, and people found him impossible to work for/with. At one point, a large number of his staff [17 or so if I remember correctly] resigned en masse and moved over to what would become Fairchild Semiconductor. All told, engineers and scientists from Shockley labs founded well over 50 Silicon Valley companies. In the latter half of his life, he became exceedingly controversial, adhering to theories of eugenics and, as a Nobel Laureate, managed to bring a lot of notoriety on himself. I know all of this because here in Auburn CA, we have Shockley Dr., Shockley Ct., and Shockley Cir. After his death and the death of his wife, a final bequest from his estate was 20+ acres of undeveloped land along Shockley Dr. to our local parks and recreation district. Auburn isn't very big and excitement sort of resembles the solar cycle [every 11 years or so :-)] so the bequest initiated a civic uproar about accepting the land given his racist views since the bequest required that the land be named in his and his wife's honor. The district finally accepted the land, I believe it is recorded in their name, and no plaque or monument will ever appear. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
It was actually the traitorous eight. To get more of the story, and what happened after, find the movie Something Ventured, available on the web. And you can look for me in one of the photos. I'm unlabeled, though. 73, doug On 09-Jan-14 16:52, Capell Joseph wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: On 1/9/2014 9:52 AM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: I did the same for USS Stewart with a TS-440 but they changed management and threw me out along with the TS-440. I think they wanted me to modify the TBL to a modern SSB Transceiver or prove that TS-440s were used by the US Navy in WW2. The RMHS out here on the western frontier has a story regarding the radio console from a Victory ship that they were going to restore. Somewhere during the Vietnam War, some call signs and frequencies had been penciled on one of the front panels. Their first thought was to scrub them off and clean up the panel however the museum curators gave a firm No. The somewhat crude notes were part of the history of the console and as far as I know, they remain to this day. Museum curators are very sensitive to things like that. Modifying a TBL to SSB would be a very interesting project! :-)) I am pretty sure that even the Japanese Navy did not have them in WW2 because Western Electric did not invent the transistor until 1948. Actually, it was Bell Labs ... a team led by William Shockley. He ultimately made his way to what would become Silicon Valley and founded Shockley Semiconductor Labs. The Bell Labs work was primarily point-contact semiconductors and Shockley worked more to develop junction devices. Unfortunately, he was a domineering boss with a side dish of paranoia, and people found him impossible to work for/with. At one point, a large number of his staff [17 or so if I remember correctly] resigned en masse and moved over to what would become Fairchild Semiconductor. All told, engineers and scientists from Shockley labs founded well over 50 Silicon Valley companies. In the latter half of his life, he became exceedingly controversial, adhering to theories of eugenics and, as a Nobel Laureate, managed to bring a lot of notoriety on himself. I know all of this because here in Auburn CA, we have Shockley Dr., Shockley Ct., and Shockley Cir. After his death and the death of his wife, a final bequest from his estate was 20+ acres of undeveloped land along Shockley Dr. to our local parks and recreation district. Auburn isn't very big and excitement sort of resembles the solar cycle [every 11 years or so :-)] so the bequest initiated a civic uproar about accepting the land given his racist views since the bequest required that the land be named in his and his wife's honor. The district finally accepted the land, I believe it is recorded in their name, and no plaque or monument will ever appear. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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After you've watched that, you'll be really glad Wayne and Eric didn't have to get venture capital for this jewel of a company. 73, doug On 09-Jan-14 19:10, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197 wrote: It was actually the traitorous eight. To get more of the story, and what happened after, find the movie Something Ventured, available on the web. And you can look for me in one of the photos. I'm unlabeled, though. 73, doug On 09-Jan-14 16:52, Capell Joseph wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: On 1/9/2014 9:52 AM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: I did the same for USS Stewart with a TS-440 but they changed management and threw me out along with the TS-440. I think they wanted me to modify the TBL to a modern SSB Transceiver or prove that TS-440s were used by the US Navy in WW2. The RMHS out here on the western frontier has a story regarding the radio console from a Victory ship that they were going to restore. Somewhere during the Vietnam War, some call signs and frequencies had been penciled on one of the front panels. Their first thought was to scrub them off and clean up the panel however the museum curators gave a firm No. The somewhat crude notes were part of the history of the console and as far as I know, they remain to this day. Museum curators are very sensitive to things like that. Modifying a TBL to SSB would be a very interesting project! :-)) I am pretty sure that even the Japanese Navy did not have them in WW2 because Western Electric did not invent the transistor until 1948. Actually, it was Bell Labs ... a team led by William Shockley. He ultimately made his way to what would become Silicon Valley and founded Shockley Semiconductor Labs. The Bell Labs work was primarily point-contact semiconductors and Shockley worked more to develop junction devices. Unfortunately, he was a domineering boss with a side dish of paranoia, and people found him impossible to work for/with. At one point, a large number of his staff [17 or so if I remember correctly] resigned en masse and moved over to what would become Fairchild Semiconductor. All told, engineers and scientists from Shockley labs founded well over 50 Silicon Valley companies. In the latter half of his life, he became exceedingly controversial, adhering to theories of eugenics and, as a Nobel Laureate, managed to bring a lot of notoriety on himself. I know all of this because here in Auburn CA, we have Shockley Dr., Shockley Ct., and Shockley Cir. After his death and the death of his wife, a final bequest from his estate was 20+ acres of undeveloped land along Shockley Dr. to our local parks and recreation district. Auburn isn't very big and excitement sort of resembles the solar cycle [every 11 years or so :-)] so the bequest initiated a civic uproar about accepting the land given his racist views since the bequest required that the land be named in his and his wife's honor. The district finally accepted the land, I believe it is recorded in their name, and no plaque or monument will ever appear. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
For those with interest: The museum ship USS SLATER in Albany, NY is the very last of 563 destroyer escorts built during World War II that remains afloat in America. It's been restored to 1945 condition and represents a real piece of history. For years, the amateur station has limped along with 30 year old technology. Today, WW2DEM is on-the-air with its new All-American-made 100 watt fully optioned K2. Many thanks to Dale Putnam WC7S who built up the K2/100 plus options for only the cost of shipping, to Tony Baleno who built and donated a beautiful ZN-9 paddle and to Ken WB2ART who provided attractive bezel personalization. The ship is on the air most Saturdays (daytime) on 7062 CW; 7262 SSB or 14062 CW; 14262 SSB Only the ship's vintage maritime antennas are used. They consist of 70 and 80 foot wire verticals and a 100' long wire plus a 190' long wire that runs towards the fantail and then back up to the main mast. Matching is easily accomplished with the KAT2. There is a QRZ page entry for WW2DEM with QSL info, etc. 73, Stan WB2LQF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] {OT} WW2DEM
My, how nice! I'd be honored to contribute my dust covers for the stations equipment. Ken has one of Tony's beautiful ZN9's that I can use as a manikin to make a cover for it if you'd like. What other equipment needs covers? Of course Ill need to know what you'd like in the way of fabric color, embriodery, connector openings, etc. 73! Rose - N7HKW elecraftcov...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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Stan, If that K2/100 ever needs repair or servicing, I will make the same offer I do to blind hams - no labor charge, only parts and shipping. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/8/2014 6:04 PM, stan levandowski wrote: For those with interest: The museum ship USS SLATER in Albany, NY is the very last of 563 destroyer escorts built during World War II that remains afloat in America. It's been restored to 1945 condition and represents a real piece of history. For years, the amateur station has limped along with 30 year old technology. Today, WW2DEM is on-the-air with its new All-American-made 100 watt fully optioned K2. Many thanks to Dale Putnam WC7S who built up the K2/100 plus options for only the cost of shipping, to Tony Baleno who built and donated a beautiful ZN-9 paddle and to Ken WB2ART who provided attractive bezel personalization. The ship is on the air most Saturdays (daytime) on 7062 CW; 7262 SSB or 14062 CW; 14262 SSB Only the ship's vintage maritime antennas are used. They consist of 70 and 80 foot wire verticals and a 100' long wire plus a 190' long wire that runs towards the fantail and then back up to the main mast. Matching is easily accomplished with the KAT2. There is a QRZ page entry for WW2DEM with QSL info, etc. 73, Stan WB2LQF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
