tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post238508710949628547..comments2024-03-25T13:20:22.146-04:00Comments on Retrotechnologist: W9BSP: A HAM'S HAM, A TEACHER'S TEACHERRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-87732784679479209032014-04-14T12:44:31.003-04:002014-04-14T12:44:31.003-04:00The Midland Radio School in nearby Kansas City tra...The Midland Radio School in nearby Kansas City trained thousands of military radio operators during the early years of WWII. I'm curious if there could have been a connection between that organization and Mr. Ensor. My father learned high-speed CW at Midland in 1942 - 43, and I still have the straight key he was issued while there. If I work you on HF CW, I'll be on that key. But I won't be copying at 65wpm as he did while in the Philippines.DaveLounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-390333457195614302013-11-18T10:41:01.304-05:002013-11-18T10:41:01.304-05:00RX, you keep sending me down rabbit holes. I need...RX, you keep sending me down rabbit holes. I need to quit reading your blog for my own good. You got me going on fountain pens, and you got me going on ham radio. I'm not retro on the ham yet, but I uneasily foresee it in my future...Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-43500768000497741812013-11-17T22:24:36.807-05:002013-11-17T22:24:36.807-05:00It's a kiloWatt AM rig, NJT. Best guess: top ...It's a kiloWatt AM rig, NJT. Best guess: top three calibrated dials are output tuning/matching, middle five are driver/multiplier stages, bottom two are the exciter tuning. The uncalibrated ones, I'm not so sure about; there's a little nickle-plated Hoyt or Readrite meter just above the first of the five driver/mult knobs, and the knob next to it is some kind of mod -- maybe a front-panel neutralization control for the final, or something for the postwar 15 meter band? Lower down there's a pair that may be audio gain and/or bias adjust. The two lightswitch-type switches are probably Heater and Plate on-off and the multi-blade knife switches each side could be AM/CW and high/low power controls, and can probably bite you; there's what looks like an arc mark in the #3 position of the right-hand one. Power supply (or at least the transformers and chokes) for this was in the basement and I believe the modulation transformer was, too. Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-59076684278170627042013-11-17T10:23:34.776-05:002013-11-17T10:23:34.776-05:00What do all them knobs and dials do, RX? I'm ...What do all them knobs and dials do, RX? I'm pretty sure I've figured out the bottom center one, but that's it.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-72358556009673543312013-11-15T15:22:00.609-05:002013-11-15T15:22:00.609-05:00There are more than a few of them out there and me...There are more than a few of them out there and meeting them is something bigger than reading about them.<br /><br />Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.com