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Phonevision Testing in Chicago
The origin of Pay TV ZENITH PHONEVISION By Harry, N9CQX Sometime in 1951 I learned that a family who lived on our street had been selected to be part of a television viewing test. The buzz among the neighbors was that the lucky residents, who lived at 1741 W. Nelson Street, on the north side of Chicago, were the recipients of a new Zenith television set and a glistening new rooftop antenna system. Not ever... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 04/09/2022 |
N9CQX Chicago Radio Memories |
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The Trio 9R4 series receivers
(Also known as Lafayette HE-10/KT-200) W9RAN Comment: In this blog entry, Masa discusses the first Trio receiver, model 9R4 and its successors. This is one of the few Japanese receivers that is familiar to US hams because a later version was imported and sold well in the US by Lafayette Radio Electronics as the HE-10 or KT-200 if it was sold in kit form. These receivers look like a Hallicrafters... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 04/05/2022 |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
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Mighty Elmac Net for Mar. 30, 2022
Great turnout for the net with SIX Mighty Elmacs! Next week will be the CCA AM Net so see you again on April. 13.... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 04/05/2022 |
Mighty Elmac Net info |
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27 March 2022 Net
Don't forget the DX-60 Net tomorrow morning at 8 AM Eastern time and Pre-net at 7ish! WA3MJY and a host of others get the ball rolling!See you on the net, de w8tow ... READ MORE |
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DX-60 Net Info |
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Mighty Elmac Net for Mar. 23 2022
The question of the night was “What was the first shortwave or ham receiver that you ever used?” The replys ranged from 1930s console radios to an RTL-SDR Dongle! Not surprisingly, the common factor was “the radio I had access to” which often meant one owned by a parent or relative that included one or more shortwave bands, or entry level or portable r... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/26/2022 |
Mighty Elmac Net info |
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Mighty Elmac Net for Mar. 16, 2022
Good band conditions for the first net at the new time - during Daylight Savings Time months the net will begin at 8PM EDT, 7PM CDT on 3880 kHz, except for the first Wed. of each month when the CCA AM Net will occur at that time..... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/20/2022 |
Mighty Elmac Net info |
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Mighty Elmac Net for Mar. 9, 2022
With the switch to Daylight Savings Time, the net will return to “late” time - 8PM Eastern, 7PM Central Daylight Time. No net on the first Wednesday of the month when the Collins Collectors Ass'n AM Net will be held instead. Here's hoping for QRN-free Wed. nights! ... READ MORE |
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Mighty Elmac Net info |
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Mighty Elmac Net for Mar 2, 2022
Good propagation tonight and interesting comments about shortwave listening. Remember the net time changes to 8PM EDT (7PM CDT) when Daylight Savings Time begins, Mar. 13.... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/03/2022 |
Mighty Elmac Net info |
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The "All Japanese Five" radio
National (Panasonic) used to mass produce this type of radio so that every household had one of these. But TV gained more popularity, so people stopped listening to radio. My dad had a National 5 tube radio and phonograph player with shortwave radio. In JA, 3.5Mc to 12Mc range was standard for these radios. There was a short wave radio station ... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/02/2022 |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
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The Romance of Shortwave
Why we were so fascinated by shortwave back in those days? ? am thinking, because of small world we lived in. We all relied on most of things on our parents... but one day somewhere when we were teenagers, we had a dream that someday we will travel the word and will see different scenery and people... But in reality, we got stuck in school and home work and a l... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/02/2022 |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
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Mighty Elmac Net for Febr 23, 2022
Propagation was up and down. Remember when Daylight Savings Time begins on March 13, the net will return to it's later time, 8PM EDT (7PM CDT), except for the first Wed. of the month when the Collins Collectors AM Net will occur at that time.... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 03/02/2022 |
DX-60 Net Info |
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Starting point: Trio TX-88
Ham Radio from a Japanese perspective Masamichi Yamamoto (Masa, AB9MQ) is a long-time check-in and contributor to the DX-60 net. As one who first become interested in Ham Radio as a boy in Japan, his memories of early radios and what it was like to be a ham are a bit different than most of us. Fortunately, Masa has agreed to share his memories and his expanding collection of early Japan... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/27/2022 |
Masa AB9MQ's JA-land Memories |
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Mighty Elmac Net Report
Information of interest to Mighty Elmac Net participants The Multi-Products Company was founded in 1947 to manufacture radio-controlled openers for garage doors and gates, invented by founder Cletus Collum. With ham operators in key positions, the company started producing amateur radio transmitters and receivers in 1952 and quickly became the leading supplier for mobile operation. Operating out of factories in Hazel ... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/02/2022 |
Mighty Elmac Net info |
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DX-60 Net Report
Information of interest to DX-60 Net participants The long-running Heathkit DX-60 net recodnizes the important role that entry-level, kit-built AM/CW transmitters like the Heathkit DX-60 had on a generation of hams. Many thousands of these well-engineered and still useful transmitters are maintained and operated all over the world by all classes of Amateur Radio Operators. All amateurs are welcome to check into the DX-60 net - the DX-... READ MORE |
![]() W9RAN 02/02/2022 |
DX-60 Net Info |