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DINOSAUR RADIO

JUNE 6, 2010

SEE "BRAND NEW" BELOW

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ESTANCIA VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION
(EVARA)
WHAT IS THIS HAM
RADIO STUFF?
Notice: all photos on this web site are 
copyright Ed Brooks 1985-2007
unless otherwise noted.
THE WAY IT WAS, BEFORE DOWNSIZING
HAM RADIO HAS CHANGED. SO HAVE I.

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PHOTOS, HAM SHACK
CATS, SCENICS, MORE
ALL COPYRIGHT
ED BROOKS 1985-2006
MY HAM SHACK PHOTOS,
THE WAY IT WAS, OVER
THE YEARS, AND THE RESULT
OF DOWNSIZING!   NOW, JUNE 23, 2007
I AM TRYING TO KEEP MY INTEREST IN AMATEUR RADIO.  IT HAS 
CHANGED MUCH, AS HAVE I, OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES.
THIS IS A NEW ATTEMPT, BEGUN ON JUNE 24, 2007
TO HELP ME RENEW THAT INTEREST, AND TO HELP 
NEWCOMERS TO AMATEUR RADIO, OR THOSE WHO
WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO AMATEUR RADIO TO JOIN
US, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, AND TO BECOME
BRAND NEW!  CHECK THIS OUT!!
ANCIENT HISTORY FROM 1958-1960
ADDED ON JUNE 6 2010
JUNE 27, 2007
BEGINNING HAM! 
CHECK IT OUT!

YOU ARE READING THIS ON THE INTERNET!!!

THE INTERNET MAY BE A PLACE TO DISCUSS HAM RADIO.  BUT IT IS STILL JUST THE INTERNET.  TALKING ABOUT HAM RADIO OVER A CELL PHONE DOES NOT MAKE THE CELL PHONE INTO HAM RADIO.  DISCUSSING HAM RADIO ON 11 METERS DOES NOT MAKE CB INTO HAM RADIO.  VISITING THE HAM RADIO FORUMS ON THE INTERNET DOES NOT MAKE THEM, OR THE WEB, INTO HAM RADIO.  THIS WEB SITE IS ABOUT HAM RADIO.  BUT IT IS ON THE INTERNET, NOT ON THE AIR.  LEARN WHAT HAM RADIO IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT.  THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING MULTIPLE HOBBIES, AND THE INTERNET CAN BE ONE.  BUT IT ISN'T HAM RADIO!

SEARCHING!  Looking for someone who may have been involved in "unusual" radio operations in the early to mid 1960s, and who may have had occasion to use a certain model Rockwell-Collins receiver-exciter from that era.  I cannot find the model number, but the radio of interest was HF, SSB/AM and possibly ISB as well.  The top of it was probably Rockwell-Collins orange, the rest was black, with the R-C orange strip along the top of the front.  It was approximate dimensions of 5 inches tall, 18 inches wide, and perhaps 22 inches deep (front to back.)   It was a 100 mw exciter.  There was what was probably a detachable, control panel on the left front (facing the radio) with freq selection windows, and it may have been tuned with thumbwheels.  There was a volume control (probably a thumbwheel?) and some push buttons, to select mode.  This radio was probably from an aircraft, but could have been used as a marine radio.  Was probably in use from about 1964 to maybe 1970.  Could have been used in commercial aircraft, or could have been specifically a marine radio.  Any information? Drop me an email at: [email protected]    Thanks!  Ed


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VISIT OFTEN.
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FCC RULING EXEMPTING
HAM RADIO OPERATORS
FROM LOCAL SCANNING LAWS
IF USING AMATEUR RADIO TRANSCEIVERS

NOSTALGIA?  CAN I HAVE SOME, TOO?

THIRD PARTY TRAFFIC RULES

JUST ADDED A BRAND 
NEW YAESU FT-897D
TO THE STATION LINE UP
OCTOBER 12, 2006
BEGINNERS

HOW TO AVOID THE "CB ACCENT"  --

AND, YES, YOU SHOULD WANT TO AVOID

THAT 'CB ACCENT!'  THIS IS HAM RADIO!

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3/18/05
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My history as a ham

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LAWS CONCERNING MOBILE 
RADIO SCANNERS.  CAREFUL!
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