QTH Locations
Grafton,MA
Wilbraham,MA
Savage,MD
Gambrills,MD
 
 

Member of Ham Clubs
    Hampden County Radio Assoc
        1962 Board member Listing
         Club Membership abt 1962?--   Pg1   Pg2   Pg3    Pg4   Pg5
         Zero Beat Newsletter June 1967--  Pg1    Pg2   Pg3    Pg4     Pg5    Pg6
       Zero Beat November 1964--    Pg1   Pg2    Pg3
    Fort Meade Club

Antennas
   2 meter 450 foot Rhombic-built in 1980s in Bowie

I made a rhombic for 2 meters that was 450 feet down the center & 40 feet
accross the mid section once. It was only 40 feet high off ground & supported by trees with
pulleys and insulated where the supports held the main line. I could pull the
main lobes in when listining to beacons (144Mc.) up & down the East coast. It was made
from #22 hook up wire. It was fed by a coax balun & uses 50 ohm coax where the
close end was over the house roof. As I remember, the termination resistance
should have been around 500 ohms without balun. It was almost as good as a 14
ele beam I had in tropo, but of course could not rotate. It might have been
better in longer distances, but was never tested. There was no termination
resister, so was bi-directional.

There were several stations in US & Australia that used 2 meter rhombic
antennas for moon bounce. One had in mid West had stacked several for 2 meters.
Dick W1DGA, ex HCRS member & old fart off active ham radio
 

    6 Meter Beams
        * Loonenburg 5 ele on 12 ft boom-Used in 1950s & 1960s
            * 6 ele on 20 ft boom
    432 Beam
    1296 Loop Yagies

HF Xmtrs
 Heath Kit AT-1 & AC-1 & VF1
DX100
TS850?
TS-430S ( VHF transverters work with this one!)

Rcvrs
    * National SW54
     * Harmulund BC1004 with minature tubes(relative of Super Pro)
    * HRO-5
    * ARC5 Rcvr for 80 mtrs
    * ARC5 Rcvr for below broadcast freq-Used as 455 IF fine tuner.
    *

VHF Trancievers
2 meters
* 2 Meter walki talki (over sholder unit) 5 watts out SSB & FM
* ???
* Use single 4X250R in military surplus rig.
6 Meters
* Kenwood ??
* Built pair of 4E27As PP final during 1960s. Used 1500volts on plate & drove with 6146 tube from 5763. Was crystal controlled.
* Use pair of 4X250Rs in final someone else built & I modified.
432 Mc.
* Transverter only!
* Use single 4X250R in military surplus rig.
1296 Mc.
* Transverter only

VHF-DXCC
6
2
432
1296