[TenTec] Cheap cw rig

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 03:32 -0500, John Cox wrote:
> Kirk
> I was an AT2 in VS-37 stationed at Los Alamitos.  I flew as air crew off of 
> the Yorktown, Hornet, and Philippine Sea.  I was in for 2 years 11 months 
> from 1957 to 1960.  I never did get used to the night Cat shots.  When you 
> lowered the nose my inner ear told me that we were going in the water.  We 
> lost three crewman off of Japan during night operations.  I can remember 
> going back to the electronics compartment and changing frequency's on the 
> ART-13 while in flight.  I don't recall why but I think that on the same 
> flight I had to go up front and read code sent by flashing light from a 
> destroyer.  I would like to find a nice ART-13 and have seen some junk on 
> ebay but they seem to bring more than I want to pay.  You are right when you 
> are 18 years old you think that you are going to live forever.  I have had 
> bad eyes since the 7th grade or would have gone into the Navcad program.  I 
> got my private flying license in 1962 and have flown lots of old airplanes 
> over the years.  I currently have a flying Piper J-3 Cub and a 1929 Fleet 
> Model 2 biplane in pieces in my barn.

Have you seen the vintage aircraft collection at the Creve Coure Airport
near St. Louis? Three hangers full of flyable 30s and 40s vintage craft
(all but one Russian amphibian that sank during the 1993 flood). Open
for guided tours weekends.

http://www.historicaircraftrestorationmuseum.org

> Spent most of my life in Riverside, California and had a hangar at Flabob 
> airport for 25 years.  My brother has a hangar at Ryan field in Tucson 
> Arizona and one of the guys there is restoring a Mig 19.  I just discovered 
> talking to my brother that he was a S2F pilot so I will have to talk to him 
> next time I am out.
>  I live on a farm Here in Missouri so I have lots of antenna space.  I 
> bought an old 80 foot tower That I will be putting up next to my garage and 
> a bunch of none working Collins S line Radios.  While in the Navy I worked 
> on the APS-38 radar and want to see if I can still repair the old vacuum 
> tube stuff.  After the Navy I worked for IBM for 31 years as a Customer 
> Engineer and Systems Engineer But It was all solid state stuff running on 
> plus and minus 1.5 volts.
> I have a Ten-Tec Omni VI that I use when I am on the air.
> 73, John KC0YAI
> 
> 
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S-lines are fairly fixable. There is much experience accumulated on the
Collins Radio list, COLLINS SERVER COLLINS <COLLINS at mailman.qth.net>
-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ, Technical Advisor to the CRA
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