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WA3UVP

NOSTALGIA

This is the shoulder patch which the WA3GYE Whitehall Amateur Radio Club designed for it's members. Each member upon joining the club received the patches for club shirts which were worn for club and community activities. The club also had their own QSL cards as the group had several HF stations setup at the Whitehall Township Municipal Building and many new Novice made their first contacts from the club operating room.

Motorola 100 Watt Repeater

A Close Look Inside

Not solid state!

Guess Who?

The above photos were taken at the WA3GYE club repeater site which was located in Whitehall Pa. at the Township Municipal building tower site.

Repeater Building

200' Tower

Club Night Activities

Novice Station Ops.

If you or you know anyone that was a member of the WA3GYE club back in the 1970s, please email me and let me know.

WA3UVP THE 70s

Here are a few photos of my station back in the mid 1970s, yes, I had the Heathkit twins back then too and wish I still had the original pair. Sorry about the poor quality of the photos, but they are old as well. The Apache and Mohawk on my AM/CW page are not the same ones, but you have to" LOVE THE BOAT ANCHORS"

Ameco Tranmitter

Home Brew 10m Crossed Dipoles

WA3UVP THE 90s

First new station in the early 1990s. The station consists of FT101ZD, Ten Tec Argosy 525A & power supply, Heathkit HD-1410 electronic keyer, and EV 638 Microphone for the Ten Tec.

The New Station photo is the Yaseu FT101ZD with the first of the new accessories, which is the Yaseu YO-901 Monitor Scope and a Heathkit Model HM-102 hf watt meter.

The antennas are a shot of the MFJ Model 1798 multiband vertical for 80 through 10 inculding the WARC bands, it's the upper section of the vertical. The other antenna shot is of the MFJ , G5RV and the homebrew dipole for 75meters.

The two receivers ore both general coverage, the left reciever is a Lafayette Model HE-30 and the other is a Radio Shack DX-60 both from the late 60s and ealy 70s.

Projects

I decided after many years of having make-shift operating positions that I would design and have built a console that would fit my needs for my current operating style and space available.

My shack is located in the old portion of my home which was a two car garage and measures 24'X 14'. I wanted the operating position or console to be large enought to handle all of my classic/vintage gear withe exception of my "Boat Anchor" AM/CW station ( see photo on my AM/CW page.)

Below you will see my basic concept of the design and some of the construction of the console.

The console base is built in 4 sections and is mounted on casters under each of the cabinets and gives the console the ability to be moved if need be. The console base breaks down into the top, left and right cabinets and the rear center section or the facing which houses the AC Power 120/220V for the Drake Gear. Both left and right side cabinets have storage shelves for all the extra "stuff" and have front and rear doors for easy access. The entire console is built from 3/4" oak plywood and all finish trim is solid oak and finsihed in a light fruit stain and several coats of polyurathane The top section was constructed seperately and is attached to the base and can be removed if needed.

Here you can see the console which houses the gear attached to the base and most of the classic gear installed in the console. Many thanks to my very good friend John Patti for taking my console design and turning it into a super operating station for me. THANKS JOHN!!