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In addition to being obsessed with broken computers, I have recently become increasingly interested in radios and communications. Currently I have several multi-band recievers of various ages, as well as some more modern radio scanners. I passed the amateur radio technician class license test in November, my callsign is now KL1FI.
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My radio shack with a bunch of junk in it. The larger radios in the foreground are AM trancievers which aren't useful anymore, but make great recievers. The others are shortwave and multi-band recievers / scanner. Not shown is my latest HF ham rig. |
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Big box o' junk from my storage shelves. I have a large collection of antique crystal-controlled CB handhelds, which unfortunately aren't worth anything. I also have a lot of old cheap VHF handhelds, and a few Motorola VHF/UHF handhelds that may or may not work (I'm attempting to get them reprogrammed). |
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At left; Uniden BC-855xlt and BC-50xlt scanners, as well as an Icom IC-2A 2meter ham tranciever. |
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The bottom radio is a BC-312-N WWII era AM tranciever. I got this at a HAM meeting and was able to power it up, although without an antenna and other equipment I am unsure if it works. I later donated this to a WWII history buff in Kodiak. I would have liked to keep it as part of my WWII artifacts collection, but I didn't want to transport or store it due to the size and weight. |
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This is an AN-GRC/9 jeep radio, from around the time of the Korean war. Modular military design with an integrated power supply, and compatible with modern military ground frequencies. I traded this to a local surplus retailer in exchange for some handheld radios. |
Current projects:
I've been attempting to reprogram several old handheld radios I acquired,
this involved building an interface circuit, downloading software (which
would only run on an antique PC) and building interface cables. I haven't
had success yet, so it seems that one or more of these elements (or the
radios themselves) are faulty.
I have a Zenith Model G-412-YT, Chassis 4660t, Serial # E-48941. Apparently
this type of radio was produced sometime in 1950. The dial has markings
for AM, FM, shortwave, and what may be police/public service (it's somewhat
faded). I have no idea if it works since I don't know the pinouts for the
plug on the back (which appears to be simillar to a vacumme tube connector).
If anyone has any info on this radio I would like to hear from you.