01/01/2005 | K0AZ Another Great SKN and I bet the count of stations on the air is going
to be up from previous years. As usual a fun laid back time and a lot
of memories pass by using the vintage gear. Preperation was as much
fun as operating but I will keep the SKN station on the air after SKN
is passed. Below is an explaination of my station and photo attachment. Thanks to all I had the pleasure of working. See you all
next SKN with another vintage station on the air. 73

This is the K0AZ 2004 Straight Key Night station. The receiver on the right
is a gorgeous BC-348P which was used during WWII in bombers like the B-17 in the
European theater. The transmitter on the left is from the mid 50s and from World Radio
Laboratories in Council Bluffs Iowa. It is a Globe Scout 65A and next to it is the 755 vfo
which controls the transmit frequency. Vintage headphones, J-38 straight key from the war
II era and an Astatic Crystal JT-30 microphone are on the desk in front.
The upper shelf has the Speed X Johnson bug out of service for the time being and another
set of vintage headphones. 1955 Allied Radio catalog, 1955 and 56 ARRL handbooks with a
Heathkit AR-3 receiver and WWII vintage LS-3 speaker. Of course the ships clock is a real
Chelsea 24 hour 8 day wind up shipboard time piece. It feels great
being lost in the 50s if only for a short while. -- K0AZ