01/29/2005 | 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 2005 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 -- K0AZ