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Shack
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Bill has been involved with radios since he was 6 years old (1944) and was learning Morse at that time. This interest resulted in a career in broadcasting and a commercial license which was later 'grandfathered' into VE3ETK. There was a lot of experimenting before that with some forays into 'On The Air' experiences, until a couple of hams took Bill in hand and straightened him out - along with a lot of help from them he moved forward and never lost interest, Bill credits VE3BZM and VE3DRC for the Elmering.
Bill will now take you on a tour of his shack…. Over to you Bill!
The Gear here is a Heathkit HW-102, which is a cross between an HW-101 and the Heath SB-102. The only difference now is that there is no 'double' dial as on the SB-102. I have also made some modifications to improve stability and operating ease, including the ability to operate split.
There is also a Heathkit HW-32A, (single band - 20M) which I take portable up to the cottage. It had been brailed when I bought it, so it has a new escutcheon and rotating dial plate done on the computer. Some minor modifications to the audio section, and a major redesign of the VFO, which is now solid state with the original VFO tube used as a buffer. I've achieved +/- 7Hz drift after 5 min. of warm up.
There is also a Heathkit SB-610 scope with several mods to permit monitoring not only RF and IF, but audio as well, with a FET input stage on the IF so that there is no loading on the rig, and hence the scope can be disconnected without altering the performance of the rig.
On 2M I use a Radio Shack HTX-242, and for 70cm. a Radio Shack HTX-404. I also have a Realistic DX-302 general coverage receiver
The Satellite receiver is completely home brew, with ultra fine tuning on the satellite portion of the band only.
I use an RCA 44-DX microphone, or RCA 47-B depending on how much desk space I need at the moment. The microphone is routed through a Symetrix compressor/equalizer, and is tailored for best audio performance for Amateur Radio use.
Upper centre of the console there is a panel to switch audio and control to any rig in the stations, and to monitor audio levels. This panel includes a phone patch and
an 
light.
Bill VE3ETK
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