Directory of Boatanchors Resources

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These categories are for amateur radio enthusiasts' web pages about their hobby of collecting and operating all kinds of older ham radio equipment using tubes, and/or building their own equipment.

Subcategories

• Amplitude Modulation
• Collins
• Crystals
• Drake
• Eico
• Globe
• Gonset
• Hallicrafters
• Hammarlund
• Harvey-Wells
• Heath
• History
• Homebrew
• Johnson
• Knight
• Lafayette
• Mailing Lists
• Manuals
• Military
• Museums
• National
• Organizations
• Parts
• Personal Collections
• Receivers
• Repairs
• Swan
• Tubes
• Vintage Solid State

Resources in This Category

• AB0CW's Amateur and Antique Radio Page

  http://www.qsl.net/ab0cw/
  Interests are operating, maintaining, and restoring vintage gear, as well as building homebrew equipment, both tube and solid state. Features photos and articles.

• Atlas Radio History

  http://www.qsl.net/on6ab/History.html
  Brief description of Herbert G. Johnson, W6QKI, founder of Swan Electronics and Atlas Radio Co.

• Boatanchors Amateur Radio Web Ring

  http://www.webring.org/webring?ring=ba
  Sites in the ring cover boatanchor topics; operating, restoring, building, buying and selling old tube radio equipment.

• David Knight Radio, Electrical and Electronic Articles

  http://www.g3ynh.info/
  G3YNH provides a collection of scientific articles on the subject of impedance,impedance matching and high-frequency power transmission, Racal RA17 and related equipment, Trio / Kenwood TS-430S information, and numerical indicator (Nixie*) tubes.

• Henry's East Ealing Site

  http://www.qsl.net/g3giq/ar88_receiver.htm
  G3GIQ presents technical details on various Collins and RCA radios.

• Makers of Boat Anchors

  http://www.ominous-valve.com/ba-mfrs.html
  List and description, includes: B and W, Central Electronics, Collins, E. F. Johnson, Gonset, Hallicrafters, Hammarlund, Heath, National, Drake.

• N4XY's Grid Dip Meters

  http://www.qsl.net/n4xy/gdos.html
  Photos, description, and history of many grid dip meters.

• NoobowSystems Lab - Restoration Projects

  http://www.noobowsystems.org/restorations/index.html
  Projects on shortwave and amateur radio receivers, with pictures. [Japanese and English]

• Nostalgia Air

  http://www.nostalgiaair.org/
  Antique radio, TV and audio resources site. Offers a technical discussion forum, schematics and manuals, tube cross reference and RMA color code references.

• Nostalgic Kits Central

  http://www.nostalgickitscentral.com/
  KB7RGG's comprehensive site with information about the era of electronic kits.

• rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors FAQ

  http://www.virhistory.com/ham/rrab.faq.htm
  Answers questions about vintage tube-type ham radio and communications equipment.

• W1GFH

  http://www.qsl.net/wb1gfh/
  Joe Tyburczy has included schematics, pictures and stories about the Ameco AC-1 transmitter II, boatanchors in general and his other interests.

• W2NBC Boatanchor Pages

  http://www.dealamerica.com/
  Includes classifieds, auction, Hallicrafters HT-37 audio mods, Globe King 500B and Globe Champion 300-A photos and details, and 75 meter AM audio files.

• WB4IUY

  http://www.ipass.net/wb4iuy/radio/index.htm
  Dave gives his history in amateur radio, QSL cards, and projects. Includes manuals and schematics for Gonset and Heathkit.

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