Address: P. O. Box 1457, Los Gatos,
CA 95031
TEL:
800-323-3956/408-356-4186
FAX:
408-358-3799
Mobile: 408-858-4528
URL:
www.dsmith.org
Email: doug@dsmith.org
The pictures below show my amateur radio station during the late 50's
and early 60's. All of the equipment utilized vacuum tubes. By today's
standards, the equipment was not very reliable, but I performed all of
the maintenance to keep it running.
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My amateur radio station (K4OAP) and laboratory in 1964 during my senior year in high school. There are hundreds of vacuum tubes in that equipment! |
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My amateur radio station (K4OAP) and laboratory in 1963 during my junior year in high school. |
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My amateur radio station (K4OAP) and laboratory in 1959. I was in the 7th grade, just getting started, and have been generating EMI ever since! |