May
8
2010
Dave’s Shack
Author: ve1gm
Dave's Shack
Here’s a little quiz – can you identify the 5 rigs in the photo going from left-to-right and ending with the unit mounted on the wall?
This was the basement shack of VE1AKQ, now VE!GM in 1975. The desk was made from cabinets removed from the kitchen to make way for an electric stove and two of the rigs are on an antique oak table. (I wonder where that ever ended up!) There’s a homebrew crystal calibrator beside rig no. 1, a homebrew antenna tuner hung under the cabinets and the shade on the lamp beside the antenna tuner was made from a coffee can. The little board in the opening under the desk was a push-to-talk switch activated by your left knee. That left both hands free to operate the gear and write notes.
There’s no Morse key in the picture, it was kept in a desk drawer until needed.
Aah, the good old days.
