Hi Bob, Thank you for posting that link. I enjoyed watching it very much. While I do not have any marine experience, I can appreciate everything that the video depicted.
Quite a shame that these stations are becoming a thing of the past. All digital, satellite and SS equipment taking its place. Perhaps when the sun peaks next, the resulting solar storms will force the comeback of "REAL" tube stations :-) 73, cul... Bob de k2ki Bob Peters wrote: > This is a great Video...It shows some really neat > gear along with great baluns and antennas it is 9 > min long and well worth watching... They have > Collins, Kenwood, Rca and a host of other stuff in > the video.. A bank of Collins 651S1 receivers... > Bob W1PE > > > For those of you with marine radio experience in > the south Pacific who > may've worked Melbourne Radio VIM (at any time > between 1912-2002) this > video clip might be nostalgic... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMnDN4mncSs > > The BA link is probably the alarming spectacle of > me trying to reef out > the rfpa of the 2kW AWA 400-500 kHz tx at 5'16" > (white shirt, glasses) > to have a look at the 3 x 4CX1500 in parallel ( I > was more successful on > a later visit when I had the sea-going beard see > 7'01") > > The Mayday relay calls at the beginning are real - > recorded during a > particularly nasty Sydney-Hobart yacht race in > January 1998. > > 73 Nigel VK3DZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
