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My current AM station as of July, 2024.
Desk top: Johnson Viking Valiant.
First shelf: Johnson Viking 500#1 (the power supply/modulator unit rests on a furniture dolly on the floor). Hammarlund SP-600 receiver JX-17. (Not shown, Collins 75A-4 Receiver inline August, 2024)
Second Shelf: Daiwa watt meter, Dentron MT-3000A tuner, Heathkit SB-614 station monitor, Siglent digital signal generator (1 Hz to 40 MHz).
On the tubular tower are antennas for weak signal work on 2 meter, 70 centimeter and 23 centimeter bands. A dipole serves the HF bands.
Station in 2007.
HF through 6 Meters: Icom 756 Pro-III. Amplifier is Drake L-4B.
2 meters and 432: Icom 706 MkIIG. Amplifier for 2 meters is AM-6155; 500 watts using a Svetlana GS-36B tube.
Bencher paddles for CW.
The kerosene lamp is a 1940's Aladdin Washington Drape. Aladdin lamps use thoriated mantles toproduce a brillaint, white light.