Boatanchor Pix

"Forget the net.
Switch on the set.
Warm it up slow and go.
Light the tubes, bask in the glow.
Surf shortwaves on your old radio."

Latest project on the bench
Hallicrafters S-119 Sky Buddy II receiver

Previous project on the bench
Early (1957) Ameco CPS Code Practice Oscillator

Clegg

Clegg Thor 6 transceiver and junk-box modulator/ power supply
Clegg Zeus 6 and 2 Meter Transmitter with factory modulator/ power supply

Drake

Drake 2C receiver and 2CQ speaker/ Q-multiplier

Eico

Eico 720 transmitter
Eico 730 modulator/ driver

Gonset

Gonset Communicator 6 meter transceiver
Gonset Commander II transmitter

Hallicrafters

Echophone EC-1 receiver
Echophone EC-1B receiver
SX-17 Super Skyrider receiver
S-19R Sky Buddy receiver
S-20 Sky Champion receiver
S-20R Sky Champion receiver
SX-28 Super Skyrider receiver
S-38 series receivers
S-36A Receiver
S-40B receiver
SX-42 Receiver
SX-43 Receiver
S-52 Receiver
S-53A Receiver
SX-62 Receiver
S-77A Receiver
SX-99 Receiver
SX-101A Receiver
SX-110 Receiver
SX-117 Receiver
matching HT-44 transmitter (for SX-117 transceive)
S-119 Sky Buddy II receiver
S-120 and SW-500 receivers
SR-500 "Tornado" transceiver
TW-2000 portable receiver a Zenith Transoceanic clone
WR-600 receiver

Hammarlund

HQ-120X receiver
HQ-129X receiver
HQ-140XA receiver
HQ-150 receiver
HQ-110C receiver
RBG-2 receiver built for the US Navy. With restoration pictures.
SP-200 series receiver Hammarlund SP-210-LX.
SP-200 series receiver military R-129/U version with restoration pictures.
another SP-200 series receiver the military BC-779A version.
SP-600-JX17 receiver

Heathkit

AR-2 receiver
AR-3 receiver and QF-1 Q-multiplier
BR-2 broadcast-only receiver
DX-20 CW transmitter
DX-35 CW / AM transmitter
DX-40 CW / AM transmitter
DX-60 CW / AM transmitter
Heathkit HG-10 VFO
DX-100 CW / AM transmitter
GR-64 receiver
GR-81 regenerative receiver
GR-91 receiver
HR-10B receiver
HW-12 and HW-12A transceivers
HW-30 "Two-er" transceiver
HW-101 transceiver
SB-610 monitor scope
Heathkit SG-8 and IG-42 Signal Generators serve as "broadcasters"

R-100A receiver
R-55A receiver
T-60 transmitter
Space Spanner
Span Master
V-44 VFO (variable frequency oscillator)
Wireless Broadcaster

Explor-Air Mark V Receiver
HE-30 receiver
HE-60 receiver
KT-200 Receiver (same as Lafayette HE-10)
Lafayette 1957 "Music-Mates" LA-40 audio amplifier and LT-40 AM-FM tuner

Minerva Tropic Master receiver (model W-117)

Morrow 3 BR-5 ham bands converter

Multi-Elmac PMR-8 Receiver
Multi-Elmac AF-68A Transmitter
Motorola Conelrad receiver model DS-9660B manufactured by Multi-Elmac

NC-33 receiver
NC-44 receiver
NC-60 "Special" receiver
NC-60B version of NC-60 "Special" receiver
NC-88 "World Master" receiver
NC-109 receiver
NC-120 receiver / Navy RAO-2
NC-125 receiver
NC-173 receiver with story of use on Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition
NC-200 receiver
NC-300 receiver
HRO receiver (late 1930's Senior)
HRO-60 receiver

Olson RA-48 Receiver

PCA-2 T-200 Panadaptor
SB-8b Panalyzor type T-200

RME-45B receiver
RME-69 receiver with story of use by the Dutch underground in World War II
DB-22A preselector
RME HF10-20 converter for 10, 15, and 20 meter bands
RME VHF-152A converter for 2, 6, and 10 meter bands

Sears Silvertone

Silvertone 5656A in a 1937 Ham Shack with story of emergency use in the 1937 Ohio River flood

Swan

Swan 175 mono bander transceiver for 80 meters
Swan 250 SSB/AM transceiver for 6 meters

U.S. Military

Navy DAE-1 Radio Direction Finder
Navy RAO receiver (NC-120)
Navy RBC-1 receiver
Navy RBG-2 receiver
Navy R-517 - AN/FRR-26 receiver
Navy REP morale receiver made by Crosley
Navy TCS-12 receiver by the Collins Radio Company
Navy ARC-5 receiver
Scott SLRM Navy Morale receiver.
Signal Corps AM-1249/U audio amplifier
Signal Corps BC-224D receiver
Signal Corps BC-348Q receiver
Signal Corps BC-312M receiver
Signal Corps BC-342N receiver
Signal Corps BC-1031-C Panoramic Adapter
R-390 receiver made by Collins
URM-25D Signal Generator serves as "wireless broadcaster"

Zenith Transoceanics

Zenith Transoceanic 8G005 receiver
Zenith H500 receiver
Another Zenith H500 receiver with repair history and Silvertone and Sonora clones
Zenith T600 receiver
Zenith 6G001Y "Long Distance" Universal broadcast-only Transoceanic relative
600 series Transoceanic circuit description and schematic sections Part of military version manual from Mike Gasperi
Schematics and info on all of the Zenith Transoceanics are at this site courtesy of Nostalgia Air.

RCA Strato-World receiver
Hallicrafters TW-2000 receiver
Silvertone and Sonora receivers are pictured with a Zenith H500 receiver

Miscellaneous Transmitters, etc.

Johnson Viking I Transmitter
HomeBrew 6 meter Transmitter
Eico 720
Eico 730 modulator/ driver for the Eico 720 transmitter
Meissner Signal Shifter EX
Globe Scout 680A
old homebrew amp with two 813 tubes and new junk-parts power supply
Adcom LSA-3 RF amp power supply
Barker and Williamson model BW-5100

Regenerative Receivers

MacKay Radio and Telegraph type 128 AW with several stories of shipboard use well into the 1990's.
Knight Space Spanner
Knight Span Master
Heathkit GR-81
RS "Science Fair" Globe Patrol
Cute little one-tube breadboard kit. Can you identify it?
Building an early 1930's-style 2 tube Regenerative Receiver
Simple early 1950's homebrew regenerative receiver performs well
Links to the Ocean Hopper and homebrew regenerative radios from Glowbugs.

Audio equipment

Acoustic Research AR-2ax speakers
Aireon JukeBox audio amplifier from the late 1940's.
Dukane 1A475B "High Power" Audio Amp
Fisher TA600 receiver 22 tubes, 40 watts of heavy Hi-Fi from 1959
Magnavox 1947 console Two-chassis, 15 tubes, great sound.
Stromberg-Carlson stereo components in SP-965-C "Integrity Series" cabinet
Zenith 1948 radio-phono console has dual FM bands and two tone arms.

Hewlett-Packard test equipment

HP-200AB audio generator
Early HP-200C audio generator
HP-200CD audio generator
HP-312A Selective Voltmeter doubles as a radio
HP-400A AC VTVMeter
HP-400C AC VTVMeter and here's another HP-400C AC VTVM
HP-400D AC VTVMeter
HP-400H AC VTVMeter

Interesting stuff

Progressive Radio Edu-Kit
Lifetime carbon microphone
Russian antenna current meter.
Meissner 10-1106 Broadcast TRF receiver kit
Meissner 9-1085 Broadcast/SW radio
Motorola Chairside auto radio from World War II
Erres KY524 European radio
Philips BX-490A radio with love story
Philips Model 436-AN radio was "Made in USA"Info needed
Nordmende-Sterling Tannhauser European table top radio with 11 tubes and 6 speakers.
two Bud Codemasters, model CPO-128A and CPO-128B
early (1957) Ameco CPS Code Practice Oscillator
later (safer) Ameco CPS Code Practice Oscillator
Motorola 9660B Conelrad monitor and info on the use of CONELRAD
Cute little one-tube breadboard kit. Can you identify it?
Knight-Kit Wireless Broadcaster Did you have fun with one of these as a kid?
1950's Homebrew ham-bands receiverHelp identify it & check out the craftsmanship.
Unknown audio amp chassis is identified. It's from a 1950's Home-Study course
Mystery RF-AF Oscillator Chassis Help identify it.
Analyzing a VOM-tester from Sprayberry Academy of Radio
Measurements Model 59 grid dip meter
Tube-in-the-probe Signal Tracers Philco 7030 and Feiler TS-3A
Signal Tracers with crystal diode probes Heath, Knight, PACO, Eico, Lafayette
Kepco 605 High Voltage Regulated Power Supply



Signal Generators serve as AM broadcasters

Supreme Model 570 Signal Generator as a "broadcaster"
Eico 324 Signal Generator as a "broadcaster"
Heathkit SG-8 and IG-42 and military URM-25 Signal Generators serve as "broadcasters"


Test equipment that is its own radio

Rider Chanalyst plays music and   here's another Chanalyst   and here's a third Chanalyst  Great old service instruments that are their own TRF radios.
Meissner Analyst 9-1040   The nice Meissner version of the Rider Chanalyst
NRI Professional Signal Tracer Model 33   A complete TRF radio in a piece of test gear.
Conar Model 230 Signal Tracer   Another complete TRF radio.
Supreme Audolyzer   And another complete TRF radio
Sierra Frequency Selective Voltmeter model 126B listens to AM broadcast
Hewlett Packard 312A Selective Voltmeter doubles as a radio

Download free manuals, schematics, pdf books and reference sources

Schematics and manuals for many BA models

BAMA's Mirror Site faster Boatanchor Manual download - look here first for manuals
Nostalgia Air has most of the Rider's Perpetual Troubleshooters Manuals (for old radio schematics) on-line as well as lots of other info.
Clegg, Gonset, Swan, Ameco and others from the Six Meter World Wide DX Club (manual links are on bottom of home page)
lots of Hallicrafters manuals from John K4OZY
lots of older Hewlett Packard manuals, catalogs, and other good info from the HP Archive site
European radio schematics (Schaltplane) Excellent German source for on-line European entertainment radio schematics
List of links to lots more free manual and schematic sites


Military schematics and manuals

Download the military manuals for R-390, R390A, BC-348, BC-312, BC-779, BC-794, R-129, BC-1004, mil transoceanic and a variety of others. A great resource from KG7BZ - now moved to BAMA.
Lots more military manuals for radios and test equipment from BAMA
the complete ARC-5 manual and some military conversion reprints in PDF format
Hammarlund Series 200 Technical Data Text and redrawn schematics from TM-11-866, the SP-200 Military manual (covers BC-779, BC-794, R-129, BC-1004) by Josh Rovero.
On-line manuals for various BC-348 models from James Moorer, large PDF files
Download R-390A manual An update of the 1985 mil version - by Al Tirevold, Pete Wokoun, and Barry Hauser.
Military tube tester data for TV-2, TV-4, TV-7, I-177, lots of other good info from Nolan Lee.
TV-7 tube tester data and repair/ calibration info from Jose Gavila.

Heathkit

Lots of Heath schematics from Tom's Heath circuit archive as resurrected by Paul Stenning.
More Heath schematics and manuals in PDF form from KC8RP. The "specifications.pdf" is a complete set of early 1950's Heathkit products and schematics, published by Heath.
A useful Heathkit parts cross-reference list from Don at Datapro.


Tube data

Lots of tube data via PDF copies from tube manuals courtesy of Frank. Excellent info source for US, European, and other tubes.
Download the entire RCA HB-3 tube manual series detailed tube specs. Excellent resource
Electron Tube Datasheet database, 1958 - 1961 Good info source for those 4 digit specialty tubes.
Tube substitution list / article from 1945.
NJ7P's tube database Type in a tube number and get info.
Handy 4 digit tube to standard JAN tube cross-reference chart compiled by Jerry VE3FAB and courtesy of Deane VE6BPO
Handy VT tube to standard JAN tube cross-reference chart also by Jerry VE3FAB and web-hosted by Deane VE6BPO
Transmitter tube reference books, equipment manuals and lots of other good stuff from Ralph, W5JGV


Transformers, catalogs and miscellaneous

Lots of old transformer catalogs UTC, Stancor, Peerless, Acrosound, Merit, Thordarson, Chicago, etc.
Chart of maximum allowable leakage for aluminum electrolytic caps from Sencore as adapted by VK3DAP
A great resource for Kenyon, Meissner, Hammarlund (SP-400 and 600) and lots of other old radio literature. Check out the circuits in the Kenyon catalog and the Meissner "How to Build It" manual
Download old Thordarson, UTC, and other transformer catalogs from W5AMI.
bibliography of ARRL's Product Reviews published in QST since 1965.
Download the National technical bulletins for the NC-300 and a couple of other models from Ed Tanton.


Complete books and handbooks

A gigabyte of old books including the 1936 and 1941 ARRL Handbooks, 1940 and 1959 "west coast" Radio Handbooks (Bill Orr), Audel's Radiomans Guide, several books on vacuum tubes and other excellent radio related books (Large PDF's)
Notes on Servicing Radio and Sound Systems, US Navy 1942 Excellent tube electronics training guide adapted to the web courtesy of Historic Naval Ships Assoc.
Allied Electronics Data Handbook. 1966 (5th edition) web version from WA7ZOZ. Lots of data including European-American tube substitutions and number equivalents
Allied Electronics Data Handbook, 1965 (4th edition. ) PDF version download the whole book or by section in PDF form courtesy of Deane VE6BPO


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