My Early Ham Equipment

My First 6 Meter Radio Station in 1958

Paul's first 6 meter rig

My parents house in Wright City, Missouri

Set up with a Gonset Communicator, I could work most of the stations in St. Louis which was some 5Ø miles away.

I joined the Army shortly after getting the ham radio station setup.

Six Meter mobile in 1954 Ford

Paul's first 6 meter mobile

Notice the Horizontal and Vertical antennas. I was ready to work mobiles and stations.

When keyed up, the dynamotor power supply would lower the 6 volt battery system, the engine would slow down and the lights would dim.

It was magical. The single frequency Home brew 6146 transmitter would put out 6Ø watts, AM plate modulated.

Six Meter Rig in 1961

Paul's 6 mt. Rig

This was a good arrangement. I used a Latine 6 meter transmitter, and a Ameco 6 meter mobile converter connected to an old console radio.

It worked quite well and had excellent audio. I Worked a lot of stations in the Philadelphia, PA area while I was stationed there in the Army.

Home Brew 6 Meter Rig in 1962

Paul's Home Brew

Located in Upstate New York, I built this station. My first adventure into building a 6 meter superhet receiver.

Notice the separate power supply for it. The transmitter is sitting on it. The receiver drifted badly.

My Ham station in 1964

Paul's Ham Rig

A new home brew 6146 transmitter, and a new Gonset tunable converter on an the old AM radio removed from the wooden cabinet.

This arrangement worked quite well, but with no AVC, if a mobile got near it was overload city.

Wow What Good Stuff, Hi Hi

Paul's Ham Rig

Notice the Lafayette 6 meter mobile rig. At that time a fantastic 6 meter radio. They made a VFO for it, but I never got one.

I was still rock bound in the early 6Ø's.

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