Well almost anyway... There are a couple of differences. My original 
Novice transmitter was a Philmore, then a Heathkit AT-1 and my Viking 
Adventurer may not have been until I was a general. This photo also shows 
a Viking 122 VFO that I sure didn't have as a Novice, but at today's crystal
prices, I had to give in. This 122 I bought at an estate auction in MO. I 
was lucky and it cleaned up very nice and works well after minor repairs. 



The Viking proved to be a far more practical rig than the others too, in
that it was Pi-net output and didn't require a tuner as the AT-1 did. One
day I hope to find a AT-1 that I can restore to reproduce that earlier station.
 

You may notice too that the paint scheme on the Viking Adventurer is 
"wrong". This Adventurer is believed to be a prototype. The case is 
entirely Viking gray and the silk-screened front panel does not include
the Viking logo or the Adventurer name. The rear panel has a rubber 
stamped #9, so it may have been #9 of the 10 original prototypes.

I am having fun remembering 52yrs ago's challenges chasing the signals
with the S-53A and listing to the large bandpass ... sounds like you hear 
the entire band with one bandpass setting! Oh what memories, ARGH!

Now I need to get beyond the "card table" for an operating position.

 

Nov 08, 2007 "KØAWU "Vintage" Station is QRV" 

 
  At the end of Oct 2007, I bought a HQ-129-x receiver on ebay, like my first 
real receiver in the late 1950's. I spent 4 days cleaning it up, aligning  and 
recapping. Once completed, I really had NO ROOM for the old gear and decided
that things had to change. I had to tackle the shack... 


I added a new 3ft table with a shelf underneath and a 4ft shelf on the old 
workbench. The resulting space allows me to have an operating position for the 
Viking gear and both the Hammarlund and Hallicrafters receivers. I had to redo 
the Rx/Tx switching again, but the 1950's station is once again usable. 


I have had nice reports on both 80 and 40m CW, so I can have some operating fun
playing like the old days. This photo was after the HQ-129-X's front panel was
replaced with a new reproduction, available on ebay. It's not identical sorry to 
say, the "Hammarlund" script & control font's are not the original fonts but "ok".


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