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From Dial and String To State Of The Art Point and Click!<\/h2>\n
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K6HR Radio Timeline: Dad’s Old S-38<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K6HR Radio Timeline<\/h2>\n

The K6HR Radio Timeline got it’s start in the early 1960’s. I remember the first radio I ever tried was my father’s<\/a> Hallicrafters S-38<\/a>. He got the radio secondhand somewhere and it needed to be ‘restrung’. Somehow the strings connecting the knobs to the tuning capacitors were missing. I clearly remember the first thing I heard on that radio was a station from Zanzibar.<\/p>\n

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Dad’s Corner of the Shack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The S-38 shown above, is still working to this day!<\/h3>\n

In the 1960’s our next door neighbor in Woodhaven NY<\/a>, Mr. Moran, was a ham operator.\u00a0 As a child I was always quite fascinated every time I saw the big antenna on his roof turning back and forth. My dad was a CB operator [KQD-0108]. Back then, it seemed everyone in the neighborhood was on CB. My dad was very active, and involved in organizing QSO’s and other CB events. He had a Lafayette Comstat 19<\/a>, a D-104<\/a>, and a Super Magnum antenna.<\/p>\n

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The Red Radio – Philco D-597-124<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Philco shown above is the first ‘music’<\/em> radio I can remember. This radio was in the front (kids) bedroom from 1958 to 1968. We listened to music on this radio through most of the 1960’s. All the 1960’s music<\/a> I remember was first heard through the Red Radio<\/em><\/a>. Who could forget the WMCA Good Guys<\/a>! The “Red Radio” played a significant role in the K6HR Radio Timeline.<\/p>\n

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The ‘Mad Scientists’ were an early inspiration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All Those Cold Early Morning Wake Ups!<\/h3>\n
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The Family’s Old Household Radio: GE Model C-545F\u00a0 1966\/1967<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just found this gem!<\/h3>\n

My mom would listen to the “Rambling With Gambling<\/a>” show in the kitchen. The GE Model C-545F<\/a> shown above was one of several old radios I remember from childhood. For years my mom used this radio to wake me up when I was delivering newspapers in the morning hours of the early 1970’s.<\/p>\n

FUN FACT: I found the GE photograph (shown above) today 5\/11\/19 as I had an old roll of black and white negatives printed at the drugstore!<\/p>\n

Lafayette Comstat 19<\/h3>\n
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Lafayette Comstat 19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also had the S-Meter!<\/p>\n

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Our Comstat 19 had this S meter installed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not all Comstat 19’s were created equal!<\/p>\n

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Our Comstat 19 had the 5W-100mw switch!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CB Mobile Power Supply<\/h3>\n
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Comstat 19 Mobile Power Supply<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was probably around 5 years old when my dad and one of his CB pals tried to install this mobile power supply in the family car. An old Pontiac Catalina. Some how the CB friend convinced dad to use wood screws into the center of the battery terminals! They eventually got it installed and working.<\/p>\n

Yes, my dad had a Lafayette Comstat 19 “mobile” in his car!<\/p>\n

Lectron: Electronic Building Blocks for Kids!<\/h3>\n
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The best Christmas Gift Of All Time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The “Lab” 1968<\/h3>\n

By the age of 10 I was allowed to use the CB and it became the main radio in the ‘laboratory’ that I’d set up in the ‘little room’ in the back of our attic. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Lab had everything I needed in there:<\/span><\/p>\n