South Side of Shack
Updated 4-Sep-2025
| On the lower right side is my primary
AM station. It consists of the Collins
75A2 receiver (1952) and a Johnson Viking Valiant
transmitter (1956-1962). The boom
microphone is an Electro-Voice Cardax 950. I can
also use the Astatic Silver Eagle D-104 that stands in
front of the Valiant or multitude of other microphones
from around the shack. There is a switch located
under the riser that allows me to instantaneously select
between three active microphones on the Valiant at any
time. I use one standard three-pin connector on
all my desk microphones and simply make short adapter
cables that interface them to specific radios. The lower left side is the Hallicrafters SX-115 receiver and to it's left is the matching Hallicrafters HT-32B transmitter. This is primarily a SSB/CW station. These have been soul-mates since 1961 when they were both pulled directly off the Hallicrafters assembly line in Chicago. They were a gift from Bill Halligan himself to Dick Schnell (SK), K9HPD when he was first licensed. My shack is only their second home in over sixty years! Here is a close up (R-L) of the SX-115 Receiver & HT-32B transmitter. The microphone is an Astatic model 77.  On the second shelf on the left side is a Clegg 99'er 6M AM transceiver (1961-62), with a Heathkit HG-10 VFO. |
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