Armature Radio Operators

[AH-1G]

Some of you may know what this is?
It belong to my father who passed away 2+ years ago.
He was ASA. and involved with the U2 Project.
5 Bronze Stars,
As far as I know it still works, I can see the tubes light up and hear a station or two.
I do not have a tower with antenna so not sure what reception capabilities it has?

CQ, CQ,CQ. This is what heard from operators around the world. My dad's set up allowed him to talk just about any where in the world.
I don't want to disclose his call sign at this time, due to the info below.
What is it worth?
I have post cards from inside USSR operatives, and behind the Iron Curtain with their call sign, during the very early 60's

 

[Phaedrus]

Boy, that's an oldie. Nice old HF (high frequency) AKA "short wave" rig. Nice piece of nostalgia there.

Here's what a new top of the line looks like:

 

[AH-1G]

to many disco lights.

 

[Phaedrus]

They are very cool. I don't do a lot of HF, too many antenna restrictions here. But if I did, I'd be OK with the disco look!

 

[RPR]

How hard it is to get a HAM lic? Recently been interested, due to the flow of the market favoring FPV drones. And the FCC has more gumption vs the FAA. The FCC fine is REAL, holy smokes....

 

[Phaedrus]

How hard it is to get a HAM lic? Recently been interested, due to the flow of the market favoring FPV drones. And the FCC has more gumption vs the FAA. The FCC fine is REAL, holy smokes....

Not terribly difficult. This will answer some questions:

Getting Licensed

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

www.arrl.org

 

[RPR]

Not terribly difficult. This will answer some questions:

Getting Licensed

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

www.arrl.org

many thanks

 

[DCH]

What is it worth?

Good question. It is just a receiver so it's value is somewhat limited. However it does have collector value. If you have make & model I might be able to put a value on it.

I have a collection of radios, both old and new and I am an active HAM.. This is my set up with my Yaesu FT2000D.

 

[Phaedrus]

Good question. It is just a receiver so it's value is somewhat limited. However it does have collector value. If you have make & model I might be able to put a value on it.

I have a collection of radios, both old and new and I am an active HAM.. This is my set up with my Yaesu
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I can't tell what brand it is either. No idea what it might be worth.

I'm a Yaesu guy too. Have not done much HF despite having general. I have too many antenna restrictions, gotta love the HOAs!!
I've got a FTM-400 and FT-70 as my main radios now. Two 400's, one in my vehicle and one as a base in the house. I recently started messing around with an AllStar node, that's been some fun. Ham radio is a big world, lots of cool stuff to do!!