On Saturday April 30 2011, about a dozen OSCARC club members and friends visited the fabulous Hammond Museum of Radio in Guelph.
Hammond Museum of Radio in Guelph, Ontario. Photo/VA3PAW
Part of the collection at the Hammond Museum of Radio. Photo/VA3PAW
Early radio receivers. Photo/VA3PAW
More early broadcast receivers. Photo/VE3NGS
Museum curator Norene shows the 1920s Crossley Pup broadcast receiver. Photo/VE3NGS
Viewing an early clock radio. Photo/VE3NGS
1923 Hammond Model 12 broadcast receiver. Photo/VA3PAW
1901 spark-gap transmitter. Photo/VE3NGS
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The famous Canadian military '19 Set' radio. Photo/VA3PAW
Classic rack-mounted military receivers, including Collins, RCA and Hammarlunds. Photo/VE3NGS
Collins 51J-5 receiver built at Collins in Toronto as one of 3 prototypes. This model never went into production, as the 51S-1 was arriving on the scene. Photo/VE3NGS
Collins 30K transmitter, plus three pairs of Collins 'Gold Dust Twins' (75A-4 receivers and KWS-1 SSB transmitters with power supplies). Plus several rare Collins accessories. Photo/VE3NGS
Bill VA3PPC and museum volunteer John chatting at the Collins KW-1 station. Photo/VE3NGS
Jay VE3EMP tries on the Collins KW-1 station. "Sorry Jay, no DSP!"
Some of the Hammarlund equipment. Photo/VE3NGS
Mostly receivers, including Hallicrafters, National and Heathkit. Photo/VE3NGS
Looking at Nazi-era German receivers. Photo/VE3NGS
Peter VE3EYI and Gary VE3TGH reminiscing in the receivers section. Photo/VE3NGS
Jay VE3EMP checks out early 'portable' HF receivers, with museum volunteer Larry VE3RF. Photo/VE3NGS
Hammond Museum of Radio club Station VE3BJ. Photo/VE3EYI
Fred Hammond Memorial Station VE3HC. Photo/VE3EYI
Newly licensed Paul VA3PAW made his first-ever HF contact, from the Hammond memorial station VE3HC, working N4WZ on 20m SSB during the Florida QSO Party. Photo/VE3NGS
Neil VE3NGS worked special event station DQ60SAAR in Germany, using the Collins gear at the museum club station VE3BJ. Photo/VA3PAW
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