As of August 2010 this shack is no longer in operation. We have moved to a new QTH. As soon as the new station location is fully operational new pictures will be uploaded here.

On this page you will find some of the Vintage operating positions at the AI4FR radio station. Starting with these first two pictures we have a Yaesu FT-101E on the left, next to it we have some spare capacitors in their storage tray, then next to it is a Hallicrafters SR-150A transceiver. On the top shelf and starting at the left is some more storage boxes, a Hallicrafters S-22R receiver in the center and at the far right is a Hallicrafters HA-1 T.O. Keyer. The items in the photograph on the right is a view when one shifts their gaze slightly to the right some. Here we can see the above items as well as a Heathkit SB-200 amplifier and a Hewlett Packard HP 54200D Digitizing Oscilloscope below it.

One thing that should be mentioned is that the vintage operating position is always in a state of flux. It is always changing with respect to the guest operators and myself depending on which radio we are in the mood to take off the shelf and toss on the air.

The picture on the left is a center view of this "V" shaped desk operating position. Here we can see the Hallicrafters SR-150A from the photographs above as well as the amplifier and o-scope, but also we get a small taste of some of the radios located on the other leg of the "V". The orange thing in the center of this photograph is on another storage cabinet that is located on the other side of these "V" shaped desks. The small tubes are situated in their storage compartment.

In the photograph on the right we have a Kenwood TS-530S transceiver on the left, then a Kenwood AT-230 antenna tuner, next to them is a pair of Drakes. The Drake on the bottom is an R-4B receiver and the one on top is the model T-4X transmitter. Next to these Drakes we have a Drake TR-4 transceiver and on top of it is a Drake RV-3 remote VFO and AC-3 power supply that are housed in the same cabinet. Moving along, at the far right we have a Kenwood TS-820S transceiver and above it on the shelf is a Kenwood SP-230 speaker. On the top shelf at the far left is a Drake MS-4 speaker and AC-4 power supply housed in the same cabinet, and in the center we have an MFJ dummy load and a station meter that tells us our output power, reflected power and level of modulation.

 Moving to another room we run into some more tube gear in these next two photographs. Starting at the top and on the left we have a Hallicrafters SR-400a transceiver and next to it is a Collins 32S-3 transmitter. On the bottom at the far left is a Collins 516F-2 power supply with speaker, then a Collins KWM-2 transceiver and next to it is a Collins 75S-3B receiver. In these two pictures we also get a small taste of what is at the end of this table. These items will be described in the text that is below the next set of pictures.

 In the photograph on the left and next to the Collins gear we have a Lafayette HE-30 SW receiver on the top, then in the middle there is a Hallicrafters SX-100 SW receiver and on the bottom is a Hammarlund HQ-129X SW receiver.

The photograph on the right takes us back out to the shop and on the other side of the V shaped desk arrangement. At the left we have a Hallicrafters S-36 VHF receiver and on top of it is a Panadaptor. In the center of the table is a Heathkit Seneca VHF transceiver. On top of the Seneca is one of my attempts to build an antenna for a crystal receiver project.

The photograph on the left is a center view of the table that is located in the shop and behind the V shaped desk arrangement from above. In the picture on the right we have one of my favorite shortwave receivers of all time, it is the Hallicrafters SX-28. As one might have guessed looking at these two pictures, the wall behind these items is where some of the spare cables and wires are kept. Please excuse the mess.