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<DIV><STRONG>ok had a couple inquiries form my other post asking
what I was up to so here are some more details</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>A moth ago I got my General class Amateur Radio License as a
few of you know.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>As A kid could have passed the theory portion in 6th grade
but was totally Morse code dyslectic... so I spent my time
helping other people build and fix things... Time passed and
eons later well the code requirement went away
so... I finally got my license. Next month I may take a stab at the Extra test
as well.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>We have always had a display of Amateur Radio equipment here
at the museum ... 1kw spark transmitter, Collins KWS1
and lots of other Ham and SWL gear and the library is pretty
full too!</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>There was one big gap, with is the ATV display we are
now building. Some of it was already on the shelf like CONAR
Cameras and some of the older CCTV stuff Hams
adapted..</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Even some nice photo of converted surplus gear such as this one we
bought the negatives of.</STRONG></DIV>
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<P align=center><B><FONT size=6>W6UZO Amateur Radio Television</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><A href="http://www.smecc.org/video/am-television1.jpg"><IMG border=4 src="http://www.smecc.org/video/am-television1_small.jpg" width=175 height=140></A> <A href="http://www.smecc.org/video/w6uzo.jpg"><IMG border=4 src="http://www.smecc.org/video/w6uzo_small.jpg" width=180 height=142></A></P>
<P align=center><BR> <B>Please can you tell us more about this fellow and
his camera?</B></P>
<P align=center><B>Note the 'creative' use of military surplus parts and
cabinetry to build this camera.. Kudos to this pioneer!</B></P>
<P align=center>WAS MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE TAKEN IN THE WENTSWORTH STORE IN
THE WESTCHESTER DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES</P>
<P align=center><A href="http://www.smecc.org/video/wpe3gm5i8fm5f.gif"><IMG border=4 alt="wpe3.gif (186474 bytes)" src="http://www.smecc.org/video/televi1gm5i8fm5f.gif" width=205 height=180></A></P>
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<P align=center><STRONG>so... there you have it! </STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG>Looking to amass a groups of equipment
that does a good timeline.... looking to add more to the
museum's library...</STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG>BUT! Also would be fin to put some
of it on the air! </STRONG></P>
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<P align=left><STRONG>The idea has been suggested to me about a museum
active amateur station.... this might be</STRONG>
<STRONG>fun!</STRONG></P>
<DIV><STRONG>Any.. read on... drop me a note off list.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Ed#</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV> <STRONG><FONT size=4>here is what we are looking for the
ATV display.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>both the physical one in the building and the
online pages...</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>we need photos, early catalog issues and magazines.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Also:<BR>Posters</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>coil kits</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>First complete ATV cameras and tx /rx
equipment.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>other suggestions welcome!</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>These were be for a physical display plus an added
section to the reference library we have and also add material to
the SMECC website.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Please feel free to forward this letter to others with
interest in the history of ATV</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10"><STRONG>Thanks,<BR><BR>Ed Sharpe, Archivist for
SMECC </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10"><STRONG>KF7RWW<BR><BR>See the Museum's Web Site at
</STRONG><A title=http://www.smecc.org/ href="http://www.smecc.org/"><STRONG>www.smecc.org</STRONG></A><BR><BR><STRONG>We
are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. library -
please advise if you have anything we can use.<BR><BR>Coury House /
SMECC<BR>5802 W. Palmaire Ave. Phone 623-435-1522<BR>Glendale Az 85301
USA<BR>=================================================================<BR></STRONG></DIV></FONT>
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