Welcome To N8YHY'

Welcome To W7ULA's BoatAnchor's

Hello My Name is Chris W7ULA formally N8YHY and I have been licensed since 1993. I have had alot of fun in the Hobby over the years but since I have taken an interest in AM Phone Operation and Vintage BoatAnchor Gear the Ole BoatAnchor Bug Bit Me Hard as you can see here from my collection of BoatAnchor gear I have collected Since I've Become Interested in AM Phoneoperation.My Main Operating Station consist of a Johnson Viking Valiant paired up with a rack of different receivers..My main interest in the Boatachors is the Johnson Viking Gear and the many different Transmitters they made over the years..I am currently working on building my Collection of Johnson Viking Gear and always searching for Johnson Viking Items to add to my growing collection of Johnson Gear..Thanks For stopping by my site and I hope you enjoy the Pictures of my Collection as much as I enjoy collecting and Restoring & Repairing them.. You Can Catch Me On The Air on 75m Phone on 3.870 or on 40m Phone on 7.290..Thanks for Visiting My Site and Hope To Catch You On The Bands 73 Chris W7ULA

Here is a picture of the station setup here at my Qth in Salem,Oregon. I currently have a random wire antenna's up which seems to work pretty good on all bands and I have a Homebrew Receiving Loop for 75M which really aids in Nulling out the Noise from the Neighborhood.

Here is a picture of the Globe Champion 300 that was just added to the Boatanchor Collection on 07/23/06 and boy this is a sweet playing rig that has already received some good audio reports.

Here is a picture of the Globe Scout 680A that has just been added to the Boatanchor Collection on 07/17/06

Here is a picture of the new Rack Cabinet I just aquired. I have installed 3 of my main receivers in it.They are the Collins 75A-3, Hallicrafters SX-101A & the National NC-300 Receiver.The Cabinet will soon be restored and will have a nice Hammertone Grey paint scheme.

The Main transmitter of choice is still old reliable,The Johnson Viking Valiant 1

Audio From the Valiant

http://n8yhy.tripod.com/Valiant.mp3

The Johnson Viking Ranger II is a favorite Choice as well, It was aquired from my good friend Ron W9EOA which Ron was the second Owner of this Beauty. It is all Original.

The Ranger II is set up with Out Board Audio using a 100 watt Hammond Transformer with 5000 ohm Center Tap and I am Using a 75 watt External Audio Amplifier Tapped on the 8 ohm side of the The 100 watt Hammond Audio Transformer which Ties into the Back of the Ranger II and Bypasses the Internal Audio Circuit of the Ranger II Giving me Better Audio Response.You Can Hear the Diffrence Just take a Listen to the Audio File Below to hear the Difference.. The Ranger II is Driving a Heathkit SB-220 Amplifier which uses a pair of 3-500 tubes and Produces 125 watts of Carrier with the Ranger II..

Audio From The Ranger II

http://n8yhy.tripod.com/RangerII.mp3

Here Is A Picture Of The Knightkit T-150 Transmitter

Soon to be Ron's W9EOA as we are working on another Trade