HEATHKIT DX40 AND HALLICRAFTERS SX25 CIRCA 1958

Hey, my first station was a real antique featuring large analog displays :), SX25 and a home brew single 6146 running 50 watts. For your info, transistors for that time were 2N34s and CK722s.  Antenna tuning had not been discovered so it's a wonder the signals from the old rig got past the back yard.

The above station, my second, was a Heathkit DX40 and Hallicrafters SX25. A great AM and CW station for the advanced novice or new general.  Permission from Dad let me nail a vertical antenna and all it's radials onto the roof.  I'm not sure if he knew what that meant but dinner was uneventful that night. 

From left: Heathkit DX40 transmitter running 75 watts CW and AM screen modulated. External VFO, RME receiver preselector, Surplus bug .  I still use the R46-B speaker.

Receiver:  Hallicrafters SX25 built around 1946.  Cost $60 used.  Tuned from below broadcast to 30 Mhz so I did a lot of SWL listening too.    Radio Moscow and Radio Havana Cuba were very  intimidating at the time.  Today, Radio Moscow (VOR) is missing and Radio Havana Cuba hosts Arnie Corro's ham radio programs and plays Latin music Sunday nights.   
 

Other Gear: Heathkit External VFO and on top is a RME receiver preselector for the SX25.

Antenna:  3 band 12ATV for 20 through 10 meters.  Contacts as far as Mozambique, SA.  1957 and 1958 were great years.

LATE 1950S QSLA FROM ENGLAND, MOZAMBIQUE, UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, ETC.

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