NVARC Presentation April 2022
Channel: Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club (NVARC) / N1NC
Date: 2022-04-22

This month's guest speaker will be Mike Murphy, WU2D, who will walk us through "Shortwave Dream Receivers of the 60's".

For many of us, ham radio was an offshoot of an earlier budding radio hobby, specifically shortwave listening in the 1960s. It was the middle of the Cold War, and the bands were full of exciting signals. Even the marine frequencies between 2 and 3 MHz were busy back then. So as a kid, you no doubt had your eye on what would be called your Dream Receiver.

The hobby magazines were full of these shortwave sets, adorned with many shiny knobs and big slide rule dials.  Of course obtaining such would cost many hours of mowing lawns, delivering papers and even pumping gas. And yes -  begging, trading, threatening  and pestering your parents were all part of the game.  

Mike will walk us though those golden years by showing off some popular shortwave dream receivers of the late 50’s through about 1972. Don’t be surprised if you see your old Hallicrafters or Lafayette, or Heathkit receiver in this presentation!

Mike's YouTube channel can be found at https://www.youtube.com/user/MIKROWAVE1
We thank Mike for his contribution to our club!