{"id":1051,"date":"2013-01-03T21:48:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T02:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2013-01-03T21:51:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T02:51:56","slug":"vintage-electronics-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/vintage-electronics-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Electronics Find"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend I helped a friend go through her now deceased Grandfather’s work shed to help sort things out, and in exchange for my help she said I could keep any old electronics gear I found. Well I found some pretty cool stuff and it was evident that her Grandfather was a Ham radio guy! <\/p>\n

Here’s some pictures with brief descriptions of what I found followed by a video with more details and items.<\/p>\n

The whole collection on the work bench.<\/strong>
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This is a Templetone Radio model # BP 2-A5 from WWII. It ran on batteries and had tubes!This radio picked up “broadcast” band and shortwave transmissions.<\/strong>
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This a National Radio SW-54 shortwave receiver from the 50’s and it works just fine.<\/strong>
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Here’s a tube operated volt\/ohm meter from Allied Electronics. It was made under the name “Knight-Kit”. These kits were marketed to hobbyists and amateur radio operators. This one still works!<\/strong>
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Here’s another cool tester from Knight. It’s an in circuit capacitor tester with a “magic eye” tube. I tested it and it works great.<\/strong>
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A closeup of the “magic eye”.<\/strong>
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And here’s this week’s video showing all this stuff and more! Keep on hackin!<\/strong><\/p>\n