K2TQN's OldRadio Museum - Ham Radio before WW-II

Updated 4-26-2003

This is station W3KY @ K2TQN's OldRadio Museum.

The theme is "Ham Radio before WWII" Featuring an authentic 1933 Ham Radio station.

Observe Ham Radio from it's beginning - Crystal Sets, Spark Transmitters and keys.
Then see tube transmitters and receivers from the early 1920's through the late 1930's.
There is also a nice representation of homebrew equipment,
and some rare 1930's commercial receivers.

Click on the door to go inside. This is the first station you see, W3KY.

Feature: An authentic 1933 ham radio station - From the left: A 1932 Hammarlund Comet Pro receiver, speaker, coil box and the QSL card of the first owner Dare Aucott, W3CRY, of Atlantic City, NJ. Right: a well-made homebrew 300 watt transmitter built by Joe Hoffman, W2DST of New York. Table and wall: the 1933 station log, license, lamp and chair of Earl Abbott, W2FTT, Manahawkin, NJ, and a collection of 1930's QSL cards from southern New Jersey hams.

The Museum now has Historic Tags!

See some photos of where the museum visited in 1999, and a travellog. Click here.

You can see it at the following 2003 radio meets and meetings:
-- Check back near the date, as I have a new Job and Vacation Days
-- are not as available as before. Sometimes I am unable to make it. --

May 4 Warminster ARC - Wrightstown (Bucks County), PA - (*No Museum)
June 1 29th Ole Virginia Hams ARC - Manassas, VA - (*No Museum) (Tenative)
July 13 ** Mid-Atlantic ARC - Kimberton, PA - (Tentative - check back & see below)
July 13 ** Sussex County ARC - Augusta, NJ - (Tentative - check back & see above)
Aug. 3 53rd Annual Winchester Hamfest, Berryville, VA w/Museum
The K2TQN Museum will have a new display - an 0n-the-Air Collins AM/CW Station.
Aug ? Gloucester Counter ARC Hamfest, Mullica Hill, NJ (Tentative)
Sept. 6-7 Fall-Fest 2003, ARRL Maryland / Dist of Columbia Conv. w/Museum
The K2TQN Museum will have a new display - an 0n-the-Air Collins AM/CW Station.
Sept. 14          Joint Meet - Delaware Valley Radio Association + NJ Antique Radio Club
                            This Hamfest will attract BA and Antique Radio enthusiasts. Look for my Museum and a big
                        display of Boat Anchors, Vintage Ham Radios and lots of Antique Radios from the NJARC.
                      The K2TQN Museum will have a new display - an 0n-the-Air Collins AM/CW Station.
Oct. 3-4 HOSSTRADERS - Hopkinton, NH - (Tentative)
next

For additional information
Email John Dilks at k2tqn@arrl.net
See My QST Magazine Old Radio Column Support Page at: http://www.eht.com/oldradio/arrl/
Telephone John Dilks at 609-927-3873 - Between 6 p.m and 9 p.m. Eastern Time only!

John H. Dilks, K2TQN
125 Warf Road
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234-8501

Member of: AWA, NJARC, MAARC, ARC, SCARA, OBARC, OOTC, ARRL-Life
I'm always looking for interesting ham radio items to add to my museum.

For other photos of the museum, click here.