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KC9AA is delivering a vintage Drake station to an unnamed ham this weekend. Tune in next week when Karl tells us who now owns the T4X/R4B station.

K9NAM shows us his 100% Drake station!

Guys,
Today's Vintage Net may have been one of the most interesting to date! Not only did we have another huge turnout of check-ins but we may have witnessed the most interesting assemblage of vintage junk known to sideband.

Early on in the net we had a lot of guys grabbing whatever Swan, Hallicrafters, Drake junk sat in the dark spaces of their shacks. This morning I was blown away to hear our net participants digging deeper (much deeper) into the abyss of sideband obscurity. Clark's (K9OA) SB-10/Apache/Mowhak was topped by Bob's (W9RAN) B&W 5100/B&W SSB adapter/Tech Material Corp GPR-90/GSB-1 SSB receive adapter. Then along comes Ed K0BKA with the never-before-heard combo of the Johnson Viking 500/Johnson SSB adapter! I'm speechless. My head is still spinning!

I am also thinking lately of some of the behavior exhibited by some of our net members. Guys are erecting antennas to be heard better week to week like Jim W9GL. Different strange and bizarre microphones are being connected to rigs for use. Long trips to track down old junk are more commonplace like Karl's(KC9AA) four hour excursion to score an HT-37. Masa AB9MQ even went so far as to trade his prized TS-830 (from his homeland, no less) for an AMERICAN Drake line! Folks, where will this all end?

As we proceed into the darkness of Winter, net participation and interest in vintage operations will peak. I can only imagine what equipment will manifest itself on the net. All I can say is stay tuned and fasten your seatbelt as the Vintage SSB Net proceeds over the next few months!
Yours in the fraternity of sideband junk,
Pat WB9GKZ

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Vintage SSB Net 3840 khz + / -
Saturday Mornings 9:00 CST

Every Saturday morning at 9:00, which generally follows the Midwest Classic Radio net, the Vintage Single Sideband net begins on or near 3840 khz run by "net control" WB9GKZ -- Pat in Green Bay or one of our alternate net controls. Listen to Pat's short history of the "net"

The net begins with check-ins. Pat invites all check-ins to make a transmission or two then the net goes into "push-to-talk".

Pat is always open to suggestions for improving net operations. Contact Pat at: pkeogh1@new.rr.com or WB9GKZ@vintagessb.net.

Since we all like to see this beautiful equipment, we encourage everyone who checks in to submit photos of their transmitters and receivers or entire ham shacks.

To submit your photos, email them to N9MS@vintagessb.net. If you want your own callsign@vintagessb.net email address, contact Mike N9MS.

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WB9GKZ Pat asking the question every Net Control wants to know: Who are you, where are you, what old junk are you running and Why are you running old junk?

WJ9Y Marlin with his HT-37 and Collins 75A-4. He runs old junk because he can't afford the new stuff.

WA8SAJ Jeff with a restored Drake TR-4CW-RIT sporting new Inrad SSB and AM filters. He's got a new Kobitone cartridge in his D-104.

K8NTK Bob on his Drake T-4X, R-4A and D-104.

K9OA Clark using a Yaesu FT-101B this morning giving the bigger anchors a rest (for now).

N9AYH Blake pumping wattage with the L-4 Blaster connected to his C-Line.

WX9Z Radio-Bob finding a nice Drake TR-7A recently and showing it off to the Net today.

KV9O Dave having a "passion for tube equipment" uses his Drake TR-3. Net Control declares "Drake overload" on the Net today!

W9GL Jim with, yes, more Drake. He's on his B-Line troubled with a "constant-on" vfo problem with the transmitter.

W9RAN Bob using a "Three Line", a Drake Tr-3 and RV-3 vfo.

WD9EGE Mike with a radio he bought new and "never had the cover off yet". A nice Kenwood TS-830S.

W9ZT Brad pursuing his childhood fantasies with the old junk. A Swan Cygnet 270B pulls duty in his shack this morning.

WB9DQD Gene just likes playing with the old stuff, like his Kenwood TS-820S.

AB9DK Dave runs old junk because he enjoys a few free BTU's in the shack from his Swan 500CX.

K9FWR Ed doesn't buy anything newer than what could be repaired with a 100-watt Weller gun. He's on a HT-44, SX-117.

W9RWS Dick lamenting the fact that he bought a D-104 with a bad cartridge from the last hamfest. Kobitones to the rescue!

AB9MQ Masa never regretting going in deep for boatanchor sideband. He relates that "it's not junk to me!".

KC9CLM Dave checking on the pre-net with his Drake Line, then getting called into work!

N9MS Mike busy posting a FOR SALE sign on his HW-101 as seen on the webcam. The trusted TS-520S sounding good this morning.

W9WR Bill on his Heath SB-102. He puts out a "want" for a nice Swan 270B.

WA9RYF Howard saying he's just too old to learn about newer equipment. Rig of choice today is the Drake C-Line and Clipperton-L.

K9BCF Bob runs old junk "cuz it's fun". The fun never ends when you have an HT-37 / SX-111 combo.

K9QB Dean with yet more Drake, the TR-4C and RV-4C.

K9NAM Dennis runs old junk like a Drake C-line because "I just really love it!".

N9WQ Dave fighting bad relays in his prized Yaesu FT-102. Dave justifies his need for old junk "because I'm old and junky myself".

KG9NLP putting lots of fire in the Butternut vertical from a Swan 500.

W9GOB Dan. Dan disappeared after his initial check-in. Smoke? Dynamotor problems? Blown fuses? Come back next week, Dan!

W1FIF Norm runs old equipment "just because I can". He's on the very vintage Signal One CX-7 today.

N9RK Rick getting busy to take a trip to 100 North Western Avenue this afternoon. The HT-32 makes it into the Net in fine style.

K9KHW Ray reminiscing about the glory days of managing AES, Milwaukee. Ray gets Special Dispensation to check in with a modern radio as long as he tells more stories of his decades of experience selling half the old junk that we're using today!

N9HXW Pete pushing a Central Electronics 600L for all she's worth with a CE 100V.

N9DXQ Russ getting permission to check in with his Omni VI as long as he can get something more "vintage" for us next time.

N9CE Alan sitting in a basement shack illuminated with an old tower obstruction light fixture. He's on his FT-101E.

N9IRD George just happy that the Yaesu Twins, FL-101 and FR-101 are working today. Nice to hear you, George!

WBØF Jim lighting up all 16 poles of that big I.F. filter inside of a Swan 500CX. He runs old stuff because "I couldn't afford all this junk in '71!".

WB9ECK Bob waiting patiently for the Swan 175 to warm up so the receive will work. He's tickling a 4-1000 with it and reaches the crack on Net Control's S-meter.

K7YOO Skip running a Halli HT-32 and SX-101A. Claims he runs old junk because Net Control "antagonized me into it!".

WB9JGA Bob likes old junk simply because he can still see the components! An FT-101EE and SB-200 does the trick.

KVØX Jim firing up a Yaesu FTdx-570 after it hasn't seen the top of a desk in a shack for many years. It sounded superb!

K9BTP Bill using an FT-101E that still has the glistening plastic on the front face. Even has the YC-601 freq counter.

W9RMB Pete pushing the ALC to the limit with a hastily tuned TS-830 and a Heath SB-200 RF speech processor.

WA9NJR Ron cleaning his shack of dust and soot from a recent equipment failure. Hot sweep tubes in a Swan 700 provide the Net with a big signal.

KG9GNB Jerry with his Kenwood combo-platter using a TS-820S, matching tuner and monitor scope.

K9OA rechecks after warming up his heavyweight National NCX-1000. Madison Gas And Electric immediately fires up another 5 megawatt unit to take the load.

N9WQ rechecks with his favorite Yaesu FT-101 that was recently repaired after much solder smoke and headscratching.

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