"The all seeing magic tuning eye will return you home"your tuned to 'boatanchors
downunder' radio
on 3402 Megs..
. A collaborative effort from collective sources resulting in 3.4GB
of data (2,000+ pages)OFFLINE

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& Resources Plans  | Downloads  | Crystal Sets  | Tube TRF's  | Cyclops  | Hikers  ] *
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*Note: MOST PROJECTS & RESOURCES ARE CURRENTLY OFFLINE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO HACKING OF MY FTP SERVER.
 

This site is under perpetual development, so, What's New this month?

Feb 2010 A selection of test gear and receivers for sale including an AVO VCM and the venerable Icom R9000. The manuals download area to be reintroduced May.
Jan 2010 Nothing to report other than HNY!, still unable to attend to the site at this juncture.
Dec 2009 Merry Xmas! , Sorry the manuals arent online agin yet, dont forget the fantastic BAMA manual site in the meantime
Dec 2008 Added some Heathkit and Yaesu classic line-ups to Radios For Sale section. Merry Xmas!
Sorry, FTP Acess to manuals and projects etc is currently disabled for security reasons.
Oct 2008 Added lots of valve based test gear, including valve testers to Test Equip For Sale
Apr 2008 Formatting fixes on The National History page thanks to Stanley Adams, W4SBA for pointing it out. Have you checked out my new site http://valveaudio.co.nz ?
Aug 2007 Added another couple of solid state classic receivers including an R5000 to the for sale section.
Jul 2007 Added four solid state classic receivers including an FRG800 to the for sale section.
Jan 2007 Happy new year, no further updates expected to mid year, donations permitting
Nov 2006 Added Mike Peebles Hikers set to the Hikers Pages, thanks Mike, nice work.
fixed some broken links and added a couple of new links to links pages
Aug 2006 Added boatanchor company info/background on Hammarlund, Hallicrafters and National. Added second hand books for sale section selling duplicates from my collection. Made aesthetic changes to site design that result in cleaner display on larger screens. pssst.paid your donation?, this years!?
Jun 2006 Added Sony, Supreme, Pioneer, Leak and HP manufacturers to the mix in the manual repository which now holds, permanently online, 8,774 files totaling over 3 gigs,
May 2006 Added Seven quality scans from 1936-1938 Popular Mechanics of the flashlight battery series of regens that started the hikers & other space charge receivers
Apr 2006 Hikers Two by John Bauman, KB7NRN, Oregon, USA
Congrats out to NZVRS Hikers Competition Winner  - Bryan Powell,Onehunga
Mar 2006 Hikers Two by Bill Meacham, (sparkbench.com) Puerto Rico, USA
Feb 2006 Added another 20 odd models/images to the boatanchor receiver gallery
Jan 2006 Happy new year!, and our 2nd birthday this month sees a new Tips page started and several items added to test equip and receivers for sale pages.
Dec 2005 Guestbook disabled due to abuse of spam entries (again), No more updates this year. I wish everyone a merry xmas & happy new year around the world.
Nov 2005 Added another 42 new models/images to the boatanchor receiver gallery making a new total of 385 different models.
Oct 2005 Added more tube data resources for more obscure english valves with scans from an old manual. Pssstt..have you donated?
Sep 2005 Added a Learn- How-To series compliments of Peter Lankshear. Added scanners for sale page to receivers for sale. Added hundreds more manuals to 14 new manufacturers in the manual repository which now holds, permanently online, 8,734 files totaling 2.8GB,added Hikers 1 tube set info for upcoming competition
Aug 2005 Added a page with some of my crystal sets featured. Added many xtalset circuits to plan repository. Several collectable solid state receivers for sale, added a ©redits page to ensure you know this is a collective website.
Jul 2005 Updated the cyclops magic eye one tube grid leak detector project. Added my services page, added a nearest equivalent table for ECU (foreign) to RMA (USA)  numbers. Added site search to bottom of most pages.
Jun 2005 Reinstated the Guestbook with measures to counteract spam, added another 46 documents to the manual archives which now holds 7500+ files.
May 2005 Added 11 more boatanchors to the gallery for a new total of 346
Added 16 more batteries to the battery gallery for a new total of 80
Apr 2005 added nine more manuals to the manuals archives, enjoy
Added 13 additional boatanchors to the gallery for a new total of 335.
Mar 2005 added Eddystones EC10 and 670 to for sale pages, added some of my solid state receivers, testing counter measures for email spam
Feb 2005 fixed manual ftp download problem for netscape and firefox users,
Jan 2005 happy new year! - added to battery photo gallery, disabled guestbook facility because of spam abuse.
Dec 2004 merry xmas! - add support donation system, added books for sale.
Nov 2004 add my trf receiver page, added links section. experimenting with BBS
Oct 2004 add project plan download ftp service of data approx 100MB. added personal receivers and test equipment I have for sale.
Sep 2004 provide 2GB FTP manual download service, added search facility.
Aug 2004 add transistor radios and tubes & boxes to gallery's, added to Xtal Set and detector galleries. added tubes for sale facility.
July 2004 created links pages, updated boatanchor galleries. add CV tubes and VT tubes cross-reference and lamp data.
Jun 2004 add about me and my receivers, added promotion page. add data download  page.
May 2004 started work on vintage advertising section, started reference data pages, add service van photos. added to the boatanchor gallery.
Apr 2004 create old tubes and old battery galleries, added guestbook.
Mar 2004 add menu bars and shared borders, started bakelite and console galleries.
Feb 2004 decided on site theme and colors and created logos.
Jan 2004 this site was conceived, the outline created and work commenced.

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