Talk:Vintage amateur radio

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I've created this Wikipedia article and linked it to the main entry for amateur radio. I used the bones of an article created by WA3VJB, Paul Courson, to construct this new version. I saw that Paul's original writeup (deleted Dec. 2005) was rejected from the main amateur radio article as being "too specialized". Hopefully, this time it will be accepted as a separate article. Suggestions for improving it are appreciated.- W1GFH LuckyLouie 20:03, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

This is an excellent article. Question though, when does the vintage era end and what is the criteria? For example, the KWM-2A was made in the 1970's but the FPM-200 was a 1950's radio.

The HRO-500 and Signal/One seem to be "boatanchors", although they both have new-ish features. - comment by 69.140.87.105

True, it is confusing and by no means definitive what "classic", "vintage" and "boatanchor" means. I chose 1930s - 1970s since that seems to best represent the era of commercial ham gear that most enthusiasts collect and operate. But any of these words, including "boatanchors" have very loose definitions, and can mean any older ham technology. LuckyLouie 23:18, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

To help clarify, I have added this sentence to the Classic Gear section: "Although 1930s through 1970s gear is considered "vintage", collectors may differ on the cutoff dates." LuckyLouie 20:05, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Internationalizing the article

I agree, it reflects a USA-centric view. We need to source and include info of more international activity. LuckyLouie 18:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Glowbugs

Where did the term "Glowbugs" come from? I've been fooling with radio for over 50 years, and this is the first time I ever heard it.--W8IMP 02:34, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

It's funny, I didn't hear the term until the mid 1990s. But it is now well known. (Check out http://webhome.idirect.com/~griffith/gb.htm) By the way, I cleaned up the list of Manufacturers names you added. (If we add every single one in existence it's gonna be kind of hard to read.). The mil surplus and homebrew is mentioned in the next paragraph. Cheers. --- LuckyLouie 03:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, LuckyLouie, for cleaning up my post. I just left the Morse page where I found out somebody deleted ALL of my most recent post there. I can understand that fellow commenting on my post, but deleting something that I sweated over creating? I'm kinda new to Wiki, but I have a lot of trouble understanding who died and left THAT guy God.--W8IMP 07:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually I agree with both his and your points. So I tried to help out on the Morse page a bit. It takes a long time to really understand how Wikipedia works. Hang in there. PS: I removed Siltronix from the BA list since it was actually part of Swan Electronics. There are at least 100 manufacturers whose rigs BA enthusiasts are using on the air these days. I tried to include only the most notable in the short list. --- LuckyLouie 08:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, LL, for improving my posts. Yup, you're right about becoming more adept with Wiki. I despair of my many futile attempts to list Siltronix in the same brackets as Swan, until I look back at my posts over the past year. I know a bit about Swan since I have been on the air with my 500C for over 12 years. While we're on the subject about how Wiki works, please enlighten me about how and why someone would delete my entire post, based only upon his opinion as to its merit.--W8IMP 14:36, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Go here for chatting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:W8IMP --- 18:22, 9 March 2007 (UTC)