Photo of W5YF Club Station in late 1970s during "quick" demo
Note Collins 75A4 receiver, Heath monitor scope, phone patch, SB220 linear
beam rotator, Astatic D104 mike, and Collins KWM2A main HF station
also club library on far left, roof cables, and world map on wall

Assembling a digital counter project on club lab bench
Note homemade digital clock with red LEDs and 10 minute switch
simple handtools, soldering iron, and some IC reference books...

Club President Bob Monaghan climbs the tower to adjust the tribander beam
Note custom tower design (since updated to standard tower in late 1990s)

Main shortwave station is a Collins KWM2A HF Transceiver at W5YF
With power supply, speaker, Heathkit SB220 amplifier at left, logbook, code key
and don't forget the all important Dr. Pepper - caffeine for code fan(atic)s ;-)

These photos are from some early color laser printer copies found in our club files. They were used to promote the club as visuals for posters...

If you have some past photos of the SMU amateur radio club, or experiences to share, we would be delighted to hear from you!!...

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