From time to time, hams like to look back and remember “how it used to be”.
If you have a photo or a schematic or news clipping that has a special significance for you, why not share it with our other members? Mail or e-mail contributions to Bill, W6TKE

The photo below is one of the greatest we have run across. It’s a project from the collection of originals and recreations from Jerry Fuller, W6JRY -- one of the early members of GEARS.

Jerry’s restoration of this early “breadboard” transmitter (on the left) and receiver (on the right) captures the “do it yourself” spirit of ham radio back in the days when most everything -- transmitters, receivers and power supplies -- was “home brew”! Those of us “ancients” who remember our first contacts with home-made stations like this have a special feeling for what many now would call “junk box stations”. Hope you enjoy this photo too. If so, send your thanks to Jerry Fuller, W6JRY.

When “Home Brew” was All there Was!