WA1GZY Ham Shack Tour | Icom IC-7851 | Kenwood TS-990 | 1924 Victor-Victrola | Disc Records

Today I took a tour of Rich's Ham Shack. I was impressed by his two Flagship HF Radios! Additionally, he has a few antique disc players dated back in the 1900's. Enjoy the video!
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~~~~~ Video Contents ~~~~~
00:00 Intro
00:34 Icom IC-7851
09:57 Icom IC-9700
11:44 QSO with PY1JDX
12:38 QSO with HK3C
15:03 SteppIR OptimizIR 2 Controller
19:25 QSLs and Awards
30:15 Victor-Victrola Phonograph
34:21 Atwater Kent Cathedral Radio
36:00 Victor Talking Machine
39:56 Cecilian Phonograph
44:33 Tower and Antennas
48:35 Outro

[@TheSaint135]

*Boy, I've never seen so much passion for sound, music and communications in my life. You, sir, are a true master at your craft, for you clearly love your craft. Respect.*

[@user-di5lx3lx4o]

Hey Rich, I love your Ham Shack. I was on the USS Saratoga with VF-31 in 1976 also. I remember visiting the radio room with another shipmate that was wanting to make a call back to the states. Even to today I can still remember the call sign W7WST ( Whiskey 7 Whiskey Sugar Ten ). At that time I didn't show much interest in Amateur Radio but now I passed the Technician in April and now the General June 15th. Hope to be on the air soon. Thank you for the tour of your shack. '73 Darrell ( KQ4RPB )

[@radioaficiona2]

Hi Darren, I like all your videos but this one is extraordinary. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to meet Richard and take a tour of his station.

[@DarrenN4VFR]

You're welcome, I enjoyed his tour and history.

[@andyM7XTT]

Thankyou cappy and rich.really enjoyed the tour.what a great shack 👍👍👍

[@ElementX32]

Wow, you brought back memories when you mentioned the USS John F. Kennedy as I served on that Aircraft Carrier as part of VF-32 from 1989 to 1993. In fact, we deployed for Operation Desert Shield/ Desert Storm. I'm a fairly new licensed ham operator (General class) KI5YKA

[@Paul-VA4ADM]

Excellent series! I enjoyed watching it. Keep going!

[@lf7961]

Enjoyed all the content. Especially liked vintage radio and equipment.

[@Pivotal_Moment]

This popped up as a recommendation. And by-gosh it was soooo worth the time to watch--Thank you for this presentation!! (More please 😊....subbed) 73- N2QN

[@g0fvt]

As I was watching the video I saw your callsign pop up briefly on FT8.... some interesting exhibits. 73

[@jochenkrebs9685]

Say thank you for this visit, and 73 from Germany DH1KJ Joe

[@W4UWC]

Very interesting!

[@rtgideon]

Outstanding video Darren, of your friend Rich WA1GZY home and radio shack tour! California. KN6BZG

[@aristidesflores9932]

Excelente!!!! Saludos

[@LaneGiesler-KL5PK]

Awesome video, love the record history

[@DarrenN4VFR]

Yeah, I was amazed on the knowledge Rich has on the development of the Phonographs.

[@BrianKolb71]

That is one nice shack 😮

[@RSwrightMD]

Darren, congratulations on a great video. You were peaking above 1700 watts on the wattmeter. Might want to blur that on the video ?

[@DK5ONV]

Love the Shack...looks breath taking for what it is. Tnx for the Video, Capt Darren. I worked Richard on 17m back in 2022. Time to catch him for a Contact on a new Band. Happy Sunday into the sunny State. 73 de Your Friend Günter 💯🙋‍♂

[@DarrenN4VFR]

He's active on HF and you can find him on 17m.

[@arthurgumbus3969]

A pleasure to see you and Rich Darren! He has a great station there. Rich and I have had a few QSO's over the past two years. Caught him mobile but using his base station remote. Hi Rich! Art W1SWL

[@DarrenN4VFR]

He told me he uses his mobile phone to operate remote HF. He controls his SteppIR, Amp, and HF radio.

[@radioaustralia5070]

At 46:30 looking up thru the antenna if you look closely, i think you caught a UFO on camera 😁. Great video, i really enjoyed it.

[@DarrenN4VFR]

Your're right! lol

[@artc9114]

I've has several great QSO's with Richard over the years.. Fine Business Operator

[@DarrenN4VFR]

He's overall a gentleman and pleasant to talk to. Very experienced Ham Operator!

[@artc9114]

By the way he came up with the name Nipper because when the music was playing the Dog would Nip the speaker horn edges...

[@DarrenN4VFR]

Ah, I never knew that!

[@N1IA-4]

Darren, thanks for doing this. Richard has an awesome station. . Is he the original holder of that callsign? If so, he got his start in the 60s or 70s as did I. 73 de Scott W1AL

[@kb2uka575]

I have the same Victrola. I’ll send photos.

[@EI6DP]

Sounds very complicated. Give me a Morse Key and a bog standard rig any day. Love the old radio and record players.

[@UserUser-99]

Connect two good speakers to the TS-990, tune both Rx to the same freq, and really enjoy pseudo stereo autio.

[@mikegianfrancesco9431]

Kc2hbr a friend of mine

[@DarrenN4VFR]

Bring him to this video.

[@mikegianfrancesco9431]

I don’t have his number next time I hear him I tell him