vk6ada.com.au • Boatanchor Legends Series • The Master Restorer Howard Mills W3HMMaster Craftsman of Collins and Vintage Military Receiver Restoration — Harpers Ferry, West Virginia A Boatanchor Legends tribute to Howard Mills W3HM — the man whose name on a…
vk6ada.com.au • Boatanchor Legends Series • Collins R-390A/URR Community Chuck Rippel WA4HHGr390a.com, the Practical Restoration Canon, and His Legacy to the R-390A Community A Boatanchor Legends tribute to Chuck Rippel WA4HHG — creator of r390a.com, the most complete practical R-390A…
Boatanchor Radio Legends Scott V. Johnson W7SVJ / AFA6SJ · Scottsdale, Arizona Engineer, aviator, and the foremost documenter of Collins Radio’s military and avionics product legacy — the man who carries Collins into the cockpit and onto the flightline, and…
Bill Orr W6SAI — Amateur Radio Legend | VK6ADA VK6ADA · Boatanchor Legends Series Bill Orr W6SAI Engineer · Educator · Author · Amateur Radio Legend 1919 – 2001 | W2HCE / W6SAI | DXCC Honor Roll | OSCAR-1 Pioneer…
HSN Founding Editor & R-390A Historian • Gulfport, Mississippi The Founding Editor Les Locklear of Gulfport, Mississippi is one of the foundational figures of the modern R-390A community. As the original editor of the Hollow State Newsletter, he shepherded the…
K1LKY — R-390 Restoration Authority & NIST Engineer The Professional Engineer Roy Morgan, K1LKY (of Western Massachusetts, formerly at the National Institute of Standards and Technology), brought professional-grade engineering discipline to the R-390 community. His restoration guidelines for the R-390…
AGC Engineer & Circuit Analyst Ending the Moment of Silence David Wise is one of the most technically rigorous contributors in the R-390A community’s history. His signature achievement is the landmark document “R-390/R-390A AGC — Ending The Moment Of Silence,”…
N5OFF — R-390A Production Historian & Document Preservationist The Historian Tom Marcotte, N5OFF, is one of the most important historical researchers in the R-390 community. For years, he has been diligently amassing production data — contract numbers, manufacturers, quantities, and…
W5OR — R-390 List Manager & R-389 VLF Receiver Authority The List Manager Don Reaves, W5OR, served as the manager of the R-390 mailing list — the primary online gathering place for the R-390 community for many years. In this…
Boatanchor Legends: Barry Hauser — Y2K Manual Co-Editor & Community Voice Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Barry Hauser New York Y2K Manual Co-Editor • Reflector Voice • Community Historian Barry Hauser brought two rare qualities to the R-390A community…