2018 Albuquerque Duke City Hamfest/ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention

I trace the development of ham-radio technology from the beginnings with Marconi in 1894 through the present day.  I periodically visit the gear used by a personal friend, Bob Higgy, W8IB, from his spark transmitter in 1912 at age 11 to his last transceiver, a Ten Tec Century 21 in 1977.  I will show gear from 1929, the 1930’s and perhaps an operating, early SSB station from the 1950s.