Amateur Radio Station

W2EC

Paul R. "Ray" Vasek
Apalachin, NY

Involved with ham radio since the late 1950's
Former ham call signs WV2QNX, WA2QNX, WI2P

Additionally:
Navy Marine Corps MARS (NAVMARCORMARS) personal callsign NNN0JUK (NNY Staff callsigns NNN0GBJ ONE, NNN0GBJ FOUR)
Civil Air Patrol (CAP/USAF Aux) callsign White Peak 6017
CAP Search And Rescue (SAR) Mission Pilot (IFR rating)

I am also the trustee for WA2TTX, the club call of the USS Cabot CVL-28 Memorial Station.

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W2EC operating positions

This is the main operating room, or "radio shack" as it is often called, of Amateur Radio Station W2EC. It consists of two specific operating positions.

The area on the left is my primary operating position and is dedicated to Boatanchor radio equipment. Each of these units is a seperate transmitter or receiver. Hams who are "into" tube type equipment often refer to that gear as "Boatanchors", an affectionate term denoting the large, heavy equipment prevalent from radios inception until the mid to late 1970's when transistorized equipment became the norm and both receiver and transmitter could be packaged into one lightweight box.

The equipment on the right is my secondary operating position. The big difference is that the secondary operating position uses equipment known as transceivers, where both the receiver and transmitter portion of the radio are in one box. At this position, the most often used equipment for amateur radio is a Collins KWM-2A transceiver, coupled with a Collins 312B-5 Remote VFO and, when needed, a Collins 30S-1 HF Amplifier. This Collins radio equipment was manufactured in the 1960's and uses tubes rather than the solid-state devices (transistors and integrated circuits) more commonly found today. The transciever is also considered "boatanchor" equipment, but because of its use of tubes, not due to its weight or size. My Collins gear, whether the boatanchor gear on the left (75A-4 Receiver/KWS-1 Transmitter/312A-1 Speaker) or the KWM-2A Transceiver/312B-5 Remote VFO/30S-1 HF Amplifier on the right are the two most often used stations in the shack.