Gathering in PT at 8:30am on Sept 19, 2015

JCARC Field Trip to Spark Museum in Bellingham

The MossyBack Morris Men – on their way to annual Coupeville Cotswold style performance

Entertainment as we waited for the ferry

3 cars…

What simplex channel?

Let’s figure out how to get to 146.40

At the Spark Museum of Electrical Invention

Downtown Bellingham – 1312 Bay St.

Radios, radios, and radios…

This Museum is hands on

Knobs, knobs, knobs…

Wow, that radio is taller than I am…

Nice… Hallicrafters TV with push button tuning

Making sweet music…well sounds anyway!

Early 1920 Atwater Kent breadboard receivers

Second floor Ham Station W7MRE with Dean NL7TK at the helm

Other ham gear on display

Good collection but not Dayton…

Mostly Heathkit

Tubes up the stairway

Titanic radio room reproduction

Titanic transmitter replica

Marconi WW1 Trench Radio

Marconi Grasshopper Key

How many volts across the key?

German Coherer 1900

Museum Docent showing kids static electricity

Youth inspiration is a big part of the museum

Early Marconi CW (not spark) transmitter

1880’s Western Union Stock Ticker Tape Transmitter

Hush-A-Phone noise cancelling telephone

Something for everyone…

Vintage pocket volt meters

Homebrew 1930 transmitter

Megga Zapper Show – hair raising…

5,000,000 volt spark and people inside the metal sphere are safe

Enjoyed the Museum…

Worth a visit

Thanks to Bill Kaune W7IEQ for arranging the trip

Ferry ride home

The MossyBack Morris Men jamming on the ferry