Saturday, November 29, 2014

Farinon UHF Salvage - What is it?

Have you every heard of Farinon radios? Here are some pictures of  a Farinon UHF radio rack. Is anything in this rack useful to an amateur radio operator? If not, it looks like there is some gold in them there radios. Who knows what we'll find inside that dual power supply!

Front of the rack
Front of Rack

Back of Rack


Who knows what we'll find inside this dual power supply.

Front of Power Supply
Back of Power Supply
Notice the dual power cords!

Duplexer - 414 Mhz and 419 Mhz
TX Unit A
TX Unit B
RX Unit A

RX Unit B

 Looks like there is some gold in them there radios.
 If you recognize any of these devices please leave a comment.




4 comments:

  1. Yes, I once owned a Farinon VHF transmitter + receiver around 1973. It had previously seen ham radio service as a 100 watt mountain top repeater in Central California. It was likely 1960s era, mostly tube, rack mounted, and very rugged.

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  2. Yes, I once owned a Farinon VHF transmitter + receiver around 1973. It had previously seen ham radio service as a 100 watt mountain top repeater in Central California. It was likely 1960s era, mostly tube, rack mounted, and very rugged.

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  4. Very rugged eqpt. I found one in service on top of Mokey Mtn, Danang RVN in 1971.
    I worked part time for the company from 1959-1963 while I was in college. My best employer ever until I became self employed.
    K6ZLY ... Robert H Wold, Jr DDS

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