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Transcript of taped interview with Edgar Nicholls VK7RY 12/6/1993 Born in Traralgon Vic 3/6/1910 moved to Devonport 8 months old father music teacher Bridge across river at Devonport many potato trucks steam lorry broke wooden bridge about 1920 Heard wireless Lon Jensen lived in Devonport then moved to Burnie and set up his broadcast station there Family had 4 valve receiver Atwater Kent had many dials My brother (an electrician) made receiver ganged tuning listened to 3LO and 3AR about 1922??? 2FC on LF Lon Jensen had set up at Devonport high school listened to Melba? through static plug in coils so could use LF or MF later built receiver myself and heard Lon on 30M about 1924/5 detector and 2 audio brother built a number of receivers and sold them (he'll be 88 in August) Amateur licence in 1932 receivers before that 4V filaments put HT on filament!!! crystal osc 1315Kc near 3XY only allowed on broadcast band if had a crystal B406 and PX4 in final - did not go on short wave at first 66 foot flat-top open wire feeders hot wire ammeter in feeders modulated Heising brother wound filter chokes 4 watts input Devonport b'cast mostly 8.30 to 10 got on shortwave in Burnie bcast 8.30 till 10 radio inspector visited in Burnie once Exam theory read ARRL book 2 goes at exam Dport 40M worked first USA stn great kick crystal control on 40 in Burnie crystals home ground spectacle lens in Prahan old specs cost 1 shilling each took hours to weeks!! can test crystal by putting it in coil of oscillating receiver PMG in Burnie they moved me to 7ZL in 1941 started 5.30 am in switchroom test all lines daily measure resistance disc recorders 16� disk tape recorder one sided reel sticky taped mess only morse on shortwave voice later to Burnie in 1934 used same transmitter as on Bcast band � plug in coils 7RO saw photo of original 7ZL transmitter 3 big valves one oscillator two in modulator radio inspector had not been issued with wavemeter tea of coffee in Burnie sid medford, hancock, ellis, kb died LJ left Burnie Lon was on broadcast band Jim Davis Wooden rack mounted transmitter screw in wood earthed removed hum WW2 gear in locked tin box lived in Lenah Valley 21 Haig St where Bob Reid lives now Windom antenna then moved to 22 Haig St 415 pounds 6' deep 2' wide foundation ditches concrete blocks 18x6x4 garage under house also shack new tx after war trf rx disposals PMG too 1852s etc VK7RY 8 Garden Lane Midway Point been here 23 years 5 deg 7 am 12 June 1993 joined wia when got license no meetings in devonport institute met in liverpool st then over odeon 1950 gear crystal osc couldn't get stable vfo multipliers 20-30W final 807 windom antenna mainly morse bought FT101 for ssb about 1960??? warc bands bought ft101z added digital readout