SV1XV's photos

RA-31573, a Kamov KA-32C utility helicopter of Avialift Vladivostok (Авиалифт Владивосток) operating under a firefighting contract in Greece, overflying downtown Athens. (DSC_9857) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .

Vintage Heathkit isolated variable AC power supply, model IP-5220, 0 - 140 V AC, Made in USA, circa 1975-1983. Auction item 217A -- Cledis Estes Auctions II of Medina, Ohio. Photo uploaded on Flickr by Joe Haupt under a free Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license. Flickr file: www.flickr.com/photos/51764518@N02/36134046660 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .

MV Marion Dufrense, FNIN (IMO 9050814), a research and supply vessel serving the French Islands of the Southern Indian Ocean. (Postcard in own collection, photo © Amandine George) Back side of postcard.

Postcard posted aboard ship Marion Dufresne at Tromelin Island (2014).

Postcard posted aboard ship Marion Dufresne at Port aux Francaise, Kerguelen Island (2013). Front side of postcard.

SPECTRAN waterfall capture of beacon COMMON AND PRECIOUS JO62SK 6W on 26510.0 kHz CW on 2017-08-09 at 13:49 UTC. RX: Icom IC-706 MkII ANT: vertical. (201708091349-img0015.png)

A Mercedes-Benz Atego 1225 Rescue truck 1-3 (ΠΣ-3432) of Mourouzi street fire station approaching Omonoia Circus. (DSCN0764) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

Generic free public domain amateur radio logo, similar to the logos of many ham radio societies. Original SVG version: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:International_amateur_radio_symbol-2.svg

Until now, the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Tactical Communications Node (both vehicles) and the Network Operations and Security Center have been delivered on five-ton Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (right), but the new "Lite" versions (TCN-Light left) are integrated onto Humvees, which can be sling-loaded from a helicopter for significantly increased agility and operational flexibility. ( U.S. Army photo by Amy Walker, PEO C3T Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: Amy Walker, PEO C3T Public Affairs)

USA "forever" stamp commemorating the forthcoming total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. The stamp is printed using a thermochromic ink over the moon, so at temperatures below 30 degrees the moon disk darkens and the stamp shows the image of a solar eclipse shot by F. Espenak on March 29, 2006. The eclipse shall be visible over most CONUS. Many amateur radio Special Events will be on the air to mark the solar eclipse and investigate ionospheric propagation unde rapidly changing solar UV radiation.

QSL card for a 50 MHz (6m) JT65 QSO with EK7DX in Armenia, locator LN20. A new one on this band for DXCC.

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Vintage Triplett pocket multimeter, model 666, made in USA, circa 1940s, auction item 178A -- Cledis Estes Auctions II of Medina, Ohio. Photo by Joe Haupt published as CC-BY-SA on Flickr. Flickr file: www.flickr.com/photos/51764518@N02/36229115645 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 International License .

Vintage (mid-1940s) photo of a Radio Direction Finder car of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The receiver looks like some variant of Hallicrafters S-16 or SX-17 (1937). Public domain photo by a US Federal Government Agency.

My 5 Band DXCC plaque #8803, issued by the ARRL in May 2017. Actually it is a 8-Band DXCC, as it includes endorsements for 30, 17 and 12 m bands. (DSCN0759) Updated with 6m (50 MHz) band endorsement!

My 5 Band DXCC certificate #8803, issued by the ARRL last month.

R/V Aegaeo, SXYY, (IMO:8412429), of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) , at the entrance of Piraeus Port (Krakaris Jetty). (DSCN0761) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

QSL card from RI1AND at Novolazarevskaya Base in Antarctica, confirming a JT65 QSO on 17 m (18 MHz).