Parks 50-1

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

Parks 50-1

Description

6 Meter Receiving Converter

Category

Receiving Converter

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Parks

Date made

1963 - 1964

Valuations

Value

$34.50

General Notes

Note

CQ, May 1963, p. 79. QST, Apr 1964, p. 162. Parks Electronics of Beaverton, Oregon was run by K7AAD. He also published VHF'er Magazine. The company made pre-amps and converters for VHF and UHF. The 50-1 was a 6 meter converter and could be configured for a number of IF outputs. Its 117 VAC power supply was built in. The 50-1 could be tuned to cover a 1.5 MHz bandwidth.