AB8AZ

AB8AZ

Old Reliables - 9^th Infantry Division / 9^th Signal Battalion

US Army MARS

Dong Tam Vietnam

The following are other miscellaneous pictures I took while I was at AB8AZ.

SP4 Tom Boza

Picture of the main operating position.

Collins (S-line) 75S-3 receiver, 32S-3 transmitter, Collins 312B-3 speaker, Collins 312B-4/5 station control with phone patch interface, Collins SM-1 desk top microphone and Collins 30L-1 500 watt RF amplifier.

This station was located in the front of the MARS station, just left of the door as you walked into the shack.

Picture of the second operating position.

Collins (S-line) 75S-3 receiver, 32S-3 transmitter, Collins 312B-3 speaker, Collins 312B-4/5 station control with phone patch interface, Collins SM-2/-3 desk microphone and Henry 3K-D RF amplifier.

This station was located in the rear of the MARS station across from the workbench.

Another picture of main operating position. Here we upgraded with the Collins 30S-1 1KW RF amplifier.

(left side of room)

(right side of room)

Picture of second operating position in rear of shack.

Workbench in the rear of MARS stations. Repairing Collins 30L-1 amplifier.

Picture of workbench.

Sgt Brian Jewhurst at main operating position.

Picture of second operating position.

Left - Navy visitor (name unknown)

Right – SP4 Pat Brumm

Left – SGT Brian Jewhurst

Middle – SP4 Tom Boza

Right – SGT Gene Harris

SP4 Yoshi Taniguchi talking with customer in lobby through window.

Note curtain doorway left in picture. This was the entrance into the rear of MARS shack where station two and the workbench were located. Station two was on the left and the workbench was on the right.

Left - Navy visitor (name unknown)

Right – SP4 Tom Boza

Telephone booths in lobby waiting room. The telephones in these booths were wired into the Collins 312B-4/5 station controls inside the radio room. One phone booth was connected to main station and the other phone booth was connected to the second station.

Desk inside the radio shack. This desk was directly across from the window and door going into the shack.

The refrigerator was our lifeline. It was stocked with beer and sodas.

Workbench

Door in middle of picture was entrance into building from outside. Picture taken from inside lobby.

Note TV in upper left. One channel, AFN (Armored Forces Network) which was being broadcasted out of Saigon. We had an 8 element TV yagi antenna at ~25 feet. The picture quality was snowy, however usable.