Item #6076 [Greg Ginn, Black Flag, Ham Radio] SST Electronics T-2 Ultra Tuner
[Greg Ginn, Black Flag, Ham Radio] SST Electronics T-2 Ultra Tuner

[Greg Ginn, Black Flag, Ham Radio] SST Electronics T-2 Ultra Tuner

Long Beach: SST Electronics, ca. 1971. Ham Radio Tuner with coaxial antella plugs, wire, ground, and XMTR plugs. 5 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. Very good. Item #6076

The ham radio tuner manufactured and sold by Black Flag frontman and SST Records founder Greg Ginn.

Founded in 1966 when Ginn was 12 years old, Solid State Tuners, or SST Electronics, was a celebrated ham radio manufacturer in the 1960s and 1970s. The SST T-1 was released while Ginn was in early high school and Ginn continued to operate the business throughout high school and college and for several years afterwards. When Ginn required an outlet to release Black Flag’s Nervous Breakdown 7” and the following year’s Jealous Again EP, he utilized the company and logo he had already used for radio equipment -- this time for punk music. Ginn continued to manufacture and sell ham radios through the SST band until his busy touring and recording schedule forced him to eliminate that business.

Ginn’s call sign was purportedly WB6ZNM, for those curious souls who might still want to tune in.

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