Logan, I still have the HQ-170AC (though missing the clock) and three Eico 720s. Alas, they are not my originals. I sold my original HQ-170AC for just under $200 in 1967 for money I needed for tuition and books that year in college. I gave away my Eico 720 and a lot of other equipment to an up-and-coming budding high-school aged ham after I realized that I would be in school forever (planned on PhD Physics, got drafted instead and joined the Air Force). The [novice] rigs I have today I picked up at various hamfests in the last 8 years.
My novice call sign: WN7ECQ. phil On May 20, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Logan Zintsmaster wrote: > Phil, > I had exactly the Novice station and still have it. I hope to fire it up > once I retire. Novice call KN8YXV. Logan > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Hystad <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 07:53:39 > To: [email protected] List<[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Rig Colors > > I am sitting here on the couch in the shack with my Mac laptop in my lap and > I realize that all my rigs up on the desk are all black. Vendors include > Elecraft, Icom, and Yaesu and they are all black. And, they are all the same > shade of black. Even my Astron power supplies, my Palstar dummy load, my > Palstar tuner, my LP100A, my COMSpkrs are black. > > Actually, the only non black thing up there on my desk is my Begali Magnetic > Classic paddle. It is gold looking. > > I have this photo of my shack when I was in high school and very little in > that photo is black (at least from the photos perspective). The receiver, an > HQ-170AC, was sort of a gray blue color, the transmitter, an Eico 720 has a > very shiny aluminum front with meter and black knobs (although the case is > black it is not seen in the photo). I have some miscellaneous Heathkit stuff > which sports the non-black Heathkit colors. In this photo from 50 years ago, > very little is black. > > OK, not much technical for Elecraft questions but now I am really curious > about this. So, my question posted here on Sunday morning while I wait for > the oatmeal to be ready. > > 73, phil, K7PEH > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
