wa6riv wrote: > 1972 and 13 years old, > > WN6EDW, First transmitter OX-2 ICM kit, true QRP. My rcvr was a Ten Tec RX-10. > > Ted WP4CW
[snip] I was WV2LBV in 1960 and amazingly young at 16! Built the novice rig featured in the Handbook (if I remember correctly) with a 6146 as both oscillator and amp...a full 75 watts. It took crystals to make it work, but I had to stay still in my chair, since body capacitance caused the frequency to slide if I moved. Oh...when I built it, I kept blowing rectifier tubes...until I learned the difference between a millihenry and a microhenry. I was thrilled to have a "real" receiver, an SX-99. Antenna was wrapped around the exterior (window to window) four stories up on the apartment building where we lived. My first QSO was with North Dakota and my knees were shaking so hard I almost couldn't continue to handle the key! -- 73, Dick ka1oz Middleborough, MA Radio: Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859 Antenna: Titan-DX ______________________________________________________________ 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
