[AMRadio] boatanchor owner's ages

[Bob Young]

Well I'm no spring Chicken, I'm 54 but far from being retired and having 
grey hair although there's nothing wrong with that, especially the retired 
part, hi! I've been collecting them now for a couple of years, got my 
General license in February and am using a DX-100 usually on 160M. Picking 
up a Johnson Viking Ranger tomorrow, hey it lights up!

Bob young
KB1OKL

>Message: 1
>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:39:46 -0500
>From: Geoff/W5OMR <ars.w5omr at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Boatanchor Transmitter FS in Salem, OR
>To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
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>Tom Elmore wrote:
> > Brett brings up a good point about age. I'm 43 and always thought I was 
>at
> > the tail end of the age group that was interested in boat anchors.
> >
>
>AT least I know now, I'm not so alone in my age group ;-)  Besides, I
>think Brett/N2DTS in around our age group.  Slightly but not only a few
>notches either way of 50 years old.  Brian/WA5AM is around the same
>age...  most of the other AM'ers I know are retired and beyond.
>
>
>
>Brett/N2DTS wrote:
> > What is the average age of an AM operator?
> > I would say about 60 or 70 years old...
> >
> > Anyone know any 20 year olds homebrewing tube stuff?
>
>Gotta hand it to Jon/AD5HR... he's only been  a ham for about 6 yeas...
>and he's building rigs.  He's talking on a homebrew rig, running a pair
>of 807's modulated by a home-brewed modulator, running a pair of 807's,
>and the modulator is driven by his homebrew speech-amp.  That rig, while
>desktop. probably weighs in at around 1.5 lbs per watt ;-)
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