[AMRadio] boatanchor owner's ages

[Warren Elly]

56 here...have owned am gear continuously since 1967...first licensed  
1966...most recent project, BC-610-I...
Taking boat anchor station north for my son , he's 28, licensed now  
13 years....
73, keeping AM Alive...Warren W1GUD
Tampa Bay

Fla AM group Sundays 3.675 (can you say WIDE receiver passbands?)  
630a-9am...
come listen to the BIG iron...

On Jul 23, 2007, at 1:00 PM, Bob Young wrote:

> 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
>> 	<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
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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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