[Antennas] Re: Old Geezers

[Charles Greene]

Hi,

I was first licensed as W9FFH in Evansville in 1948 while in high 
school.  I got my class "C" ticket from Evansville police captain, Lefty 
Covert, whose call I don't remember.  Never forget the 866s in his KW AM 
rig flashing is cadence to his voice.  Attended Purdue in 1949/1950 where I 
operated W9YB the Purdue station while there.  I think Bob Lay might have 
been there then too.

My first QSL card was a pink ticket from the FCC in Seattle.  Seems I was 
operating my 40 meter Command set transmitter with AC on the filaments, and 
the filament current went through the oscillator coil which was fine for 
DC, but AC FM modulated the signal at 60 hertz.  Who can beat this story?

At 02:57 AM 11/26/2003, William E Hawes wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>         My dear friend Bob Lay W9DMK is one of the 5 of our Columbus, IN
>graduating classes of 1948 and 1949 who earned Ham tickets while still in
>High School.   Four of us are still active so 55 years down and starting
>toward our 56th.
>         I would like to pay honor to Noble Watson the ORIGINAL FOUNDER of
>the 1430 kHz Broadcast frequency in Indianapolis, IN  Noble was one of my
>Elmers starting in 1947.  Noble of course has long since been a silent
>key, but what a wonderful teacher!  He held the calls W9WE and W9RUC.
>His W9WE call has been used for a memorial station.  I believe Noble
>first operated Ham Radio around 1921, but I don't have documentation for
>such.
>         I got my introduction into Ham Radio in 1937 when I was 6 years
>visiting W9WRC's Shack in my home town of Columbus, IN.  Our 73rd
>Birthday is coming up soon.  What a wonderful hobby we all share!
>
>73 de Bill-W9ERG  One of the Kilowatt Alley 3875 gang
>www.KJ9T.com
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73, Chas,  W1CG
K2 462b, 3571