[Boatanchors] A good idea ---- Lamenting about the down hillspiral

[Bob Macklin]

I'm probably spoiled by my early experiences in the ham radio hobby.

I got interested in ham radio while in the USAF. I was a Gunsight/Radar
tech. I spent 4 years in SAC Electronic Support Squadrons. In these
squadrons we always had some older NCOs that were hams. In the summer of 57
a few of us were enticed to try ham radio.

After I left the AF in late 58 I went to work in the electronic industry in
Silicon Valley. I found that at the companies I worked for there were always
several hams.

We did not have formal clubs but as we moved from one company to the next we
increased the number of friends that were into ham radio. We always knew
where and when to look for each other.

And all of us were building gear. The main item most of us would by in those
days was a good receiver. But we generally only had one store bought
receiver. The rest were either homebrew or converted surplus units.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A good idea ---- Lamenting about the down
hillspiral


> The "good old days" had their "special times" for those who were there to
> enjoy them. Those "special times" have come and gone; you can never
> really repeat them. The new people on the block will have their own
> "special times" to reflect back on when they have their "good old days"
> memory discussions.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:54:51 -0500 "Jim Liles" <james.liles at comcast.net>
> writes:
> > Hi all:
> > Rather than being whimsical about the times when we put a Regency
> > converter, Johnson adventurer ,dynamotor, and straight key on the
> > passengers seat of the ford and miraculously carried on a QSO
> > without hitting a tree or driving over the neighbors hog, take a
> > moment and share those home brew days with the rest of us.  I was
> > licensed in 1953 and was lucky enough to experience the 1957 solar
> > cycle.  Let's hear about the mods that are being applied to the
> > radio's where you can touch a discrete component.  What have you
> > built recently.  As time goes by, we have a tendency to lament the
> > days of old when we were young and a whole world of experiences lay
> > ahead.  They still do, they are simply different.  They are not
> > gone, we have simply stopped doing those things that we found to be
> > exciting.  The folks that are coming later than us are trapped in a
> > world that is moving so rapidly that they can't and don't have the
> > time and luxury to slow down and enjoy those special times.  Guess
> > we can forgive the appliance operators, they were born a generation
> > or two too late.  We were lucky!             Kindest Regards Jim
> > K9AXN
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