[Boatanchors] Re: upgrade question

[Bob Macklin]

My Boat Anchors don't have PROGRAMMING! I don't own a HF RICEBOX! I am a 74
year old retired EE. At one point I held a commercial FCC ticket.

I have 2 Boat Anchor HF rigs. The first is a Heath Novice Station
(DX-60/HG-10/HR-10). The second is a Benton Harbor S-Line (SB-301/SB-401).

Both these rigs have a few front panel knobs wit markings that are easy to
read. When I operate I know what band I want and what general frequency I
want. I turn the band switch to proper band, then turn the main tuning where
I want it. I don't need a computer to do this.

We have a regional RTTY net here at 8PM local time week nights. It is on
3595KC. I just set the SB-301 to 80M and 3595. The audio is then piped to
may computer that substitutes for a TTY machine. That's as much computer
complexity as I need for my radio interests. I do use PSK also at times.
That's the extent of my DIGITAL interest.

Out of a 40 year career as a DESIGN EE I spent 30 of it with computers. The
first 10 years were 90% analog. When I found the old radios being sold on
eBay at prices I could afford I bought equipment that I could not afford in
the 60's. And I am very happy to find there are others like me that actually
prefer operating this OLD Boat Anchor gear!

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

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Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 8:24 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Re: upgrade question


> On 15 Sep 2008 at 4:01, Jim Wiley wrote:
>
> >
> > Kudos to Ernie and Bill -
> >
> >
> > Ernie, K0OCC and Bill, WD5DZG are a couple of guys that "get it".
>
> HEAR, HEAR!
>
> Just an anecdote: At our last club meeting the program was entitled
"GOTA",
> for "Get On The Air"
>
> Two observations...
>
> We set up an HF station and showed all the new hams how to do it properly,
> then demonstrated how to make a contact and gave the new hams a chance
> for some hands on. So far, so good.. BUT:
>
> The other half of the meeting was "Who's having trouble programming their
> radios?" which elicited responses from many of the "old timers". So all
the
> "newbies" lent a hand programming the radios for all the "oldies".
>
> And so it should be.
>
> Next month is "Homebrew Nite" which is the most attended meeting of the
> year.
>
> Marvin
> KA7TPH
>
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