[Boatanchors] What! Making a SX-110 Better?

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

No I.F. at all in the Walter Ashe kit regen rcvr
I used as a novice.  I think it was something like
$14.71 as a kit. Who know what its selectivity
MIGHT have been? I learned to separate signals
by pitch. And with everybody crystal controlled,
you tuned over a fair number of kC/s to look for
a reply when calling CQ or answering a CQ.
 
My wife got her intro to ham radio in 1962 while
helping me log in Field Day using a set of Gonset
Twins (G-66B rx, G-77A tx) in a Pontiac Tempest.
She got pretty darn good at copying through QRM.
She got her Novice in Feb 63 (WN6DFR) back in
Sacramento, CA. Field Day is STILL her favorite
part of ham radio, but she expresses disdain at
the folks who do it in air conditioned comfort!
Go figure!
 
BTW, after kids, Air Force moves all over the
place, etc. she got back in again in 1967 as
KA5BJS and still likes Field Day.

* * * * * * * * * * *
* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
* (Since 30 Nov 53) *
* Oklahoma City, OK *
* USAF, Ret (61-81) *
* * * * * * * * * * *
 
 
 

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> From: km1h at jeremy.mv.com
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; w8au at sssnet.com
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:20:49 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] What! Making a SX-110 Better?
>
>
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> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] What! Making a SX-110 Better?
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> > At 01:42 PM 3/10/2011, RJ Mattson wrote:
> >>The SX-110 was my novice receiver.
> >>It was the bottom of the sunspot cycle in 1962.
> >>Worked all states on 80/40/15m
> >>Got the KH6 on the dead 15m band plus KP4,KG4, PY4, LU6 etc.
> >>Guess I didn't know it was a bad used RX buy back then :-(
> >
> > Bad receivers made good operators!! Nothing like a 1939 Halli
> > S-19R with no RF stage, mechanically unstable, wide as a barndoor,
> > full of images, to require one to learn to cultivate "mental selectivity."
> >
> > Being a kid with no money can be a blessing! :-)
> >
> > This was great training that allowed one to hear the weak signal
> > thru a lot of crud even though it wasn't comfortable to do so.
> >
> > Even though "later years and bigger pocketbooks" afford much
> > better receivers, one initially trained "on the cheap" is not
> > dependent on 200 Hz or narrower selectivity to keep a contact going.
> >
> > My xyl, who was licensed later in life, can't understand why I
> > can tolerate noise, QRN or QRM.
> >
> > So I'm grateful my parents didn't give me a Collins 75A4 when I
> > started... (sounds like heresy, doesn't it?) ;-)
> >
> > Perry w8au
>
>
> Thats for sure!
>
> I started with a HB regen, then a BC454 and 455 before moving up to a real
> radio, a HQ-129X which soon received help from a QF-1 and BC-453. Even at 16
> I wasnt afraid to dig in and work on stuff.
>
> Friends had their dads buy them S-38's, S-53A, S-40 or similar junk and they
> soon lost interest and never upgraded to General. Not everyone could learn
> to copy CW with a 20-30KHz bandwidth IF.
>
> I didnt get a 75A4 until 1965 but I still have it.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
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