[Boatanchors] OT: Ignorance :))

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Carl, I also started with the W2EWL "Cheap
and Easy S.S.B." rig that I built in 1962
when I was stationed in Sacramento, CA.

I doubt that it has survived almost five
decades!

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* 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: w5jo at brightok.net; butwheat73 at gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:00:51 -0400
CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] OT: Ignorance :))

AM is all over 75 these days, I can often hear 5-6 QSO's going on and can
almost always raise a QSO even during a daytime weekday.

I also ran a DX-100 on 11M a lot in the 50's, even after the band was
stolen. It was quite active in the NYC area. The FCC finally came out with a
letter promising no action if we all got off by a certain date, it was
published in QST. We went back on with CB calls and the same rigs but then I
went into the Navy and when I got back the fad had mostly died off.

Ummm, there were many commercial SSB rigs on from the late 40's to the
transceivers of the early 60's. Maybe you didnt remember Central
Electronics, Collins, Gonset, Hallicrafters, Hammarlund and all the others.
At least the phasing rigs sounded good. I started with a W2EWL HB on 75/20
and then a CE-10A, 20A and 100V with a HT-37 tossed in for awhile.

While 10M was fine during the high of Cycle 19 it was 6M where the fun was
and it made me a lifelong fan of the band.

Carl
KM1H