[Boatanchors] OT: Ignorance :)) Yeah, sure
Bob W5UQ
W5UQ at att.NET
Tue Mar 22 09:09:49 EDT 2011
memories.... wow... some equipment memories, and some SSBing stories:
In 1959 I bought a house, my first house buy, and it already had a rig
room built over the garage. I would fold the stairs down on the garage
wall, climb up into a small room with a builtin rig desk and a
workbench... it had a door, one that you had to crawl through to go
into the attic. I stored a lot of my "stuff" there.
Of course I had my rig in this room. Main rig was an NC183D and Viking
II, on CW and AM.
I built, or modified a Stancor rig into a DSB rig...or maybe I just used
it as a linear amp. Can't remember exactly... however I remember that a
capacitor blew up in it. Went off like a shotgun as it hummed and
hummed with the SSB signal, then blew. Had to go change my pants.
I'm sure I was AMing, but no one knew or said anything. I went through
a period of time trying to make a linear amp and power supply that
"worked right"... otherwise I was on the air with 10 watts... however,
I did it and eventually graduated to a pair of 813's in push-pull. A
full gallon.
But I first made a DSB rig. It was fun being on "fake SSB", so I got a
CE10B kit, put it together and maybe that's when I used the Stancor rig
as a linear or whatever... can't really remember.
I remember that I took some 1625 tubes, filed the sides of the bakelite
base, modified them to 6 volt filaments, used them in an old military
case, only models I can remember is BC454, 455, etc... and other
numbers I can't remember.... BC6 something ??... it's terrible when the
mind goes... HI.
I built a power supply, this time with bigger filter caps that held the
DC voltage much more stable......stabiler... (hi..no such
word)............... and was on SSB for years, mostly on 75 meters. 20
meters was the next most popular ssb band then. 40 was building with
SSB, but AM was still predominate. I sure don't remember nearly as much
foreign broadcast on 40 then... well maybe some.
I'd get off work late. I was an engineer at TV station in Tulsa
Oklahoma. So after sign-off at Ch. 8 TV station, I would high-tail it
for home to get on the air all night on 75 meter SSB. There was a group
that I found and joined, called "The Fathead Net". It was on 3997 kHz.
These guys were fun and some were broadcasters too, and airline pilots,
and just fun guys. Other hams would drop in and claim that we were "out
of band"... but we felt we knew where the band edge was and no one ever
got an FCC ticket that I knew of...this net went on for years too. The
Drake receiver appeared sometime during this time and some had Collins
gear that helped us locate 3997 kHz. A 4 MHz marker, 100 kHz
calibrator, helped too and we tuned down from it 3 kHz. Yes, we pushed
the envelope.... but only one guy got a ticket...and that was because he
ran too much power.
I'm surprised more tickets weren't given as one of the guys played
excerpts from Stan Freeburg, the comedian, and that caused us to not get
on at times in fear of getting FCC tickets. Lots of strange and funny
things went on. No foul language as I recall, just pushing the
envelope.... hi... in more ways than one. :-) There were times we
would avoid the frequency when the "weirdos" playing pranks that could
get us into trouble came out. Otherwise we had fun and it was within
rules. We ID'd every ten minutes, for example. Or at least really
tried to do so. And when someone would not follow the rules, those of us
that were responsible hams would just go away for a while, until things
calmed down some.
Memories. Haven't thought about that time in my life for a while.....
the 1960's and being on the air all night from about midnight to sunrise
and every night too. I can't do that now. Don't even get on and ragchew
that much anymore either.
Thanks for letting me "remember".
I was W5EUQ then, eccentric, useless, quack.... or Whiskey five Easy
Uncle Queen......
Bob Hardie
W5UQ
and the BEAT goes onnnnnn....
Good will and happiness can be contagious.
So don't stop spreading it.
Blessed are the peacemakers...
for they shall be shot at from both sides.
A. M. Greeley
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& QRZ.com is accurate for W5UQ
Also see QRZ.com for A25UQ,V31UQ& VP2EEU.
And going to be ZF2UQ in July 2011.
On 3/21/2011 9:01 PM, Carl wrote:
> I wasnt aware of any Packard 12 after 1923 and the second generation Twin
> Six in 1932.
>
> My favorites are the 1932-35 models but I like them right to 1941.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Knoppow"<1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
> To: "Bob Macklin"<macklinbob at msn.com>; "Greg Mijal"
> <bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>;<wrcromwell at gmail.com>;
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] OT: Ignorance :)) Yeah, sure
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Macklin"<macklinbob at msn.com>
>> To: "Greg Mijal"<bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>;
>> <wrcromwell at gmail.com>;<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 2:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] OT: Ignorance :)) Yeah, sure
>>
>>
>>> Yes, anything Collins sells for inflated prices. I would
>>> like a 75S
>>> something but not at the prices they sell for. I just
>>> wonder who the people
>>> are buying all this expensive stuff.
>>>
>>> Bob Macklin
>>> K5MYJ
>>> Seattle, Wa.
>> As a proud member of the CCA I should keep my mouth shut
>> but I think the folks who bought Collins to begin with were
>> the same ones who bought Klipsch Horns. OTOH, I keep
>> dreaming of someone having a pair of Gold Dust twins or good
>> S line stuff stored away in basement, garage, attic, or barn
>> who just love to get rid of it to anywone who will come with
>> a truck and strong back. I don't have either but can borrow
>> both.
>> I would also like a restored 1928 Packard 12 Roadster
>> (or even another year close to that). Or even the
>> straight-8.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Richard Knoppow
>> Los Angeles
>> WB6KBL
>> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
>>
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