[Clegg] New Admin

[Doug Fitts W7FDF]

Hello Clegg Radio Folks:

Yup, I am the new Clegg list Administrator, I did volunteer for this
responsibility, my name is Douglas Fitts and my Amateur Radio callsign as a
General Class tix holder after almost 45 years is, W7FDF. The wife and I
reside here in southern Arizona, Tucson to be more specific but with a
planned move to our new home [being built as I type this] sometime the
middle of next month [August], in Vail,Arizona.

I am also the list Admin for the Remotebase list with currently 98
subscribers and the 60 Meters list with 54 subscribers. Thanks to the
Qth.net folks I have been permitted to rant and rave [in a positive fashion]
and yak about things related to Amateur Radio communications and
specifically revolving around the often stressful world of Ham repeater and
remotebase systems. Indeed you are permitted to speak your thoughts and
offer any suggestions that concern the 1970's vintage Clegg radios and
accessories.

I have , in my own humble way, some experience since about 1979 on
specifically the Clegg model FM-76 220 mhz transceiver. Seems back then in
the great city of New York [where I am from] there were several 220 mhz
Amateur repeaters up and in full operation and I just had to join the
"bandwagon" and get involved as it were. Since that time period and up to
now I have designed and built at least 12 full blown Ham repeater systems
[on 2-meters,220,440 and 900 mhz] and a few what are called, remotebase
systems to enhance my learning experiences in this great hobby of ours. I am
also a former two-way radio repair shop Owner and have about five years
experience in that often busy and hectic world of commercial service.

So if what I tell you seems like I am an "expert", I am not. I am in my
third career change currently working as a City of Tucson Bus Operator
[driver] with ten years experience here in the community. My electronics
experience started way back after I graduated high school in 1961
[television/radio repair] and joined the U.S. Naval Reserves and became a
Radioman, as we were called back then. After my Military obligations I
subsequently went to work for the Xerox Corporation [senior technical
representative] for five years, then over to Canon U.S.A. [assistant service
manager] for 4.5 years. Yup, along the way I managed to get my Ham license
and remember well how I was tested in front of an FCC examiner and how I
flunked the Morse Code part of the General tix the first time. Those were
many years ago but remembered very fondly.

Along the beaten path I had a career change and went to work for Trans World
Airlines, my first experience dealing with the general public in a
transportation kind of environment. Yes indeed the service aspect of the
workforce is where I have always been involved and still provide a service
to the public here in Tucson, as a Bus driver and enjoy the work, and the
stress associated with it, with dedication and patience that the job
requires.

Having said all of the above.......the next few weeks the wife and I will be
busy packing up and making arrangements to move into our new home. If you
care to review the other two lists I maintain you will see that there really
has not been much activity either from the current subscribers or myself.
There are no doubt several reasons why that is but not too worry folks. A
new prospective, a new thought process and a new "method of madness" will
evolve after I get settled into the new Qth and get my shack and workbench
and library in place.

I have come to realize that to supplement any Qth.Net list on the internet
with text and the written word of expression, there are times when a graphic
or image must be included in the dialogue to add more "Ummph" to the
discussions. I have some experience designing and maintaining a typical Ham
Radio related website. At this time I do not have a website up and running
but to be sure.......I will create a new website that will be formatted
towards the three areas of my simple and basic
expertise......communications,repeater and remotebase systems and the HF
frequencies.

So I invite you to join the Remotebase and 60-Meter lists with this
intention, to add some new dimension and insight into the world of the Clegg
product line, repeater and link systems and the "low bands". In time I hope
to see more discussions and input from the growing International community
of Amateur Radio Operators and you can bet your last dollar, there is
something in this hobby for everyone on this planet!

Indeed, the Clegg radio is "alive and well" in this Qth and though many
radios are crystalled controlled from the 1970's time period, you'd be
surprised how not too difficult it is, to modify and "update" these Clegg
rigs.

So lets get this Clegg list up and running and how about we all throw out
some thoughts and tidbits from what we've been doing all these years, OK?
Here's a question for you: Who designed and built the first all [hardware]
Clegg Ham repeater system in the United States? So lets break out the notes,
library books and hidden files and come up with the answer. This should keep
you busy for a couple of weeks while I pack up my goodies and move to the
new Qth. You folks out there in southern California may know the answer
already?

73

Doug Fitts W7FDF
Clegg Admin