[CW] E.F. Johnson Speed-X 114-501 Questions

[Chris R. NW6V]

DR,

What a thrill!

Back in 1960, at age 11, I took my novice exam in the home/radio museum of
Ed Raser, W2ZI (ex 2ZI - SK). After I passed the test, Ed had me send a
single CQ on a spark transmitter set up in the museum, than laughed and
said "You're a real ham now. You just knocked out every TV within a half
mile."

73 Chris NW6V

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:17 PM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>     A friend, my mentor, built a rotary arc for a demonstration.
> It was tuned on top of KNX, a local broadcast station. We put it
> on the air for a few seconds and I got to key it. What a hoot, it
> probably woke people up for a mile around. No wonder they were
> called rock crushers.
>
> On 8/21/2019 6:28 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> > It's always best to ask away, don't bother asking if anyone's had one,
> > some of us are old goats who just threw out our father's quenched
> > spark transmitter.
> >
> > 73
> > DR
> > N1EA
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL
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