[Elecraft] New Kit and old age

Mon Nov 4 19:06:03 2002

I'm 18 and built my K2 in September of 2000 just after I turned 16. My
parents paid for part of it as a birthday present, and the rest was earned
by doing miscellaneous jobs, allowance etc.

73,
Andrew AC7CF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Helmut Usbeck" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Elecraft" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New Kit and old age

> OK for the oldest, how about the youngest?  Somehow I don't believe it's
> going to be a teen-ager saving his money from a paper route.  That's how I
> got my first kit, a Johnson Adventurer.  If I was doing well in school my
> OM would match me half way for any radio stuff I wanted.  All lead to
> studing physics and sciences, along with the math (eccchh!) to get me to
> college to get my engineering degree.
>
> It would be nice to have a couple of pics on the Elecraft web page of the
> oldest and youngest, along with their rigs.
>
> Regards,
> Helm.  WB2ADT
>
>
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone
> > When I started building my K2, I was just past 76 and thought I could be
> > among the oldest kit builders, . When I read in the reflector that a
> > gentleman aged 94 had built one , I took off my hat and felt rather
modest !
> > I am assembling now the KPA 100, and I hope it will be completed end of
this
> > month..and I'll be 79. I built my first kit 50 years ago : it was a BCR
for
> > my Mum  .
> > and since I must have made quite a few, among them,  an unforgettable SB
> > 102.
> > Heathkit has gone, Elecraft came along ...just in time for me !
> > Best 73 to all .
> > Jacques
> >  F9OJ  K2 # 0937
> >
> >
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