[Elecraft] Jurassic Radio vs K3

[Dick Roth, KA1OZ]

wa6riv wrote:
> 1972 and 13 years old,
>
> WN6EDW, First transmitter OX-2 ICM kit, true QRP. My rcvr was a Ten Tec RX-10.
>
> Ted WP4CW

[snip]

I was WV2LBV in 1960 and amazingly young at 16!  Built the novice rig 
featured in the Handbook (if I remember correctly) with a 6146 as both 
oscillator and amp...a full 75 watts.  It took crystals to make it work, 
but I had to stay still in my chair, since body capacitance caused the 
frequency to slide if I moved.  Oh...when I built it, I kept blowing 
rectifier tubes...until I learned the difference between a millihenry 
and a microhenry.  I was thrilled to have a "real" receiver, an SX-99. 
Antenna was wrapped around the exterior (window to window) four stories 
up on the apartment building where we lived.  My first QSO was with 
North Dakota and my knees were shaking so hard I almost couldn't 
continue to handle the key!

-- 
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA

Radio:  Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859
Antenna:  Titan-DX