[Elecraft] Old Gear was Re: KPA500

[John Ragle]

To the rest of the DOF network...my granddaughter just asked me what 
sort of GameBoy I had when I was a kid...

I had to tell her that I was a pre-TV type. I was 17 before I ever saw a 
TV set, and at least 18 before I saw a PICTURE on a TV set. S-40 and 
SX-28 are good memories. My first commercial TX was an HT-17. 807, 829B, 
813, 866...all good examples from the numerology of the 1940's. I too 
grit my teeth and pass by all those wonderful oldies on eBay. When I 
recently stopped off in front of an SX-43 at a local ham fest and 
remarked on having owned one, the seller asked "how much did it cost you 
to restore it?" I told him I bought mine new and carried it and its 
speaker in my arms a mile and a half from the store to home, on December 
26, 1947. Those were spectacular sunspot years, and I remember listening 
to a Philadelphia FM broadcast station from home, which was Fairbanks, 
Alaska.

Sic Transit Gloria Monday (it is actually Tuesday @0230)

John Ragle -- W1ZI (once KL7PM)