[Elecraft] K3/0

[Ted Bryant]

Sorry to hear the station closed. I was there from September 1966 through
March 1967.  Ate a lot of pizza in that lobby. Drank some coffee, too.  Lots
of good memories.

The 3 element 40m Telrex was a real flame thrower then.  Btw, I thought that
rhombic was pointed at Honolulu.

73, Ted W4NZ


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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of N2TK, Tony
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 6:04 PM
To: 'Mike Markowski'; Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0


Ron,
The shack looks like it didn't change much like it was in the 60's? Used to
run MARS phone patch traffic. I had thought the Rhombic was 3-curtain?
Tnx for the pix.

By the way, I don't remember for sure, but didn't Ft. Lewis, WA MARS station
have a Rhombic on base and another Rhombic in OR tied together for dual
diversity? I vaguely remember something about this. It was for phone patch
traffic to Southeast Asia.

73,
N2TK, Tony

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Markowski
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 5:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

Ron,

That's just how K2USA, Fort Monmouth, NJ, worked until the base closed down
forever a few months ago.  I've previously posted to this list how much I
enjoyed operating on their 700' rhombic when there, and it was always using
my own call.  Sometimes I used my K1, sometimes a borrowed Ten-Tec Jupiter,
and what a shack!

(Some pics from my last time there June '10 are at:

     http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/monmouth/   )

73,
Mike ab3ap

On 01/16/2012 05:17 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> [...]Also, companies like Lockheed and many Colleges had very nice Ham
> club stations for just that purpose. IIRC, visitors operated K6USA
> under their own calls.
>
> Ron AC7AC