[Elecraft] Ultimate System

[Fred Jensen]

Tried a CW NAQP not too long ago with a Hallicrafters SX-28 and a 40 
meter ARC-5.  I lasted 2 hours.  The "Good Old Days" were less good than 
I thought I remembered.


On 12/7/2014 6:43 PM, stan levandowski wrote:
> In January 2014 I took a look at my station - all that equipment, all
> those keys, all those cables -- lots of physical "stuff" between me and
> the ham radio I used to enjoy and almost as much software. All I really
> needed was my KX3, a wire antenna, pencil and paper and a bug or Cootie.
>
> So I put my CW Machine in a freezer bag and stuck it up on a shelf.  I
> bought an ARRL paper log book and a fancy-schmantzy .5 mm lead pencil. I
> divorced myself from LoTW and eQSL and noted "QSL via Mail Only" on QRZ.
> Then I downloaded my HRD log and scratched HRD from my computer.
>   Finally I moved the computer out of the shack.  I was "Looking for an
> Echo" of my youth in the 60s; a simpler time.  I was going to hand log
> all my contacts, exchange "real" QSL cards, only use my bug and 'swiper
> and turn my back on all the technology and interfaces that I held
> responsible for my discontent.
>
> Well, that lasted nine months.  It was the biggest mistake I've ever
> made in ham radio.