[Elecraft] [KX3] Great QSOs, 21st century

[Bob Nielsen, N7XY]

It's been quite a while, but Henry Radio was on Olympic Boulevard at 
that time, not Century.  I  visited there many times.

Bob, N7XY


On 9/14/18 8:38 PM, Robert Friess wrote:
> I received my Novice license in 1953 at the age of 11.  I had a NC101X
> receiver that my dad bought for me at Henry Radio on Century Blvd in LA for
> $60.  While waiting for what seemed like decades for my license to arrive,
> I built a 6AG7 crystal oscillator  for my transmitter.  I had one crystal
> at 7085.  My license finally arrived and I was officially KN6HMO.  I called
> CQ endlessly and no one answered.  I set up schedules with a few locals a
> few miles away and they heard me, but no one else.  A few weeks later
> someone gave me a 815 dual tetrode.  I went through my junk box and found
> enough parts to build an amplifier.  I tested it by listening on my
> receiver to make sure that the output was tuned to 40 and not some
> harmonic.  The sun went down and I started sending CQ.  A station in Texas
> returned my call.  It was a thrill that hasn't been repeated in the
> following  65 years.
>
> Bob, N6CM
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 6:29 PM Alan James alanmjames at yahoo.com [KX3] <
> KX3-noreply at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I think it was Winston Churchill.
>>
>> Alan KZ6B
>>
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>> *From:* "Charles Powell doctorcwp at yahoo.com [KX3]" <
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>> *To:* Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
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>> *Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2018 3:37 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [KX3] Great QSOs, 21st century
>>
>>
>> Well, S0 noise can be frightening because it makes one think the front end
>> has gone out on the radio.  But then I’m always duped when the first CW
>> signal comes in and blasts my ears out.
>>
>> Today: SFI=69 and SN=0 (yes ZERO), but NEVER let that keep you off the
>> air.  I had some time this afternoon and managed to work Germany and France
>> with 5 watts.  Had it not been for QRM, I would have had a nice rag chew
>> with France.  Unfortunately the QRM kept stepping on my signal (I could
>> hear him as well.)
>>
>> Other stations heard today include OJ0DX (Market Reef) and Kuwait.  Had
>> the other stations been a little more patient, I’m sure I could have worked
>> both.  I guess they thought they weren’t making enough contacts and moved
>> on to other bands/modes.
>>
>> Never give up!  Never say die!  (Who knows the movie quote?)
>>
>> 72,
>>
>> Charles - NK8O
>>
>> On Sep 14, 2018, at 2:46 PM, Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com [KX3] <
>> KX3-noreply at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> Wow! Thanks for the nostalgic RF trip, everyone. Seriously...great stories.
>>
>>
>> Moving forward in time a bit, I wanted to note that RF miracles continue
>> to happen every day. (Well, most weekends in my case.) Last Saturday’s
>> physics-be-damned results: several solid SSB QSOs on 20 and 17 meters all
>> over the country, including KH6, with a prototype AX1 dual-band whip and a
>> KX2 used HT style.
>>
>> What I need is an alarm app for my iPhone that tells me that HF conditions
>> are hot and it’s time to get out of the shack. Ring tone of choice: first
>> four bars of “Born to be Wild”.
>>
>> Is it just me, or is there something life-changing about a noise level of
>> S0? It’s just a short drive away, even in Silicon Valley.
>>
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>>
>>
>>
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