[GreenKeys] First contact

James semaj at suwanneevalley.net
Sun Dec 26 08:51:37 EST 2004


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that sends out my call sign, and instantly, some=20

ham had the nerve to come back and say hi!  I just about fell out of my
chair. =20

It works!  What do I do now?  My tongue got tied; my fingers got tied. I
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not remember my call sign, so I just typed: Beginner here, have mercy, =
it is


my first contact.

KD6EMW DE W0PSS i went and done

          did it!

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Jan, in the early 70=92s I got a model 19 and a Navy TU.  Modified the =
TU
=96inserted a tuning eye =96 built the mark/space filters with 88mH =
torroids =96
The frequency counter was a friends tube type surplus =96 a bijillion =
tubes in
it an old military audio oscillator =96 Worked on that for over a year.  =
My
rtty elmer was a couple of hours drive away, we both had families, =
worked,
but that first contact I still remember was like you describe. =20

Today I=92m on glass rtty =96 but there is a model 28 under the house =
and I will
get it going - -

Merry Christmas and happy rttyear.=20

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KV4FE=20

JIM=20

73 =20

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Joan & Jim=20

On The River=20

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