[Hallicrafters] More cruising

[Bill Marx]

After I modernized by going to the HT-9/HT-18, I did add another element. "Break-in"

The break-in worked this way.  If I heard a station I wanted to work I put the SX-99 in Standby with a toggle switch, threw the
knife switch, put the HT-18 into transmit(another toggle), then the HT-9 into transmit...( yes another switch). I set the radios up
this way so I moved from left to right smoothly. When it was the other stations turn, I reversed the process. That was break in for
me. I couldnt afford a Dow Key relay.
Bill Marx W2CQ





----- Original Message -----
From: "JOE" <k1ike at snet.net>
To: "Bill Marx" <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] More cruising


> I remember this well.  I had a Hallicrafters S-38E and a Johnson Adventurer
> as my first novice station in 1958.  I only owned 2 crystals, one for 80
> and the other for 40 meters.  I had to wait for the frequency to be clear,
> call a long CQ and then tune up and down the novice portion of the band
> looking for a reply.  When I did hear a reply, I was careful not to
> transmit for too long for fear of the S-38E drifting and me loosing the
> station.  Heaven forbid if I accidently tapped the case of the S-38E while
> I was reaching for the DPDT knife switch to go from transmit to
> receive!!  The station would be lost and I wouldn't catch the beginning of
> the QSO to hear my callsign and tune him in.
>
> I am presently resurrecting my old novice station.  I still have my
> original S-38E and picked up a couple of Adventurers' to make one good
> one.  While shopping, I found the screen modulator for the
> Adventurer.  This was always my novice dream, the AM the Adventurer when I
> was a general.  Well, a good friend took on the task to restore the S38E
> and the Adventurer.  I did some swapping with him for the work.  Soon I
> hope to fire up the station on 10 meter AM and see what I can work with my
> wopping 3 watts of Adventurer AM signal.  I even found my old JT-30 mike to
> boot.  The S-38E will probably have to warm up a day or two to be stable on
> 10 meters.  Hopefully, I'll be able to hear my friend 15 miles away.
>
> Oh, those were the good old days......right.
>
> 73, Joe, K1ike
>
> At 11:12 AM 1/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >We would tune up and down the band when we were crystal bound novices
> >hoping someone was calling us. Many times, long minutes after
> >calling CQ you could tune up 10 or 15 kHz and find someone calling you.
> >They also hoping against hope you would hear them and then
> >gasp when they heard their call coming back over the air.
> >Bill Marx W2CQ
>
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