Fw: Re: [HBR] HBR Dials...

Sun, 17 Mar 2002 12:01:51 -0500

I do have a DCS500, and I know Bob, WB4MNF has one too...
pictures of both are on his website...

John wb5oau

At 10:37 AM 3/17/02 -0600, Sandy and Kees Talen wrote:
>I just checked the reflector and there are 87 members with 6 or so
>subscribing in the last 5 days. Pretty good, for a site largely focussed
>on ONE homebrew receiver from 40 years ago. I'm surprised that there 
>are still so many people out there with the receivers, have the parts
>still stashed in the closet, or at least remember the articles and took
>an interest in building it. Maybe that "age group" reaching retirement 
>(with supposed spare time) will refuel the interest.
>
>I do want to expand the reflector to include other homebrew "glow in the 
>dark" tube receivers, transmitters, and transceivers to get the activity 
>level up. Still waiting for someone to say they have a DCS-500 from 
>the same time period (in the early 60s ARRL Handbook). That looked
>like a pretty good one too.
>
>73s  Kees K5BCQ 
>
>--------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: "Eddy Swynar" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 07:45:27 -0500
>Subject: Re: [HBR] HBR Dials...
>Message-ID: <000d01c1cdb1$9e95afc0$2d1fbace@greg>
>References: <[email protected]>
>
>Hi Kees...
>
>Thanks for having me aboard!
>
>What's the exact number of subscribers exactly, anyway...? I'm curious as
>to
>how many "...practioners of the black art" of receiver-building still
>remain
>among us! Hi Hi
>
>I've built a total of only TWO in my Ham career---a mid-60's style dual
>conversion superhet (a souped-up "Mate For The Mighty Midget", really), &
>a
>1929-style 4-tube regenerative.
>
>~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
>
>
>I'm curious as to how a
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sandy and Kees Talen" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 5:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [HBR] HBR Dials...
>
>
>> Eddy, welcome to the reflector. You might check the HBR reflector
>> archives for this month since there has been some discussion on
>> various dials to use.
>>
>> 73s  Kees K5BCQ
>>
>>
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