[HBR] 'operators'

[Brian ford via HBR]

I guess that is way so many old HB rigs did not have markings or labels? 

Keith  kf4tap

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> On Jan 12, 2015, at 15:21, Stan McIntosh <mcinsand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill wrote:
> 
>>> Once upon a time "Amateur Radio Licensees" were also referred to as "ham
> radio *operators*".
>>> Radios had to be "operated", not just listened to.
> 
> This takes me back to when I first got my license.  I'd moved away from my
> brother, we were close, and our phone bills were climbing.  So, we studied
> and decided to start off as general class.  For the code requirement, I
> used SuperMorse (this was in the DOS days) to gradually go from slow to
> fast, and I had it feeding from some text files of dirty jokes.  Anyway, we
> succeeded and brought home a couple of Heathkits.  When we got home and I
> actually sat down to look at the HW-101, the knobs were very, very
> intimidating.  Studying for the tests hadn't prepared me.  As far as life
> experience goes, all I'd done was tune a stereo to frequency, adjust
> volume, and maybe play with tone.  In my mind at the time, several of those
> knobs just had to be superflous.  Each one makes a huge difference,
> however.
> 
> Same's true with the other rigs.  I hope to get an HBR-8 together, but I
> want to get back on the air, first.
> 
> Regards,
> Stan
> kd4bth
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