[Heathkit] My first station

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Bob,

I was just going to give away my DX-100, Apache (fully 
original/operational) and even my RAK-7 because they are too heavy for 
me to comfortably wrestle with them any more. Even the Johnson Ranger 
gets heavier every year! BUT..I have all the pieces and am assembling a 
shop crane on a rolling platform to manage that part for me. Another 
approach is to build a rolling table such that the top can be 
raised/lowered some amount and slide the big radios on and off between 
radio desk and work bench. Like the elevator on aircraft carriers. Play 
with the planes up there and work on them down here - no heavy lifting.

I haven't worked Ancient Mode but I'm not averse to it, I listen to it, 
and plan to talk on it - some day.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 04/22/2015 10:29 AM, rbethman wrote:
> The very first station I obtained in '80 was a completely gone through 
> SB-102, SP-600, and HP-23A.
>
> Then within just under a year, put in a sealed bid to take a crack at 
> the local club's Emergency HF Station.
>
> Walked away with an HT-37, SX-101A, a 12" National Speaker, a Dow-Key 
> Relay, and a Shure 737A mic.  (That station was donated to a high 
> school in the latter half of the '80s.)
>
> Moved right into AM ops.  Still ran CW and SSB.  Built a pair of 
> GG-813s to go behind the setup.
>
> Other Heath gear came and went over the years.  Only if it included AM.
>
> Different individuals operate they way the wish.
>
> Now almost all the "heavy" metal gear is gone.  Body can't take the 
> weight with all the arthritis.
>
> Still keep the SP-600, HRO-50, and an R-390A.  Feed my SS rig into an 
> Amp Supply LK-500ZB.
>
> Still run AM.
>
> The Amateur Radio Community is highly diverse and flexible.
>
> Still don't use a computer to operate.
>
> Regards, Bob - N0DGN