[Heathkit] My first station

[rbethman]

Hi Bill,

That first station went to an aspiring ham.  I had to pay him a visit a 
month or so after it went to him.

I caught him on the air using a call that had *NOT* been assigned!

I personally read him the riot act.  I flat let him know that "No Ticky* 
- *NO WORKY*, and *IF* I caught him at it again, Angelo Diddy *would be 
brought into the picture.

Angelo was the South East FCC Enforcement Officer.  Several of us that 
were licensed used to Have him by for coffee when he was making the 
rounds.  There was about four of us that He'd come by and have coffee 
with, along with asking us about problem folks.

That visit worked wonders!  It wasn't that his CW wasn't up to par, it 
was the fact of going on the air without the license!

Don't regret letting it go otherwise.  I had already went to the 
Hallicrafters Station.

Regards, Bob - N0DGN


On 4/22/2015 12:01 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> 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