[Heathkit] My first station

[RAY FRIESS]

My first station in 1967 was a Knight T60 and and HRO receiver with the big circular knob and plug on coil rack on the bottom front.  A long piece of wire run up to the roof and up a mast then to the garage.  Later went to a Globe Scout, a Geloso for a short time and then a DX 100.  Worked a lot of stations in the old novice band with the T60 during my novice term of one year.  Had about half a dozen crystals for 80 and 40.  You called cq and then scanned the whole novice segment because everyone else was xtal controlled and your answer might be 10 kcs or more away from you.

> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:46:04 -0400
> From: rbethman at comcast.net
> To: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] My first station
> 
> 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
> 
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