[Heathkit] My first station

[Ronnie Hull]

It was , of course , my pleasure helping Dave get his chirp master on the air!

Ronnie W5SUM


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> On Apr 23, 2015, at 07:37, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> My first Novice station was in 1972.
> Talk about your bare bones:
> 
> SCR-274N BC-459
> (as MOPA, not crystal. I know; I'm a bad boy.)
> Ronnie, W5SUM helped me get it going so
> he gets some of the blame ;-)
> Hallicrafters S-120 receiver.
> Heard the whole Novice band at once.
> I made a lot of contacts with this and I don't think I've had as much fun since.
> But as soon as an on-the-air friend said:
> "You know, you're gonna get caught"
> and as soon as I saved enough money,
> I got a Globe Scout 680A and one rock,
> on 7167.  
> BBC on 7165 used to murder all our
> signals at night.  I remember trying to work that new state when he'd be covered by:
> "Bong BING bing BOOOOOOONGGGG....
> Bing bong BING BOOOOOOONGGGG."
> BBC really wimped out when they stopped using that.  It might have frustrated my contacts
> but Big Ben has "gravitas."
> 
> Then they changed the band on me
> and I had to save for another rock on 7125.
> 
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
> 
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