[Lafayette] Still works

[Bonddaleena at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/5/2006 2:30:52 AM Eastern  Standard Time, 
Trandoc at aol.com writes:
Ken and all,

You know, it might  have been a Valiant and the adapter. 

I made a few trips to the Jamaica  store before they opened Syosset. Still 
have a pair of HE-29 walkie talkies  bought there. My first "real" receiver 
was a 
HE-30 fed by an Ameco CN-144  for 2mtr AM.

Fun days for sure.

73,
Harold   NY7Y
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I had my Dad drive the 40 miles to the Natick, Mass store. I gave up my  
after school work $ for a brand new HE-80 and matching speaker. Since the  
previous radio was a Halli S-120, I thought I was in hog heaven!
I regretted selling it to a chap that lost it in a house fire. No big deal,  
as they are plentiful on ePay, er, eBay, and for cheap.
I bought 2 HE-80s and a HA-225. I was able to come up with a paint that's  an 
exact match for the Trio color. Also bought 3 (!!!) HE-73 Precons. A recap,  
and realignment was given to all of 'em and they work great (for what they  
are).
I made many enjoyable Novice contacts with the HE-80 and my Knight Kit  
Xmitter.
Also, before SSB became the dominant mode on 6 Meters, I bought a HA-460,  AM 
transceiver.
I lived in Mass then and had a blast hilltopping from my auto on the  various 
mountaintops. I used a 3 element 'hilltopper' made by Henry, W1NEV of Hi  Par 
Antennas back in my hometown of Fitchburg, Mass. I still have 2 of them and  
the design is great. Takes about 30 seconds to unfold it and get on the air. 
No  tools needed. I eventually used the pair stacked and with the 10 W output 
could  work from Cental Mass down into Ny, NJ, and PA. What fun to be on the 
receiving  end of a pileup for hours.....
 
Regards,
 
ron
 
N4UE
 
ex-WA1LZJ
ex-N4KCM
 
Sure are fun to use