[Milsurplus] Field day with classic gear

[flood at Krohne.com]

Greetings,
 
I had about 15 QSO's from the Field Day site in Hancock NH ranging from ME 
to PA.  Two of the contacts were from guys who were past club members in 
the mid '50's.  I was getting wonderful audio reports about my Viking 
Valiant thanks to the kind work of Steve WA1HUD (now if I could only get 
him to document what he did....).  The 1967 EAC contract R390A seemed to 
enjoy the trip and was working like a champ even as I tuned other bands 
not one bit of "junk" from the nearby transmitters.  This was a laid back 
part of  the Waltham (MA) Armature Radio Club field day.  We treated the 
"Classic Station" as our GOTA setup.  I was the main operator. In other 
words they couldn't pull me away from the chair!  Not a lot of visitors 
due to our remote location but a young boy from a neighbors house spent 
time in our tent and commented on how much better my setup sounded than 
the 40M SSB station behind me!  Yes there is still hope for the youngins'  
A load of  thanks to everyone I worked and the warm greeting I got for my 
first time on '75AM still has me smiling today.  After listening to the AM 
crowd since 1967, (skipping a bit of time here and there when I was 
distracted by beer and girls....now its single malt and women) I told 
myself that when I made my first visit to '75 it would be with a 
respectable setup, determined not to be "yelloweee".  The other stations 
at our setup may have had a lot more contacts but I had the most fun....  
until now as I look at the prospect of getting the gear back in the racks 
up on the second floor....ouch...  I'll keep listening and hope to be 
transmitting from home soon.  Until then, I'm still dangerous below 50MHz.
 
John Flood
KB1FQG (N1HID for the past weekend)   
 
Sorry to those who see this on other related lists!


John Flood
TASC Department
KROHNE, Inc
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Peabody, MA   01960
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