[Qcwa] A few of my favorite things...

[Paul L. Schmidt]

Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
>> BC342's (and relatives) 
> Does having a BC-348Q qualify?

Sure... or a 312.

>> Q5'er (BC-453) 
> 
> 
> Still have mine. (more on this later)

Hooked up to the BC-348, perhaps?

>> DX-20/30/35/40/100 (Ok, the 100 is a different critter) 
> 
> There's a DX-20 sitting in the shack with a VF-1. It's the same model as the
> first Novice transmitter I owned. (No, I _was_ crystal controlled back then.)

I started with a modern rig -- we had a DX-35 :)  Used it with a BC-779B.

>> Motorola 80-D's and T-43's 
> 
> Snickers, more boat anchors. I have a 80-D based Remote base sitting in the
> garage that I use with a DC remote to check into a local repeater with.

I never had one, just talked to people who did.  Our rig was a DuMont,
on 146.94 simplex (remember when that was the SIMPLEX frequency, except
for those on 147.3 who went up there to get away from the Techs?)

> For those of you into digital communications, remember when "real keyboards"
> had green keycaps?

Yep.  Back when there were only 5 bits between start and stop :)

73,

Paul / K9PS