[QCWA] QCWA Digest, Vol 144, Issue 1

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>   1. What was your first station? (Jeffrey D Angus)
>   2. Re: What was your first station? (waltbilous at comcast.net)
>   3. Re: What was your first station? (Alan Maslin)
>   4. Re: What was your first station? (TwelveVDC at aol.com)
>   5.  What was your first station? (wa4aw)
>   6. Re: What was your first station? (TwelveVDC at aol.com)
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> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 10:29:00 -0500
> From: Jeffrey D Angus <jdangus at att.net>
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> Subject: [QCWA] What was your first station?
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> As a Novice, Hammarlund HQ-110, Heathkit DX-20 and a 4BTV trapped
> vertical.
> 1968 Torrance, CA. WN6FWI.
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> -- 
> Jeff-1.0
> wa6fwi
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> Message: 2
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> From: waltbilous at comcast.net
> To: Jeffrey D Angus <jdangus at att.net>
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> Subject: Re: [QCWA] What was your first station?
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> As a Novice in 1972... 
> EICO 723 transmitter (no extra charge for key clicks) 
> Drake 2B receiver 
> Johnson T/R switch 
> Homebrew dipole 40 meters (first antenna I ever built) 
> Nutley, NJ 
> Regards... 
> Walt/K3DQB 
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Jeffrey D Angus" <jdangus at att.net> 
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> Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2016 11:29:00 AM 
> Subject: [QCWA] What was your first station? 
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> As a Novice, Hammarlund HQ-110, Heathkit DX-20 and a 4BTV trapped 
> vertical. 
> 1968 Torrance, CA. WN6FWI. 
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> -- 
> Jeff-1.0 
> wa6fwi 
> http://www.foxsmercantile.com 
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> From: Alan Maslin <amaslin at msn.com>
> To: waltbilous at comcast.net, Jeffrey D Angus <jdangus at att.net>
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> Novice in 1955. Pair of 6L6's and a Hallicrafters S-40 receiver. Random length wire antenna.Philadelphia, PA at that time.Call was WN3DZI
> 73,
> Al, N3EA?
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> -------- Original message --------From: waltbilous at comcast.net Date: 9/1/16  11:37 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: Jeffrey D Angus <jdangus at att.net> Cc: qcwa at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [QCWA] What was your first station? 
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> As a Novice in 1972... 
> 
> EICO 723 transmitter (no extra charge for key clicks) 
> 
> Drake 2B receiver 
> 
> Johnson T/R switch 
> 
> Homebrew dipole 40 meters (first antenna I ever built) 
> 
> Nutley, NJ 
> 
> Regards... 
> 
> Walt/K3DQB 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Jeffrey D Angus" <jdangus at att.net> 
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> To: qcwa at mailman.qth.net 
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> Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2016 11:29:00 AM 
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> Subject: [QCWA] What was your first station? 
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> As a Novice, Hammarlund HQ-110, Heathkit DX-20 and a 4BTV trapped 
> 
> vertical. 
> 
> 1968 Torrance, CA. WN6FWI. 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> Jeff-1.0 
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> wa6fwi 
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> http://www.foxsmercantile.com 
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> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 12:01:57 -0400
> From: TwelveVDC at aol.com
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> HW-8 & Hustler 5BTV c.1982 
> Hindsight: Novice + QRP = tiny log, hi.
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> PeteTheGreek / NL7XM 
> (P.S. Great thread going here!) 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 16:36:09 GMT
> From: "wa4aw" <wa4aw at juno.com>
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> Subject: [QCWA]  What was your first station?
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> First station in 1963 consisted of a Hallicrafters S 85 rcvrand a Globe Scout 65A xmtr with a 40M dipole ant andmanual ant changeover ( Knife Switch ) 47, Jeff  WA4AW     QCWA
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> Novice in 1955. Pair of 6L6's and a Hallicrafters S-40 receiver. Random length wire antenna.Philadelphia, PA at that time.Call was WN3DZI
> 73,
> Al, N3EA 
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> -------- Original message --------From: waltbilous at comcast.net Date: 9/1/16  11:37 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: Jeffrey D Angus <jdangus at att.net> Cc: qcwa at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [QCWA] What was your first station? 
> 
> As a Novice in 1972... 
> 
> EICO 723 transmitter (no extra charge for key clicks) 
> 
> Drake 2B receiver 
> 
> Johnson T/R switch 
> 
> Homebrew dipole 40 meters (first antenna I ever built) 
> 
> Nutley, NJ 
> 
> Regards... 
> 
> Walt/K3DQB 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Jeffrey D Angus" <jdangus at att.net> 
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> To: qcwa at mailman.qth.net 
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> Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2016 11:29:00 AM 
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> Subject: [QCWA] What was your first station? 
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> As a Novice, Hammarlund HQ-110, Heathkit DX-20 and a 4BTV trapped 
> 
> vertical. 
> 
> 1968 Torrance, CA. WN6FWI. 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> Jeff-1.0 
> 
> wa6fwi 
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> http://www.foxsmercantile.com 
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> From: TwelveVDC at aol.com
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> Marvin Bronstein wrote:
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>> Wire 40 meter dipole fed with coax and no balun!
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> "Balun!?" We don't need no steeenking balun!!
> LOL -Pete / NL7XM 
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>> On Sep 1, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Marvin Bronstein <marvbrons at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> Homebrew crystal-controlled Collpits oscillator (on a cigar box chassis) using a 6AG7
>> J-38 key
>> National SW-54
>> Wire 40 meter dipole fed with coax and no balun!
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>> Marv.....K2VHW....1956
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