[QCWA] What was your first station?

[Vernon Jackson]

Jan. 1954, Novice, WN5DAX.  Got on the air with a 6V6 tri-tet oscillator 
on 3725 KHz, Hallicrafter's S-38C, and 80 meter dipole fed with 72 ohm 
twin lead.  No side-tone and no way to spot my frequency.  It put out 
enough power to barely light up a small neon bulb which I used for 
tuning, but I made enough QSO's to get my code speed up and pass the 
General 3 months later.

Vern Jackson, WN5DAX, W5DAX, W0LGE, KH6HCC, WB0KXV, KH6IRY, KH5AE, AH6L, 
KF5P.


On 9/1/2016 10:29 AM, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
> As a Novice, Hammarlund HQ-110, Heathkit DX-20 and a 4BTV trapped
> vertical.
> 1968 Torrance, CA. WN6FWI.
>