[R-390] Fair Radio R-390A Question?

Wed, 1 May 2002 15:14:21 -0500

That might be true, but I still think I would have been more interested in anything electronic in nature rather than who was governer of the state 150 years ago <yawn...> or whether my essay had three main points with the necessary expansion on each point.  I equated a term paper with a prison sentence.  Of course, then I went to college later in life and got good at writing them, but that's another story.  The physics labs were still more fun than the history papers.

Barry(III) - N4BUQ

-----Original Message-----
From: Ray, W2EC [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 2:59 PM
To: Scott, Barry (Clyde B)
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Subject: Re: [R-390] Fair Radio R-390A Question?

No, you wouldn't have. I was already a ham when I started high school. I
was in an advanced electrical curriculum of three years with several
different classes each day dealing with electronics and electricity,
plus labs. We even had a computer course (how to desing and build logic
circuits (now called programming) using relay logic) so we'd be ready to
enter the world of vacuum tube computers that was just opening up. I had
several years of electronics theory dealing with tubes. We just barely
touched solid state as it was too new to be considered worthwhile at the
time. Trust me, I did not do a whole lot of paying attention in class
when it came to electronics. Maybe if I was a "ham wannabe" I would have
paid attention, but I felt I already "knew it all" as a ham.

73, Ray  W2EC 

"Scott, Barry (Clyde B)" wrote:
> 
> I wish they would have had vacuum-tube theory in my high school.  I would have paid attention in class a LOT more...
> 
> Barry(III) - N4BUQ
> 
> I learned everything I needed to know about fixing radios like the R-390 in
> high school.  A combination of industrial electronics (the first year was
> all vacuum tube theory and applications) and a little auto shop (it sure
> looks like a standard transmission out of an old sports car).   So folks
> that love these radios are combination Tube&Gear Heads I suppose.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 73 de Richard KB5WLH
> 
> Oh no!  I just read my post and determined that I must be old:)
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