[SixClub] Real value

[Steven Coles]

Howard,



Pretty similar here:  I first found my way into amateur radio via a cub 
Scout crystal set kit, 1-tube receiver, 1-transistor receiver, 1-tube home 
broadcaster (major contributor to my wanting to get a ham license), pre-WWII 
Philco broadcast and shortwave receiver, code practice oscillator, added a 
transistor BFO to the Philco, Heathkit AR-3, Heathkit DX-40, 3-tube luggable 
6-meter transceiver loaned from a club, (forgotten brand) second-hand 
converter and WWII surplus receiver for 6 meters, 6U8 driving a 6146 with a 
(forgotten brand) UM-1 modulator and military surplus power supply on 6 
meters, homemade handheld on 6, eventually a Heathkit Sixer for portable and 
mobile, and military surplus on 430, 1250, 3300, and 10,000 MHz.



73,



Steven, KD7YTE



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Bingham" <howardb at hal-pc.org>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Real value


> Long live the days when manufacturers offered both kits and ready built 
> radios, so those just beginning could buy the parts & put it together, 
> learning while you go in order to make better decisions down the road..
>
> Long live E.F. Johnson and Heathkit, love them or forget them, they both 
> made kits and completed radios with quite a wide range in prices and 
> degree of completion..
>
> How many of you started out with a crystal receiver when you were knee 
> high to a grass hopper...?
>
> I bought my first radio used, knowing what it cost when new, then went 
> from there..
>
> Maybe we ought to be aiming beginners to swap meets & similar shows so 
> they could learn by experience & go from there..?
>
> End of story,
>
> Anyone have a boat anchor for sale.....?
>
> Howard Bingham
> KE5APJ
>