a recent qso about novice days, stimulated my interest and I got out my old log books. My very first cq qso was on november 24, 1969, with WN8AAD, George in Hamden Ohio, on 7.160mhz, at 22:45 I wonder whatever happened to ole George?
Anyway, I was running an Eico 720 and a Drake 2B with a dipole of course! I staid on 40 until the spring of 1970 when I discovered 15 and 10 meters. Suddenly, my lowly 50 watts of output was working the entire world. The Acquistion of a TA-33Jr and a rotator and 50' of heigth, really opened up the airwaves. Man, those were fun days. 73's de W5SUM ex: WN5AIA & WB5AIA "Be sure your right, then go ahead" D.Crockett
