Hi Frank, Yes, those were the days!!! I probably had more fun as a novice for that first year than I have had in all the years since. What a cool experience as a 14 yr old kid.....having my own radio station and actually talking with other people with equipment that I built/haywired myself!!
Hope we will see you and John, and others from Chicago-Milwaukee areas at the Ft Wayne Hamfest again this year. We are planning to get together again at the ACME Bar & Grill for lunch and eyeball QSOs. Sure enjoyed it last year. 73, Jack, W9GT -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Frank J. Mercurio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Jack, > > your comment about the Zenith reminded me of the first receiver I used > as a newly licensed ham in 1957. It was an RCA model 8K console that I > pulled the chassis out of and set on the desk. I fabricated a Masonite > front panel and added a bfo and a Heath QF-1 q multiplier! Next, in > 1958 or so I "graduated" to a Heath AR-2! After that, I used a home > brewed rx! > > Presently, we have the following: R390A, 75A4, 51J4, Racal RA6790/GM, > Sylvania R1414/URR, BC348, and an HRO-500! > > That old RCA was fun to work with ... finding a choke to sub for the > speaker voice coil, replacing that wet electrolytic can that sprayed > its guts out one time in the middle of a qso ... ah! the memories! > > 73, Frank W9FM (on AM) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It might be interesting, however, to note that my first "ham" receiver was > > an > old Zenith 7S363 console that I pulled the chassis out of and set on the > operating table. I utilized a another little ACDC radio along side the Zenith > for BFO to copy CW by heterodyning the local oscillator in the Zenith IF. > Crude, yes...but it worked and I had a lot of > > fun with it as a novice. "Modern" receivers include a couple of ICOM > transceivers, but they just don't have the classic sound and ambience of the > boatanchor stuff. > > > > 73, Jack, W9GT > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >>> what sort of receivers are in use in the AM community? > >>> > >> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
