Mel wrote: > Hi Gerry, > > I passed the ticket in about 1982, and I'm still waiting for the car > that was supposed to come with the callsign! Main interests are > 2metre and above workings, so I've never operated much on the HF > (short wave) bands, although I hold a Spanish HF license waiver also. > > My job is/was professionally involved with radio also, telecomms for > the main Electricity company in Scotland, ScottishPower plc. > > Regards > > Mel > Mel: in 1973/74 I went to work to Hewlewt Packard (South Queensferry, Scotland) as an electronic engineer, already being a radio amateur (LU1FCR).
There, in my free time a built a direct conversion receiver for 14 MHz (20 meter band) for CW and SSB. I am still using it. It is smaller than a 3.5" drive, has a 0.5 uV sensitivity and it's audio is much better than my Yaesu FT-757GX. That very simple working ham receiver is like Arachne in a world of bloated internet programs. The command-line interface is a vestige of an era of macho computing. ---------------------- Ing. Alejandro Lieber Rosario Argentina lima[at]citynet.net.ar ----------------------
