On 2011-06-17, at 3:07 PM, Darrell Bellerive wrote: > So if you knew then what you know now, what would have been your first > station and what year would it have been?
Hi Darrell, In truth & in hindsight, I don't think that I would have changed a single, solitary thing from the early days of my Ham "career"... I first got ticketed as a highschool kid in 1971: that meant (A) no money for any "dream" rigs, and, (B) plenty of time to do some actual dreaming...and so I homebrewed my first transmitter from the March 1971 issue of QST (a 6T9 compactron QRP rig), and used this in conjunction with my third-hand Hallicrafters S-77A receiver. Being rockbound & with low power meant that I had to learn the importance of timing and antennas(!). And that old receiver served as my own personal Elmer in that I built things to improve its performance---things like a pre-selector, Q-multiplier, audio filter, external converter, etc.---all of which made me comfortable with rolling-my-own, and instilled confidence in my abilities. Oh sure, at the time if some genie had magically appeared before me to grant me a wish I woulda yelled "GIMME AN S-LINE!" But I'm glad there are no genies---and I STILL don't own an S-line, either (but I DID acquire a nice T-4X / R-4 combo that I absolutely love, some 35 years after the fact!). ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
