Gee, I think it was just before I was licensed (in 1964) that I ordered my very first KC722 -- from PolyPaks in Lynn, MA, if I recall. It arrived with one lead missing, so I wrote (you couldn't afford to call back then, at least at the age of 16) and received another, in good shape. Then, a few years later, I built a keyer/multivibrator circuit from the Handbook and need some Fairchild ICs -- they had a office neaby and I called -- took a while to find whoever could "authorize" the sale -- and then drove to pick them up. It clearly wasn't a retail operation! (That was when I lived on Long Island, ca. 1968.)
The good old days! 73, Joe, W2RBA On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > I obtained a CK722 when I was about 9 years old. It was the first > electronic part I ordered. The only place I could think of to get one > was Heathkit, and somehow I managed to talk them into sending me one > as a replacement part. > > It was a few years later that I ordered my second part: a disc > capacitor. From Digikey! (This was about 1970.) Unfortunately, they > sent me the wrong part -- a monstrous, oil-filled electrolytic. > > Wayne > N6KR > > On May 26, 2011, at 2:45 PM, John Adams wrote: > >> I once broke a leg off my ck722, I was a teenager.... > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
