OK, so we are swapping old stories. I walked down the streets of Cleveland, Ohio from Case Institute of Technology to the surplus store somewhere near the 200 block of Carnegie Ave. to the local surplus emporium. I was a student at Case Institute of Technology at the time. I bought a straight key (J-38) and an ARC-5 receiver and transmitter. With that gear plus a few mods, I was able to string a wire out of my dorm room window and make some contacts. Yes, that was back in the 1959 time frame when a J38 key could be purchased for $1.50 and the ARC-5 transmitters and receivers were selling for $5 to $10.
I eventually acquired a BC-348 receiver that gave me all ham band coverage plusa lot of extra frequencies. When I moved into the fraternity house, they were much more receptive to me putting up antennas. The antenna there was a Windom ( compare to other OCF antennas) that suffered from many "RF-in-the-shack" problems. I recall completing my 4-65A transmitter during that time frame - CW was great, but I did a lot with grid modulation because I could not afford the big modulation transformers required for plate modulation. 73,, Don W3FPR On 6/25/2012 7:26 PM, Joe K2UF wrote: > My J-38 also came from Chicago in 1954 (still have it!!). Allied radio. I > would order parts from them about 2 to 3 times a month. Usually less than > $5.00 per order. Paper boys did not make much back then. > > 73 Joe K2UF > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
