In 1963, I ran QRP with a homebrew ('62 handbook) single tube
transmitter on 40 meters with a Lafayette HE-10 receiver. Antenna
change over was a knife switch. The K2 is now the finest example of a
QRP radio I could possibly imagine. Perhaps now eclipsed by the KX-3.
I've parted with 2 K2s thinking the K1 and K3 would do everything I
need. But, the K2 is the ultimate in ham radio experiences. Once built
and debugged, that first QSO is like 1963 all over again.
72, Doug --K0DXV
On 6/9/2013 9:07 PM, EricJ wrote:
Really good points, Ron. Most ham gear from WWII and much from before
could be put on the air tonight and fit right in, particularly on CW.
I could get on the air with my 1957 Novice rig (S-85 and DX-35) and
nobody would know what I was running unless I said so. I still have my
Drake 2B receiver from the early 60's. It's not as quiet as my K2, but
it's still a very hot receiver and hears the same signals. In fact,
for sentimental reasons, if I had to sell, the K2 would go first. hi.
Not only are there lots of new technologies, virtually all of the old
technologies are still used and even more convenient. RTTY used to
take some serious money, serious time and serious devotion just to
keep things running. Now I can fire up the K2 and a computer and I'm
running RTTY without the smell of burning oil and a puddle on the
floor. OK, sorry, I miss that, but others in my house don't.
As much as I loved the "old days" of ham radio, the best years are
right here and now. New digital modes are starting to crowd out my CW
op time.
Eric
KE6US
On 6/9/2013 2:29 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Ham radio, like everything in life, is changing. For some, that may feel
like the Ham radio they knew is dying.
I hope they realize that is an illusion. Aside from spark-gap
transmitters,
everything that every was in Ham radio is still in Ham radio.
After 61 years on the air, the only difference that I find is that
Ham radio
has developed a much broader horizon of technologies and activities that
fill our spectrum.
73, Ron AC7AC
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