I was first licensed in 1952 and spent my senior year in HS using the modified ARC-5 transmitter and Hallicrafters S-40 receiver in the HS radio club room - W2CLE, allegedly the oldest HS radio club in the US (1912).
My next excursion into HF was the pair of Hallicrafters SX-101A and HT-32B that I used from 1965 through mid-1967 when I was 4X4UQ in Israel. 55 countries (the easy ones, of course) over 28 months Nice to be DX for a change. Returning to the 'States in 1967, went back on 40 meters for about 3 years, then sold those rigs because my main activity was VHF/UHF and didn't get back on HF until I got the K2 in 2006. Because of my degraded close-up eyesight (monocular), I couldn't build it myself, but a local ham friend did it for me. Fully loaded K2 of course for working HF 'phone and digital modes. If I had known and waited another year or so I could have had a K3 but that's another story. I couldn't put up any decent HF antenna after moving to this ground-floor apartment 5 years ago, so the K2 sits "ready to go" connected to a short end-fed wire antenna - not a very effective radiator. Except for contests, I don't hear anything. But I can hope. ---- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
