"You always remember your first." :-) My first DX contact as a 16-yr old Novice in August of 1970, was on 15 meter CW (rockbound of course, I still have the 3rd-overtone 7 MHz crystal) with LU2DAW, an Argentinian who turned out to be a retired railroad radio operator, who had done CW professionally for most of his life. He must have been VERY patient with my brand-new shaky 5 WPM CW fist.
I used a borrowed Knight Kit T-60 transmitter, a Hallicrafters SX-99U receiver with outboard Heathkit Q-Multiplier, a Dow-key antenna relay, and a 'horizontal' inverted vee antenna in my parent's L-shaped attic. My Morse key was a Radio Shack black plastic special, screwed to a piece of fiberboard. I treasure the QSL card to this day. 73, -- Dave, N8SBE (approaching 50 yrs licensed in 2020) ______________________________________________________________ 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]
