Ed, welcome to Elecraft. I wish to relate my own experience. I had been off the air for 30 years. I got the bug to return to the community. I took the tests in November 2005 and for Christmas I asked for a KX1. I built it and in January 2006 I finished. I put up a 40M inverted vee (still up and my main antenna). The acid test soon came. I was tuning around 7.040 and I heard JA3OLW call CQ. His signal was okay and I thought, why not? I returned the call and he came right back. Suke was my first QSO in 30 years on a radio that had never transmitted before. I was just as nervous as when I was a novice in 1967. The best part: I built it myself! Crikey!
Any time you wish to get on the air with whatever Morse you can bring, I am game. Mike Scott AE6WA Tarzana, CA K3/100 SN508 >first thing I found was I never installed R2x, then in a close inspection I found L10 was cracked, crikey! So I installed the missing resistor and ordered a new L10. After installing L10 this morning I was amazed to hear a signal on my radio. I have not had time for the alignment yet but I will get to it this afternoon. So I hope to get finished and on the air soon, so I can frustrate everyone with my poor morse. Another learning process. 73, Ed KE7HGA ______________________________________________________________ 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
