Hi Mike, That sounds great. I have never sent cw before, but I have been trying to prepare. Now I really need to get up to speed since my radio is nearing completion.
Thanks Mike, Ed Doyle KE7HGA Colora MD On Oct 15, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Mike Scott-7 (via Nabble) wrote: > 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:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > View message @ http://n2.nabble.com/It-s-alive-sort-of-tp3829094p3832831.html > To unsubscribe from "It's alive," sort of!, click here. > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/It-s-alive-sort-of-tp3829094p3832928.html Sent from the [KX1] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
