Al, I have similar regrets about my first transmitter - the 5763/6146 transmitter that was in the ARRL Hnadbook for 1955 and 1956. It too was cannibalized for parts at a later time, and I have often considered building another from scratch, but now cannot find all the required parts at a price I am willing to pay.
And too, I sometimes think about the current value of all those ARC-5 radios that I was able to buy for $5 to $10 back then - they were great parts resources at that time - if I had left them intact, I could have a nice fortune now. Nostalgia is 'catchy', and hindsight is always 20-20 vision. 73, Don W3FPR Alan Bloom wrote: > On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 16:56 -0800, eric norris wrote: > > >> My biggest regret as a ham is selling the Heathkit HW-16 and HW-101 I built >> in my youth--to buy a used TS-520. It makes me sick thinking about it. >> > > My biggest regret is that I no longer have my first homebrew project, a > one-tube (6U8A) regenerative short wave receiver built from an article > in Popular Electronics magazine back when I was in high school in 1967. > It worked great until I cannibalized it for parts. :=( > > Al N1AL > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
