I remember working western Europe on six in the mid 50s. Using a homebrew three element E.M.T. beam ( yes E.M.T. Could not afford aluminum!!) The rcvr was an old BC radio with a six meter converter and a modified Globe Scout transmitter (see my QRZ page.).
AHH the good old days. 73 Joe k2UF -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:52 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Craziest / most rewarding QSOs You should have been a teen in the run-up to Cycle 19 in the 50's, Wayne. I can't imagine what a K<anything> could have done. Our prehistoric gear was actually doing amazing things then. Other than Field Day, field operations, SOTA, Parks, IOTA and the like hadn't been invented. HF mobile was big, VHF FM and repeaters hadn't been invented either. Unfortunately, I believed "This is just how it will always be." 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 9/13/2018 5:45 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > 15 meters never fails to amaze me. > > During a recent bout of paper log archaeology, I rediscovered a QSO I logged as a teen, in 1972. I was just minding my own business, tuning up using a Heath DX-20 driving 3 feet of coax to a 40 W incandescent bulb. Then a guy in Illinois called me.... > > Some years later I was using a home-brew rig (the Safari 4) while visiting my Mom in Arizona. The battery was nearly depleted, the rig putting out only 200 mW. The antenna: 8 feet of wire running directly from the rig through a window to a clothesline. Tuning slowly, I heard a CQ from Rwanda (9X5). I called him and got a QRZ? With a *lot* of patience on his end, we completed a basic QSO. No computer, no narrow filtering, no noise blanker. > > I wouldve gone nuts for a KX2 back in those days. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to j...@k2uf.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
