I would love to go back to 1955, Wayne, using homebrew equipment, when I was first licensed (as G3KEP) and we used condensers instead of capacitors.
Even in 2000 when I built my first K2 MoJo, I only had to press the key and got a pileup calling me. Nowadays, with the advent of PLT, CFL & LED lamps and switched mode PSUs, I have an S9 noise level. So signals have to be over S9 for me to work them. Still, that should be OK for contests when every signal is 5NN ;-) 73 de David G4DMP In a recent message, "Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com [KX3]" <kx3-nore...@yahoogroups.com> writes >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 would’ve gone nuts for a KX2 back in those days. -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | David M Pratt, Kippax, Leeds. | | Website: http://www.g4dmp.co.uk | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + ______________________________________________________________ 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
