I once got a QSL card when my car had a QSO with another car via APRS. I’ll try to dig out the card and quote from it, pretty funny stuff! 73 de Carl, not his car! ;-)
Sent from my iPhone =========================== Carl Jón Denbow, N8VZ 17 Coventry Lane Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 c...@n8vz.com www.n8vz.com EM89wh IRLP 4533 Echolink 116070 PSK and JT65 Forever! =========================== > On Sep 15, 2018, at 12:43 AM, Bob Nielsen, N7XY <n...@n7xy.net> wrote: > > It's been quite a while, but Henry Radio was on Olympic Boulevard at that > time, not Century. I visited there many times. > > Bob, N7XY > > >> On 9/14/18 8:38 PM, Robert Friess wrote: >> I received my Novice license in 1953 at the age of 11. I had a NC101X >> receiver that my dad bought for me at Henry Radio on Century Blvd in LA for >> $60. While waiting for what seemed like decades for my license to arrive, >> I built a 6AG7 crystal oscillator for my transmitter. I had one crystal >> at 7085. My license finally arrived and I was officially KN6HMO. I called >> CQ endlessly and no one answered. I set up schedules with a few locals a >> few miles away and they heard me, but no one else. A few weeks later >> someone gave me a 815 dual tetrode. I went through my junk box and found >> enough parts to build an amplifier. I tested it by listening on my >> receiver to make sure that the output was tuned to 40 and not some >> harmonic. The sun went down and I started sending CQ. A station in Texas >> returned my call. It was a thrill that hasn't been repeated in the >> following 65 years. >> >> Bob, N6CM >> >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 6:29 PM Alan James alanmja...@yahoo.com [KX3] < >> kx3-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> I think it was Winston Churchill. >>> >>> Alan KZ6B >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* "Charles Powell doctor...@yahoo.com [KX3]" < >>> kx3-nore...@yahoogroups.com> >>> *To:* Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> >>> *Cc:* Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; KX3 <k...@yahoogroups.com> >>> *Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2018 3:37 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: [KX3] Great QSOs, 21st century >>> >>> >>> Well, S0 noise can be frightening because it makes one think the front end >>> has gone out on the radio. But then I’m always duped when the first CW >>> signal comes in and blasts my ears out. >>> >>> Today: SFI=69 and SN=0 (yes ZERO), but NEVER let that keep you off the >>> air. I had some time this afternoon and managed to work Germany and France >>> with 5 watts. Had it not been for QRM, I would have had a nice rag chew >>> with France. Unfortunately the QRM kept stepping on my signal (I could >>> hear him as well.) >>> >>> Other stations heard today include OJ0DX (Market Reef) and Kuwait. Had >>> the other stations been a little more patient, I’m sure I could have worked >>> both. I guess they thought they weren’t making enough contacts and moved >>> on to other bands/modes. >>> >>> Never give up! Never say die! (Who knows the movie quote?) >>> >>> 72, >>> >>> Charles - NK8O >>> >>> On Sep 14, 2018, at 2:46 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com [KX3] < >>> kx3-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> Wow! Thanks for the nostalgic RF trip, everyone. Seriously...great stories. >>> >>> >>> Moving forward in time a bit, I wanted to note that RF miracles continue >>> to happen every day. (Well, most weekends in my case.) Last Saturday’s >>> physics-be-damned results: several solid SSB QSOs on 20 and 17 meters all >>> over the country, including KH6, with a prototype AX1 dual-band whip and a >>> KX2 used HT style. >>> >>> What I need is an alarm app for my iPhone that tells me that HF conditions >>> are hot and it’s time to get out of the shack. Ring tone of choice: first >>> four bars of “Born to be Wild”. >>> >>> Is it just me, or is there something life-changing about a noise level of >>> S0? 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