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Anything............ A lesson of love for amateur radio Congratulations 73, Franco PY1EPU - GG87kd PY4EPU - GG88p0 Member: CWSP - LABRE RJ - ARRL - SKCC - SIDESWIPER ( SSN ) FISTS CW Club - The International Morse Preservation Society Collins Collectors Association - Drake Collectors Association. North American QRP CW Club (NAQCC) - New England QRP Club ( NEQRP) Vibroplex Collectors Association - Essex CW Amateur Radio Club (ECWARC) Amateur Radio Moonbounce Communications - 144 Mhz (Earth - Moon - Earth) ======================================================================== -----Mensagem original----- De: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] Em nome de john Enviada em: quarta-feira, 20 de janeiro de 2016 09:49 Para: topband@contesting.com Assunto: Re: Topband: 79th Anniversary of my 1st Ham License congrats Paul, one of the true pioneers of ham radio,,geeezzz I was not even born till 1941. Many years to come :-) 73 john w8wej On 1/20/2016 6:35 AM, Paul Elliott wrote: > My first ham license was dated January 19, 1937. I was 14 years old, a > sophomore in high school in Kingsville, Texas. Parts from defunct > Atwater Kent AM receivers (all radios in those days were AM-no FM yet) > to build a two tube (types 57 and 56) regenerative receiver and a TNT > (type 45 tube) transmitter-all 40 meters. Key was a broken off piece > of hacksaw blade mounted on a piece of 1x4 pine board. The Brandes > earphones had external connectors with the full plate voltage (about > 100 vdc) of the receiver on them. Antenna was a piece of wire going > out the window to a tree-highest point about 15 feet. The ratio of > QSOs to stations called was not very great-but it was not zero. > > My first ever DX contact was in August 1937 with VK2SS on 40m CW. A > WAG is that I probably was running about 5 watts-was using a dial lamp > to measure > (?) input current. His QSL is in its own special frame hanging on my wall. > > QTH for the past 25 years has been a 120x120 foot lot, electrically > quite noisy, in Hobbs NM. Two wire transmitting antennas.. An > inverted L, about > 3/8 wavelength on 160m, fed against what radials I could put down. > Feedline is 100 feet or so of 1" hardline. Using a homebrew tuner in > the shack this antenna is used on all 9 HF bands. The other is a 60 > foot slanted dipole, with open wire feedline and its own tuner. It is used on 40m thru 10m. > Receiving antennas are two Ewes and a 100 foot wire two feet off the > ground next to a concrete block fence. This piece of wire is a > surprisingly good receiving antenna sometimes. > > About 20 years ago I started working on a WAS on 160 m. After that I > started chasing DX. Most of my operation is on CW but will use phone > when necessary. > > Presently have 186 countries confirmed on 160 m, have 325 on160m thru 10m. > > Time and life have taken their toll. It used to be CW at 35-40wpm. > Declining finger dexterity limits me to about 25 wpm while transmitting. > Time constants in the brain limit receiving to about the same range as > sending. At higher speeds I can still hear letters clearly-but they > don't melt together to make words. Really simple, though-a man goes > with what he has. > > My thanks to those on this forum who have been very kind to me over > the years. Your kindness and expertise are not forgotten. > > 73 Paul W5DM ves - http://www.contesting.com/_topband --- Este email foi escaneado pelo Avast antivĂrus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband