Our local library has a huge donation box for books and magazines just
inside the front door. I don't even ask if they want them :-). I just
toss my QSTs and CQs in the box and hope for the best - that they will get
to someone who will read them.
Steve, N4EUK
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:32 PM, J
It's an excellent idea. When I go to the doctor or dentist, I'd swear
that he saw only women and children as patients.
I hate to recycle ham magazines, but no one wants them; not the library
or the local club, which had to call a halt to donations after getting a
dozen or more each month.
N
In 1963, I ran QRP with a homebrew ('62 handbook) single tube
transmitter on 40 meters with a Lafayette HE-10 receiver. Antenna
change over was a knife switch. The K2 is now the finest example of a
QRP radio I could possibly imagine. Perhaps now eclipsed by the KX-3.
I've parted with 2 K2s
ubject: Re: [Elecraft] Has the KX3 rescued Ham radio?
A few years back, someone posted a suggestion to help spread the word about
our hobby. Take old copies of your amateur radio periodicals and drop them
off in the waiting rooms of your health care providers, car care centers,
state license of
craft] Has the KX3 rescued Ham radio?
My experience has been similar to yours, Dan. Off the air since 1967, I
became licensed again April 1, 2013, bought a KX3 with all the trimmin's,
and am now proud to be a part of the Elecraft community.
Ham radio didn't die between 1967 and 2013.
Really good points, Ron. Most ham gear from WWII and much from before
could be put on the air tonight and fit right in, particularly on CW. I
could get on the air with my 1957 Novice rig (S-85 and DX-35) and nobody
would know what I was running unless I said so. I still have my Drake 2B
recei
net"
Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2013 9:58 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Has the KX3 rescued Ham radio?
So, to be fair, I was one of those gear hungry hams. I had outfitted my shack
with every toy and gadget I could fit into my refitted closet. Then over the
years I noticed that I was losing inter
Ham radio, like everything in life, is changing. For some, that may feel
like the Ham radio they knew is dying.
I hope they realize that is an illusion. Aside from spark-gap transmitters,
everything that every was in Ham radio is still in Ham radio.
After 61 years on the air, the only differenc
ub. Join the ARRL. Participate in high-profile community services that
involve amateur radio. Become involved.
Thank you for your revival in interest and your post.
Hop - AC8NS
- Original Message -
From: "Dan McCoy"
To:
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 12:58 PM
Subject: [Elecr
hardware issues, firmware and the like.)
He almost got into Ham Radio back in the 70's..but the Heathkit robotics kit
caught him...
- Original Message -
From: "Brendon Whateley"
To: "David Gilbert"
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft]
[Elecraft] Has the KX3 rescued Ham radio?
>
> I keep seeing this doom and gloom outlook from current hams. It is
> unfortunate, because it gives a negative energy to those contemplating Ham
> radio as a hobby. The truth is that we have more licensed hams than at any
> other tim
I keep seeing this doom and gloom outlook from current hams. It is
unfortunate, because it gives a negative energy to those contemplating Ham
radio as a hobby. The truth is that we have more licensed hams than at any
other time. We even have a good number of young hams -- including my 12 year
Based on the number if times "I" appears in the text of the OP's post I believe
it saved ham radio for him.
That's a good thing - I'm happy for him.
73,
Bob
AC2FA
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On Jun 9, 2013, at 14:28, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> By all accounts the KX3 is a terrific radio (I own only
By all accounts the KX3 is a terrific radio (I own only a K1 and a K3),
but claiming that it will "save ham radio" is a pretty unwarranted
stretch. Revitalizing your particular interest is not at all the same
as capturing the interest of someone young enough to significantly
outlive us. If
I thought the same thing back when Wayne designed and offered for sale the
Norcal 40A back in the pre-Elecraft epoch. That small blue box is still one of
my all-time favorite rigs for all the reasons you like the KX3!
John Harper
http://www.ae5x.com/blog
>It forces us (ok, gently) to go back
Sounds like it rescued -your- interest in the hobby, not the hobby itself.
Amateur Radio has been alive and well right along, thank you.
Have fun!
Bruce
N1RX
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So, to be fair, I was one of those gear hungry hams. I had outfitted my shack
with every toy and gadget I could fit into my refitted closet. Then over the
years I noticed that I was losing interest...first code, then data...and to be
frank there was just nothing "new" and the hobby started to l
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