Subj : HAM
To : Richard Brumbaugh
From : Roy Witt
Date : Sun Jun 04 2000 01:03 am
Hello Richard.
02 Jun 00 18:32, you wrote to me:
RW>> Very true. Not many who build these days.
RB> It's a shame too. I remember building the HBR-14, a 14 tube dual
RB> conversion ham receiver from 1957 QST. I could go right down to my
RB> local Ham store (Radio, Inc) and buy any or all the parts it used.
Long about then there were also some kit suppliers, but not anymore. I
built stereo kits from Allied Radio in Chicago during that time.
RB> Not any more. The store is still there but went out of the ham parts
RB> and ham business years ago. I don't know just what electronics they
RB> sell now.
Allied Radio is gone too. The small town I grew up in didn't have any
such thing, but I do remember my uncle building ham radios and recording
on 78rpm records. Don't know where he got the parts, as most of those
things were in Chicago.
RB> I'm still using my Heathkit HX-1681 CW xmtr and matching
RB> HR-1680 rcvr I built in 1983. Also built the HW-101 then but
RB> couldn't get used to sending and receiving from the same box.
The Heath 'lunchbox' was the first thing I ever operated on the air.
PM>> Maybe its time to fire up your old boatanchors as an indication of
PM>> ownership of the HF amateur bands!
RW>> Perhaps so. I un-boxed my 520 from storage about a year ago, but
RW>> haven't listened to it since.
RB> Isn't that 520 one of the most modern rigs, hi, hi.
I bought it new in 1977. Can't say that it's 'the' most modern rig, but
it is a nice one and is a lot better than the Swan 750 it replaced. After
nearly 10 years in storage, the tuner made noise as you tuned across the
bands, so I took it apart and cleaned everything in the radio. Found a
ton of dirt in it from days gone by.
... Happiness is a warm valve......!!!
--- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000
* Origin: KB6PI's Cantina * Santa Ysabel, CA (1:10/22)