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Let me be the absolute very first to suggest Google.
I just suffer from twisted humor.Morse code for "Google" ? hehe. Ron, actually you weren't the first to suggest it.
Hi Bob and All
Actually I got my first novice ticket in 1963 at age 13. My first receiver was a hand me down National NC 173 (a great receiver for the day) and my first transmitters were WWII surplus ARC5 command sets for the various bands. Back then a novice could only work phone on 6 and 2 meters and there were no repeaters. I finally got my hands on a pair of Heathkit "Lunch Box" transceivers for 6 and 2 meters. My first real commercial transmitter was a Heathkit DX40, wow on that note. Growing up in NYC I had great access to WWII and Korean War military surplus and worked weekends for a guy in the business so I worked and took my pay in trade for surplus electronics. I could earn about $15 for a 12 hour Saturday and an ARC5 ran about 5 bucks. The DX40 ran me $25 which was big money for me at the time. There were many evenings of -. -. --.- from those old rigs. My walls in the shack were plastered with QSL cards. Oh yeah, thank God for trees and dipoles as the then magic Tri-Banders sort of exceeded my budget..
73's
Ron
When I was in the Army in 1954 we serviced the ANGRC-26 vans.Looking at Ham Radio today so much has changed. I knew the code was eliminated but now guys have so much more, not to mention working higher frequencies only dreamed of when I was a kid. When I retire in a few years I plan to get back into the hobby that I enjoyed so much as a kid. I actually have an old Korean War era Collins made R392 receiver, similar to the old and great Collins 390 receiver. Probably been 5 years or more since I fired that unit up but using a wet noodle for an antenna it worked real well. Yeah, I see some nice new stuff in my retired future.
73's
Ron
I know a guy who's wanting to sell his old receiver, I think it's an R52? - ex-WWII Jeeps - he bought it new and crated, along with the power supply converter and a set of spare valves many years ago.
Actually I got my first novice ticket in 1963 at age 13.
Then again, amateur radio is obsolete too. Why would anyone get a radio transmitter to communicate anymore? Everyone has a mobile cellular phone.
One interesting fact is who co-invented spread spectrum..
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Spread spectrum communications is still cutting edge, and there are many low data rate high reliability modes which have been developed over the past decade.
New modes and protocols are being developed all the time.
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