Ham Operators on here?
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From: Summit, NJ
Originally Posted by matt77F2504x4
1970f2504x4, man you said it! i enjoy tinkering with the things almost more than talking on them. just picked up a Knight Safari 1 23 ch. tube type cb. should be fun to restore. anyone remember knightkit?
i swear, sometimes this hobby is like Legos; as soon as you finish building it, you want to take it all apart again and build something else.
i swear, sometimes this hobby is like Legos; as soon as you finish building it, you want to take it all apart again and build something else.
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Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Southern MD
My Dad wanted me to be a Ham soooooooooo badly.
I got a "Heath Kit" radio and built it, back in '67. Listened to 80 meter and 40 meter band til all hours of the night.
Built a practice key kit. Just couldn't get code. Too many other things to study at 13, for me.
I became one of those guys that would listen all night, and just couldn't get code. I told Dad that there were too many dots and dashes to keep up.
At the time (may still be) 5 wpm transmit and receive for Novice. I could transmit 6 wpm, but only 4 wpm receive. No ticket.
Was good in electronics in school. Then transistors came into the picture.
Just call me a dinosaur. Tubes.
Does the 11 meter band (CB) count???? Ha! (Haven't had one of those in centuries, either.)
I got a "Heath Kit" radio and built it, back in '67. Listened to 80 meter and 40 meter band til all hours of the night.
Built a practice key kit. Just couldn't get code. Too many other things to study at 13, for me.
I became one of those guys that would listen all night, and just couldn't get code. I told Dad that there were too many dots and dashes to keep up.
At the time (may still be) 5 wpm transmit and receive for Novice. I could transmit 6 wpm, but only 4 wpm receive. No ticket.
Was good in electronics in school. Then transistors came into the picture.
Just call me a dinosaur. Tubes.
Does the 11 meter band (CB) count???? Ha! (Haven't had one of those in centuries, either.)
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Northwest Indiana
Originally Posted by matt77F2504x4
just picked up a Knight Safari 1 23 ch. tube type cb. should be fun to restore. anyone remember knightkit?
Anybody remember the Johnson CB's? Kicking up the plate voltage on the output?
WMMO AM radio in Whiting Indiana?
Master Control?
...nah
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Too Funny,
I copied code for the Air Force. I got my Samual B. Morse award for coping 22 wpm...
I can copy numbers at 30 wpm... I've never tried to get a Ham LIcense before. I'm not big on testing...
Its good to see this many people interested in Code...
Big MIck
I copied code for the Air Force. I got my Samual B. Morse award for coping 22 wpm...
I can copy numbers at 30 wpm... I've never tried to get a Ham LIcense before. I'm not big on testing...
Its good to see this many people interested in Code...
Big MIck
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