Re: February 2025 QST Cover Plaque Award
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Sounds like we got started about the same way. My first transmitter was HB...two tubes, 15W. The receiver was a used S40B that I got for $25 and my antenna was a 300¦¸ twin-lead dipole cut for 40M. I passed my Novice in December, 1953, but it wasn't until 1954 until my ticket arrived...I was chopping at the bit by then!
Jack, W8TEE
On Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 09:43:07 AM EDT, Tom - AJ8X via groups.io <tom.metty@...> wrote:
Jack, I couldn't help but smile when I read that you got your ARRL Life Membership in 1972, I did too. I built my novice transmitter in high school electronics shop from a QST article ... I still remember the glow of the light bulb when I dipped the plate of the 807.? I also remember buying my first spool of Copperweld from Purchase Radio Supply, RF burns from my Swan 350, phone patches from South America, solar cycle 20, and The Adventures of Carl and Jerry. Good times.
-- Jack, W8TEE
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