Barry
Thank you for that little story.... My very first 6M antenna was a Saturn 6
planted on a 5 foot mast clamped to a bathroom vent on the roof... all of 15
feet up... Almost as high as the 20M dipole I was using at the time.
My elmer, WA2CQy, had one on his FIAT... along with an ungodly collection of
boxes that he used to work 6M mobile.
It wasn't a DX pile buster by any means. Even so, I managed to work a bunch
of states on 6M AM using a Clegg 99er with an L-C circuit "vfo" I built to
replace the crystal. It worked pretty well. I do remember having to stuff
that box with Kleenex to avoid FMing from even the most minor vibration on the
shack table.
It kept me happy as a 13 year old kid in 1963 - even though I slobbered over
the Clegg Thor and Clegg Apollo adds... Any maybe just maybe someday, having
a BEAM!!! WOW!!
At 50 cents a week allowance, I think I might just now be able to buy them!
Ooooopps... Clegg is long gone. Same for Saturn. Come to think of it,
maybe collectors on E-bay are bidding Thors past where I can afford them yet
again!!
Anyway, thank you again for the happy memories.
Bill
K2EK
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