yes, being southern CA, cold was a quite different experience than MA. we
would never get more than cool even though the shack, a metal penthouse, was
not insulated. the Henry amp kept it quite nice.
since Hughes had a strict no alcohol policy, smuggling a 807 or two in was
risky business.
forgot to mention another contest character who is still around - NW6S
Jim
N1NK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bud Hippisley, K2KIR" <k2kir@telenet.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 18:04 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Log Periodics for 40 through 10?
> At 05:38 PM 2003-10-24, Jim Spears wrote:
> >actually the log periodic at Hughes Fullerton was the Collins military
one.
> >big monster.
> >Biggest problem of all with contesting was that the trip to the head took
> >one halfway across the building roof, down the stairs, and partway back
down
> >a hall way to the head. not many creature comforts.
>
> Jim's comment made me chuckle. Years ago (50s), the MIT club station
(W11MX) was in a Quonset hut on the westernmost end of the campus, separated
from the nearest "real" buildings by athletic fields. Contests were a bear,
partly because it was a quarter-mile each way to the bathrooms in the
nearest dorm, and partly because there was no heat in the building except
that generated by the 304TLs in the amplifier cage. (I suspect it gets a
bit colder in Cambridge than in Fullerton.) January CD Parties were
especially tough.....
>
> Bud, K2KIR
>
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