[TenTec] Just an observation, Field Day in Hawaii

[Richards]

Good story, Don...  and I WILL just take the plunge soon.

My wife calls me Mr. Overkill because I tend to research stuff a long 
time ahead of doing it... I researched ham transceivers for months 
before buying one.  On the other hand, I have been known to buy a car 
for cash on the spot, without ever lifting the hood, knowing horsepower 
or compression or torque or etc., and just buying because  1) it looked 
good, and 2) was fun to drive.  Go figure.  Nevertheless I rarely have 
buyer's remorse because I researched it to death before buying.

She calls me Mr. Overkill because if a nail will hold it, I use two 
screws and some glue.

Thanks for the push.   It helps.   I still have some letters and numbers 
to learn before I go live, but it is coming along better than my Xteen 
previous false starts.

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On 7/1/2012 3:14 PM, donhall161 wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Even dating myself more, I worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1953 to
> 1956(with a time-out for the Signal Corps). Had the fun of designing a
> circuit using a point-contact transistor then managing to blow up the first
> junction one in our lab by putting a lantern battery power supply across the
> base-emitter diode in the wrong direction.
>
> Lots of water under the bridge, but still enjoy CW and wanted to encourage
> James to take a deep breath and jump into the pool.
>
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