[TenTec] Just an observation, Field Day in Hawaii

[John]

Rick,

I built the 3A and still have it.  I probably ought to go through it 
again. Who knows what shape some of those caps are?  One of those things 
in the garage I have trouble removing.

John / WA1JG

On 7/1/2012 4:25 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Yes, we owe a lot to Bell labs.
> In 1958 I built my first crystal set, and in 1959 I added a single
> transistor audio amp to it.
> A few days later a 59+ 200dB signal blew the headphones off my head.
> It was a ham who lived about 100' away from me.  He was working AM of
> course.
> I had never heard of ham radio before.
> I removed the antenna, disabled the amp and copied him on the crystal set.
> Eventually he said his address, so I looked him up and got bitten myself...
>
> I remember the guy's name but not his call sign.
> He held my hand as I built my Heathkit AR3 receiver.
> Then I "borrowed" a cake pan from my mom's kitchen and built a 1-tube CW
> transmitter inside of it.
> I taught myself Morse code and was soon pounding brass.
>
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of donhall161
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 9:14 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Just an observation, Field Day in Hawaii
>
> 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.
>
> 73  Don  K5AQ
>
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