[TenTec] OT - Entry Level for boys

[Mike Bryce]

Ira, and the group.

the trouble was, I wasn’t making that up. 

The transmitter was all home-brew and was a huge affair that chirped, clicked and hummed. I kept trying to fix it with each OO card I’d get in the mail. 

If I remember, the most ‘cards’ in the mail for ten or so from OO’s.

Mike WB8VGE

Mike Bryce, WB8VGE
 the heathkit shop
SunLight energy systems
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> On Aug 17, 2016, at 1:34 PM, Ira Franklin via TenTec <tentec at contesting.com> wrote:
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> Hi Mike, that WAS remark gave me a big laugh. Many moons ago, when I got my novice ticket I built a Heathkit DX40 and had a BC348 (tank radio I think ) That I replaced all the caps in and built a AC power to go on dynamotor bracket. I owned the grand sum total of two crystals. One for middle of novice band on 80 and other was for 40 meter novice band at very top of band. It was actually marked 1/2 kc above band. A ham told me that was no big deal to just open case and scratch it up with a lead pencil and frequency would be moved down. Ahhh to be young, dumb and believe anything. lol Use to love calling CQ and then tune whole band hunting for a answer. That was a great crystal and I actually worked WAS on 40 with it. Then boom the sky opened up and started raining those lovely White cards. That xtal was exactly on marked freq. Thank goodness I passed general test and Dad got me a used B & W 5100 xmitter and Collins 75A1 (or 2) cant remember. So no more white bad boy qsl cards. Ira   K4YMQEM63  AlabamaHam since 1958 and still loving it. 
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