[TenTec] Guess what happened when I was in the Navy

[W8BVH]

Hi Joe,
I'm interested in your story. I was in the Navy '61' during the Cuban 
Crisis.
Ralph Howes
W8BVH



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Papworth via TenTec" <tentec at contesting.com>
To: <n3wm at yahoo.com>; <tentec at contesting.com>
Cc: <K8mp at aol.com>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Guess what happened when I was in the Navy


> Bill,
> I have a great "Guess what happened while I was away in the Navy" story.
> Too long for here.
> Anyone who wants to read it, drop me a line. ( _k8mp at aol.com_
> (mailto:k8mp at aol.com)  )
> Joe, K8MP
>
>
>
> In a message dated 8/21/2016 9:24:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> tentec at contesting.com writes:
>
> Guys...good to hear Cousin Bruce is still on the air..use to listen  to 
> him
> on an old Pilot BC/Shortwave receiver with a 12 inch speaker hi hi
> I  started out with a Knight Kit Star Roamer and DX20 to a inverted
> vee...moved  up to a BW5100 and SX99...do remember the B&W5100 had low 
> drive on 10
> meters...what a bear....I have a picture of that set up on QRZ.COM
>
> I  had left for the Navy after graduation June 1967 ..Great Lakes for boot
> camp...came home after boot camp and had a "pink slip" from the FCC....TVI
> complaint from a neighbor.....dated at the time  I was away....can't win
> hi hi
> 73's
> Bill N3WM
>
>
>
>
> From: Duane  Calvin <ac5aa1 at gmail.com>
> To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'  <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 8:38  PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re [Ten Tec}OT - Entry Level for  Boys
>
> Used mine to listen to WABC, 770 kc, Cousin Bruce in  NYC playing all the 
> R
> 'n' R hits of the early 60's.  Cousin Bruce is  now on SiriusXM spinning 
> the
> oldies on weekday evenings these days for a  national audience!
>
> 73, Duane
>
> Duane Calvin,  AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
> ac5aa at ac5aa.com
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf  Of Joe
> Papworth via TenTec
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 7:11 PM
> To:  tentec at contesting.com
> Cc: K8mp at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re [Ten  Tec}OT - Entry Level for Boys
>
>
> I built a GR-91 too Duane. Yep, it  was  horrible, but I guess you get 
> what
> you pay for. HI HI I used mine  as an  outboard BFO for the floor model
> Zenith.
> Joe,  K8MP
>
>
> In a message dated 8/19/2016 5:37:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,
> ac5aa1 at gmail.com writes:
>
> OK, one  more.  When  I started out as WN2HDS in 1963, I was using a Heath
> GR-91  (terrible  RX), and a built-from the Handbook 30W 6DQ6B oscillator.
> QSO's  were  very few and far between.  Worked all summer mowing lawns 
> to
> purchase and build a Knight-Kit R-100A with Q-Multiplier and   S-Meter. 
> Now
> THAT was a receiver (compared to the Heath)....   It  didn't help that I
> ordered a 7175 kc  40m crystal - yep,  right  on top of Radio Moscow. 
> Ouch!
>
> 73,   Duane
>
>
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