[TowerTalk] MY 1st Rig

[JOHN OWENS]

Joe:

Great to hear about those old rigs. My first rig in 1958 was also a Globe Scout 65A, and Receiver was a 1937 Halicrafters SX16 Super Skyrider. I have a picture of that station, but no way of attaching it to this email. I graduated to Heathkit DX-100 and Collins 75A3. 

Most of my rigs back then were war surplus gear (ARC-5 and the like). There was also a SCR-572 which I think I had on 2M. I can remember listening to the first Russian Sputnik-1 satellite on it (beep, beep). My mobile rigs then used dynamotors for B+. Great memories. -  John Owens -  N7TK



> On 03/02/2023 2:37 PM Joe Locascio via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
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> WAY BACK IN 1955 (NOVICE LICENSE - MY FIRST), MY 1ST TX WAS A WRL GLOBE SCOUT 65A; RX WAS EITHER A NATIONAL NC-88 OR HALLICRAFTERS SX-99.    IT'S JUST TOO LONG AGO TO REMEMBER FOR SURE.....I LATER ON HAD A DRAKE 4B-LINE THAT I GOT WHILE IN KH6 IN '70.- GREAT RIG, TOO.  LONG AFTER an SR-150, CE10A & 20A, SW-400. & SX-101 (MK III); ONE OF MY EARLY RIGS TOO WAS AN HT-37; TERRIBLE TX - AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED!!!  TODAY, I AM VERY HAPPY WITH MY SDR (FLEX 6700)
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> Joe K5KT
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