Let the rest of us "Ham's" know what you purchased with your $2000.00. This way we can salivate a little.
73's
Bernie KD2JYU
Collins was the box everyone wanted. Now they're like vintage guitars ~ $1,500 on EBay
El Dorado Netwo wrote:Collins was the box everyone wanted. Now they're like vintage guitars ~ $1,500 on EBay
Lol..sounds like me except doubt I'd bring $1500 if even wanted.
Saw that on EBay......wow! Don't see tranceivers though. Doubt many people left to tune them plus the vacuum tubes. Also they did have spurious frequencies on transmit so maybe gov banned them. They could punch through even hurricanes though. :smileyhappy:
EDIT: OK, did some more brain refreshing since so long ago. Maybe never a tranceiver but seperate units even on military side. Now that I think about it was two different boxes. Just remember working on the transmitter more. Shoot, been 37 years since I worked on them, give me a break. :smileyhappy:
I always wanted one of those.
That, or one of those georgeous, green Heathkit boxes.
While some of my buddies were (air quotes) "reading" Playboy, I was drooling over the latest HeathKit Catalog:
That was nirvana. Unfortunately, at 12 years old in the sixties, I didn't have a job, or the money to buy one.
I used to have that exact Heathkit!
I started with a "Star Roamer" receiver kit first.
I had my Novice license and was ready for the General but couldn't quite get my code speed up to it.
NOW I understand the license is for life >:(
I feel ripped off.
Those were fun days though.
Don :)
Dang, Heathkit what a techie nerd time that was. A bag of parts, boards, solder and time. Ended up with a piece of working electronics if done right. A few radios, oscilloscope, multimeter and TV here.
The nerd kids are doing drones and robots these days. Good on them. Just was a bit different when you had to build the board instead of just hooking it up. Time marches on.
I used to have that exact Heathkit! KB4DVI
I started with a "Star Roamer" receiver kit first.
I had my Novice license and was ready for the General but couldn't quite get my code speed up to it.
NOW I understand the license is for life >:(
I feel ripped off.
Those were fun days though.
Don :)
Hi Don,
I was WA6ZHL.
It's never too late. Especially with all the natural disasters lately, Ham Radio may come in handy when all the cell phones and land lines go down.
Yeah, Morse code. To me, that was about one step up from learning smoke signals. Still working through the Extra Class questions. Once I get to about 85% to 90%, I'm going for the real thing. (Takes min. 74% to pass, meaning you just have to be "average")
