Wow, Walt. Those KLM beams were a bear to assemble, though. A million
little parts, I think.
There is a guy in our group who has owned a ton of radios. I think he's had
thirteen Icom 746's, for example. I was telling them today I can count the
number of HF rigs I've owned on two hands.
I started with the Heath GR-91 receiver and a DX-35 65-waqtt crystal
controlled rig. I upgraded the receiver to a NC-300, which I kept for
fifteen years.
When I got my Conditional, I got a Viking Invader which ran about 200 watts
PEP and 150 on CW, 50 on AM with 6146 finals.
After five years, I got my Hallicrafters SR-400A and in 1976 I got a TS-820,
which was my fourth transmitter.
In 1981 when I moved out West, I got a TS-830. Then, in 1986, I traded both
of them in for an IC-751A, which I still have. I bought another TS-820S in
1989 as a backup. Then, I bought a TS-2000, which is my current rig. I
think I still have a couple fingers left, so a dream rig would be a 756PRO
III.
Steve, K8SP
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