Yeah, and do any of you guys remember the Knight T60 xmtr? What was the 
receiver in that line, I forgot.
Curtis Delzer
W B 6 H E F
Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lowell Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: Rip Van Winkle link collection


Well, I also started with a Heath AT1 and a S38C receiver.
Yes, it was crystal controled; I had one for 40 mtr and one for 80 mtr.
I received my license in March of 1954; call of WN8QIY.
It was a 1 year ticket but I moved up in about 9 months.
I enjoy ham radio today as much as I did then!
73
Lowell  W8QIY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:04 PM
Subject: Fw: Rip Van Winkle link collection


> Yes Mark there is some of us old timers still around.  I started with a
> Heath A T one back in 59 and used the rocks as a novice.  I enjoyed those
> days a lot.
> I think it was 62 or 63 when I got my extra ticket.  Things sure have
> changed.  Ed K7UC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:14 PM
> Subject: Rip Van Winkle link collection
>
>
>> I've been inactive for many years and have been on and off this list so
>> I will admit to having to play catch up with the hobby.
>>
>> There are probably more extensive collections of web links, but I will
>> ask you to visit
>> http://www.senk.org/radio/
>>
>> And offer suggestions that would be helpful to the potential radio
>> amateur or to guys like me who feel like Rip Van Winkle.
>>
>> I was just telling a friend that I actually had to demonstrate my
>> ability to receive and send Morse with a straight key  before a FCC
>> employee.  He was Joe Welsh, K3CT (code test) at the Valley Forge office
>> in 1978. =20
>>
>> Anyone else on this list remember when Novices had to use crystals
>> instead of VFO's?
>>
>> Mark =3D WB3CAI=20
>> Voicemail 412.567.7736
>>
>>