I started with a DX35 and Collins 75A4, but my favorite vintage rig 
is the Drake 4 line I had in the mid to late sixties throughout the seventies.
My favorite modern rig is my current ts590! Maybe you and I can try 
it again Barb on CW.


Curtis Delzer.
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San Bernardino, CA.

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At 03:53 AM 04/26/13, you wrote:
>Our rig was the dx100 and it served us well for years.
>
>Barb K1EIR
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
>Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 12:45 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Old Gear
>
>Hearing that BC-348 mentioned brought back my novice days because that =
>was my only receiver.  The transmitter was a DX20 and I had a 100 foot =
>long wire with no tuner.  One day I took my DX20 to a friend's house who =
>owned a very expensive watt meter.  It was putting out 9.5 watts so he =
>had a new, never been used, 6l6, I think it was, and we plugged that new =
>tube in and the meter still read, 9.5 watts output.  I worked 29 states =
>on 80 and 40 with that rig before I put up inverted vees for 80 and 40 =
>and got the Viking ranger one.  Had 41 states on those two bands in 6 =
>months before I passed the general.  I never had so much fun in my life =
>back then.
>
>Phil.
>K0NX