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Hey Bill,
Welcome aboard! I remember those Drake TR-22C's. I think the original
TR-22 had six channels and the 22C had twelve. Amazing how large that rig
was when compared to today's handitalkies. I remember walking around the
university with that rig hanging on my chest with the 19-inch whip up in the
air.
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From: "bill Deatherage" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: back on the list again
> Hi Howard,
> Thanks for the welcome, I almost said thanks for the QSo. When I first got
> on I was a tech. my first radio was a Drake TR22 C I think. that was
> back
> in the 70's. it was a crystal rig, I think they called them rock bound. I
> might be wrong about that. I later moved to a moble home where I had a 10
> meter antenna and the sun spot cycle was in my favor. I later upgraded to
> a
> general class liscense and I got a Kenwood. TS 440 I think it was. that
> was
> a wonderful radio. I really enjoyed working 40 meters. I have tried
> recently to work some on 2 meters and some on 440 but haven't found to
> much
> going on. I now live in an apartment. so I am quite restricted. also,
> back in the days of doss, I was using a speech program called ASAP. it had
> a
> built in feature called ham calls I think it was. I had a t&c hooked from
> my computer to my radio where I worked some RTTY. That was a lot of fun
> to
> be able to do that. I am looking forward to trying some of the new
> opsions.
> I will have to admit I have a lot to learn.
> well, again, thanks for the welcome.
> Bill Deatherage
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