Got you on the list, Butch.

P.S.  For those of you who haven't yet caught the second podcast on 
emergency communications, it is really awesome.  Talks a lot about the role 
of hams in the recent tornado event in Joplin, MO.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Ham Nation Idea


Put me down as well, I got my general back in 68 and have been active
since then.  I called cq once on phone down in the cw band and wondered
why no one would answer me, called for about ten minutes.  I figured I'd
hear from fcc, but never did.
Back when we counted the turns of the knob from a hundred kc calibrator.

73
Butch
WA0VJR

On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, tom behler wrote:

>    Sounds fine to me, Howard!
>
> I'll put you on my list of possible participants.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 3:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Ham Nation Idea
>
>
> Sure, I don't know what I'd have to add of interest or value.  Stories 
> about
> understanding tube transmitters by groping the inside of a Johnson 
> Valiant?
> Tuning a radio by pressing my ear to the cabinet and listening for the dip
> in power supply hum?
> Reaching inside the front panel of a heath kit tx1 to tune the final
> capacitor?  Those aluminum belts broke you know.
> Having two tables, one for the receiver and one for the Perkins, so to
> lessen the jumping of the receiver?
> Not relevant in the digital age.
> But, give a ham a chance to talk and don't be surprised if the old buzzard
> transmission comes out.
>
>