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