I imagine you atracted lots of cute college girls that way eh steve?
73
Colin, V A6BS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: back on the list again


> 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.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bill Deatherage" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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
>