I second that about the Drake gear.  I bought a TR4C as my first 
rig when I was a novice and tried to keep the power turned down.  
I later bought an external VFO for it.  It was a used rig and 
served me well for the next 7 or 8 years.  I even ran it mobile 
from my mothers VW connecting the DC power supply directly to the 
battery under the rear seat.  Just this week, in that same 
spirit, I just bought a used Ts2000 and hope it will serve me 
well for many years.  Jim WA6EKS


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Curtis Delzer <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:41:13 -0700
Subject: Re: Old Gear

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.
HS.

K 6 V F O
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 
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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