My wife is a ham, in fact, we met through ham radio as we were in the same 
radio club here in Williamsport, Pa. Not long after we started going 
together, she found a design for a tuning gimick and built it for me as a 
surprise. She won my heart then and still has it. She also put together a 
Haffler pre-amp kit for me during my audiophile days. She hasn't been active 
in decades but, after I got the k3, I came home from work and found her 
pouring over the manual to see what made it tick. Great gal!
Lou Kolb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 4:58 PM
Subject: What our spouses put up with First Story


> Long time participants on this list may have heard this story before,
> but here goes again just in case.
>
> While growing up, I was blessed to have a blind adult role model. When
> I became interested in ham radio, my parents took me to his house one
> day to see his station, and to talk with him about the hobby.
>
> One thing he showed me during that visit was a Heath kit DX60
> transmitter. He told me that his wife built it for him not long after
> it went on the market in 1962.
>
> Through the years, that transmitter put several Novice operators on the
> air, and while it was not my first transmitter, I used it a few times
> when my equipment was off somewhere being repaired.
>
> After he died in 2005 at the age of 82, his wife gave me the DX60, and
> it is a prized possession.
>
> When I picked it up from her, I asked her about building it, and
> specifically how she learned to solder.
>
> "Well," she said, "I had never touched a soldering iron before I built
> that kit. So I didn't know any better than to read the instructions,
> and just do what they said do."
>
> The transmitter worked the first time it was powered up, and never had
> to go back to the company for repairs.
>
> Later, my friend who checked it out to be sure the electrolytic in the
> power supply were okay told me that she didn't do a bad job putting it
> together.
>
> -- 
> Mike Duke, K5XU