Bud,

This is the kind of resourcefulness we need in ham radio today.

Don W6SMB



On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:33:03 -0700, Bud Schwab wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>I went to the Nebraska school for the blind during the thirties and early
>fourties  We didn't have a radio club, but a few of us guys took some old
>regenerative receivers and made them oscillate and we put a carbon mike in
>series with the antenna and it would transmit for several hundred
>feet.  They were very strict there as far as lettintg the boys even talk to
>the girls, so we would get them to tune us in and we'd make dates with them
>to meet them some place in the building.  One guy did get caught and was
>expelled.  For those of us who didn't get caught it was a lot of fun.  This
>isn't exactly what you asked for about any ham stations at school, but I
>thought you might get a kick out of it.
>
>I've had my ticket since 1947 but have been inactive for a few years but am
>getting back into it again.
>This looks like a great group..
>
>Bud Schwab
>W 6 Z Y P
>Malibu, California