I have the paperwork to become one but haven't finished going for it because
I just don't have the time for that test unfortunately. I may go for it soon
but while I'm taking college classes, it's just too much.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: Out Of Date
> Hi All,
> There still are Official Observers.
> I got a congratulatory Message from one a while ago.
> I also know an Official Observer.
> They didn't go anywhere.
> Colleen Roth
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Senk, Mark J. (COULDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: 2009/02/03 13:22:13
> Subject: Re: Out Of Date
>
>>
>>
>> My novice rig was a DX-40 AND VF-1. I just remembered that I had stuck
>> the cap from a Budweiser beer on the tuning knob. It was a perfect fit
>> and maybe helps explain why the oscillator staggered around the band.
>>
>> One day I removed the cover from the VF1. When I checked my SWR, IT WAS
>> way off. I thought something was wrong with my dipole, but it was
>> unchanged. It turned out that removing the case moved things from 7 to
>> 8 MHz. I was somewhere in the marine CW BAND.
>>
>> Does anyone remember Official Observers? I remember getting the "QSL"
>> card telling me I was heard in Florida, but a Novice should not have
>> been on 7.098 MHz.
>>
>>
>> Mark =3D WB3CAI
>> =20
>>
>>
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Louis Kim Kline
>> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 7:55 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Out Of Date
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> John's message made me think back to my early days, some 30 years ago.
>> And, my activities as an SWL GO BACK FURTHER THAN T-COMAB 35 YEARS.
>> I had all tube gear-coma couple of Hallicrafters receivers (the S20R Sky
>> Champion, and a Hallicrafters S108). I came on the air with a Heath
>> HW16 WITH THE HG10B VFO (Ok, I ewas spoiled with the VFO!), AND A LITTLE
>> while later bought a Heath DX40, A VF1 VFO, AND A Heath 10 HR.B receiver.
>>
>> The VF1 WALKED ALL OVER THE BAND, AND THE 10 HR.B is probably one of the
>> most worthless receivers I've ever owned. I used the Hallicrafters
>> receivers because they could hear a lot better. I took the antenna off
>> the 10 HR.B, and set it on the bbottom shelf. When I would work CW, I
>> would tune it to my operating frequency and use it as a rather
>> overcomplicated side tone oscillator!
>>
>> I finally graduated to the Heath TX1 Apache with the SB10 SIDEBAND
>> adapter. Now there was a beautiful transmitter, if a little cumbersome
>> to tune. I bought it, thinking I would like to play a little AM WITH
>> it, but in the end, only used it on SSB AND CW.
>>
>> During that time I started buying solid state equipment, which was a
>> dream to operate, although the nuisance of having to plunk down another
>> $100 for a power supply was a pain. Also, during that time I bought a
>> Heath HW8, STILL IN KIT FORM. I was going to put it together with my
>> father, but I went away to college, and he got laid off from work, and
>> in his boredom, he built the thing while I was at school.
>>
>> When I think about how equipment has changed since I started, it is mind
>> boggling. Radios like the Icom 706 MkII Go weren't even possible in that
>> time period. Even the worst of the radios being produced today would
>> outperform the stuff I was using at the beginning. My receivers had
>> images almost as strong as the fundamental signals, the transmitters and
>> receivers drifted all over the place, there were no CW FILTERS, AT LEAST
>> until I bought a MFJ AUDIO FILTER, I had to mess with crystal
>> calibrators and dials, and through all of that the message still got
>> through. And, I enjoyed it.
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>>
>>
>> Louis Kim Kline
>> A.R.S. K2LKK
>> Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740 =20
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