I actually did it for $10.  Amazing now when I look back on it but got a lot
of help and scraps from friends.

Take care all and very 73. 


 
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX
 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 13:31
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: About the Chirp Recording

    Yup, Steve, we've all been there.
In my novice days, back in 1969, I got on the air for a total of $60.

$50 for the Lafayette receiver I used, and $10 for the Heath Kit DX35 
ttransmitter.

The materials for my one and only 40 and 15-meter dipole came from donated 
scrapts from the local ham who helped me put up my antenna.

Those were the days--simple, but oh so fun!

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: About the Chirp Recording


> Tom,
>
> When I was a nervous Novice, I monitored my CW signal by using my Heath 
> AR2
> which, among other things, had no BFO.  However, it did have a 
> Q-multiplier,
> so I adjusted the Peak control until it started to go into oscillation,
> which gave me a BFO of sorts.  Every once in a while, it would stop
> oscillating, which meant I had to readjust it to get back my "side tone."
> One of the many joys of operating a low budget station.  Eventually, I got

> a
> new tube for the BFO, and things got better.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 13:32
> Subject: Re: About the Chirp Recording
>
>
>>    You're probably right, Kevin.
>>
>> Now, you've got me trying to recall how I monitored my CW tone back in 
>> the
>> late 1960's when I had my novice and used a straight key.
>>
>> I did it somehow, but can't remember how!  (grin)
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kevin Nathan" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: About the Chirp Recording
>>
>>
>>>I think he was definitely sending with a hand key and probably didn't 
>>>have
>>>a
>>> side tone.  Wow!  Brought back lots of memories of early novice 
>>> listening
>>> though on the bottom end of 80 meters.
>>>
>>> Take care all and very 73.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kevin :)
>>> Amateur Radio:  K7RX
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
>>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 06:36
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: About the Chirp Recording
>>>
>>>    Mike:
>>>
>>> All I can say is that I've heard chirpy signals in my time, but nothing
>>> that
>>>
>>> quite compared to that one.
>>>
>>> I guess the thing that interests me is how the guy wouldn't know about
>>> the
>>> quality of the CW note, unless, of course, he had no way to monitor the
>>> CW
>>> side tone.
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing this with us all.
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 8:30 AM
>>> Subject: About the Chirp Recording
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks to all who asked for, or commented on the file, and to Buddy
>>>> for posting it.
>>>>
>>>> Someone asked how I recorded it. The recording was made on that little
>>>> Wilson digital recorder that is sold by  American Printing House for
>>>> $34.95.
>>>>
>>>> This no frills recorder has no line level input, so the only recording
>>>> option is the built in microphone.
>>>>
>>>> I dropped the file onto the computer, trimmed out the worst fades, and
>>>> converted it to an MP3.
>>>>
>>>> Regarding the comments about chickens and ducks:
>>>>
>>>>    My wife, K5KKD, heard the signal as it was being recorded, and
>>>> asked me if Donald Duck was a ham.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>>>>
>>>
>>
>