Now *that* sounds like my kind of activity! <grin>

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
... Ask not for whom the <^G> tolls.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bud Schwab" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:33 PM
Subject: ham stations at the school for the blinds.


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