Ed,

That's a funny story.  Shoot, I rarely find anybody who has even heard of an 
A T 1 these days.  We used that rig at school until the DX60 was repaired so 
the A T 1 got a lot of usage along with an SX99 receiver.  The club finally 
got the HT37 and HQ180X receiver and we were all in hog heaven then.  Don't 
feel bad because I got a pink slip from Grand Island Nebraska's FCC 
listening station for the same thing but with a different rig.

Phil.
K0NX





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 2:17 PM
Subject: First rig, first Q S L


> Howdy Phil,  My first qso was using an A T 1, Heath Kit.  My first Q S L =
> was a pink slip from the F C C in July 1959 I think.  I bought the rig =
> and thought I would practice my sending so I hooked a antenna off a =
> world War 2 tank and layed it on the work bench in my basement.  I sent =
> a few c qs and some practice junk and about two or three days later here =
> came a pink note from big Daddy telling me I had a second harmonic out =
> of the ham bands and what was I going to do to fix the problem.  Well I =
> just about crapped because I didn=E2=80=99t know how to fix the problem =
> so I forgot what I told them but it must have been good , end of first =
> contact.  73 =20
> ED K7UC
>