The first Handbook I ever read was at my rural high school in north Alabama.
It was the 1968 edition and over the next 3 years, it was checked out by at
least 5 people constantly, and only one of us got our ham license. Got me
mixed up into all this crazy electronics and radio stuff, from which I hope
I never escape.
Joe W4AAB
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Turner <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Panasonic tube radio
> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:26:48 +0200, peter.chadwick@Zarlink.Com wrote:
>
> >I find the older ones (1946 to about 1965)even more interesting. As a
> >percentage, did many more people build their rigs rather than buy? Kits
> >were perhaps more available, which skews the numbers a bit, I suppose.
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> When I got into ham radio in the late '50s it was more common for
> transmitters to be homebrewed than bought, especially if you include
> kits as "homebrewed". Thinking back on all my friends from those
> days, not one had a commercially made transmitter.
>
> Receivers were a different matter. Nearly all were commercial or
> modified war surplus, which there was a ton of back then.
>
> Ahhhhh... the good ol' days. :-)
>
> --
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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