Good story, Don... and I WILL just take the plunge soon.
My wife calls me Mr. Overkill because I tend to research stuff a long
time ahead of doing it... I researched ham transceivers for months
before buying one. On the other hand, I have been known to buy a car
for cash on the spot, without ever lifting the hood, knowing horsepower
or compression or torque or etc., and just buying because 1) it looked
good, and 2) was fun to drive. Go figure. Nevertheless I rarely have
buyer's remorse because I researched it to death before buying.
She calls me Mr. Overkill because if a nail will hold it, I use two
screws and some glue.
Thanks for the push. It helps. I still have some letters and numbers
to learn before I go live, but it is coming along better than my Xteen
previous false starts.
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On 7/1/2012 3:14 PM, donhall161 wrote:
Rick,
Even dating myself more, I worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1953 to
1956(with a time-out for the Signal Corps). Had the fun of designing a
circuit using a point-contact transistor then managing to blow up the first
junction one in our lab by putting a lantern battery power supply across the
base-emitter diode in the wrong direction.
Lots of water under the bridge, but still enjoy CW and wanted to encourage
James to take a deep breath and jump into the pool.
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