Are you a Ham?

Just as a starter
Ive had My Licenses since 1969 My first Tech call sign was WA6ICO
My present one is Kc7FXX.
I have handhelds only and monitor them mostly. I have been on one Hunt.
My first rig was a Tube type 7-9 pin types, Lunch Box Motorola.

Tell us what your experiences and thoughts about this Hobby and what your up to.

I am KD4FCG and my xyl is KD4BTK
We are kind of inactive right now but I have a ton of boat anchors and great rigs I have collected!
Its good to know there are other hams into major collecting as well!
73's!

I got soooo much Junk I can't remember, what I do, and don't have Even my garage is a mess, so much and too little to do, LOL

My first call was kn6kcp in 53. let it lapse and picked up a tech in 58 or so and was licensed off and on till 73 and been licensed ever since. My current call, and for the last 20 years or so, is KE0ZU.

My father built my first transmitter on a wood chassis with honeycomb coils using a 6L6. Wish I had it today. Currently I have several BAs mostly National, but some hammarlund and gonset as well. Oh and a BC 348 I went through in the mid 70s, still works but only has about 25 hours since then.

I also collect mainly tektronix and HP test equipment under the guise of refurbishing old car radios. I'm only about six grand in the red right now, but I'm slowly gainin on it.

Mike

Licensed as VE1ARN on March 23, 1984

Happy to say...I'll be taking my Technician test this Saturday. I've been scoring high 90's and 100's on the Internet sample tests. I may even be ready for the General test as I've been getting high scores for that ticket too. Who says ya can't teach an old dog new tricks?

Gary

i am k5psh--name is jerry--qth central texas--received my novice in 1958(just turned 14 years old)--been continuously licensed since that time--work CW exclusively these days --guess i always have, come to think of it<grin>

i was a CW intercept op for Uncle Sam, serving throughout asia during the mid to late '60s--not a bad job for a young ham--(it did often become "trying" to the patience and soul<grin>)--
73
(jerry--k5psh)
tallboy

Hey, another 'XX'. I was formerly WB4SXX and thats where I got stuck with the 'exray' handle. Sitting in DX pileups shouting 'x-ray, x-ray' over and over again Am now WX4A so the 'exray' still fits.

-Bill

Norway One Norway Quebec Canada, de K

Which web site offers studies and testing for Ham license? See posting next.

I've been studying the basic manual and doing the test questions and I feel I've been doing abt 90% so far. No cheating , I've been a elex tech since '62. However, I now use a calculator to figure metric conversions for such as wavlength. vs freq. I used to do this long math ( on paper ) and it was a headache. The book I'm using is " ARRL Ham Radio License Manual ". Level 1. ( 2006-2007 ). OT

KB4YRC since 1983, novice,tech,general progression....... Yaesu FT 847 rig ..... Gregg

After I got my novice and tech, I upgraded to general, Advanced, and Extra within the next year. I am a CW fan (love 40 meters) and also really like 160 meters for CW and even phone occasionally. I am the trustee (and repair) of a multi-link, multi-band repeater in the greater NY, NJ, and PA area.
A very good friend (now a silent key) and I learned CW but hooking code keys to our CB radios and sending on AM while the other guy would copy on SSB. I had a very difficult time with CW and could be seen, every day, with headphones, listening to Gordon West.
I've tried dozens of HF antennas, and love to experiment.

I was licensed back in the 1980s, but got sidetracked with a girlfriend, marriage, new job, two kids, and a move to upstate New York. I finally got an antenna and station set up, only to be transferred back to Pennsylvania. Now that the kids are grown, I'm putting things together again; my station will consist of a vintage National NCX-1000 HF rig, a three-element Mosley beam on a tower, and a collection of other "boatanchors", including a rare RCA AR-8516 receiver, an R-390A, and other goodies. I was given the tower and beam this past summer, and I'm in the middle of repainting it, prior to reassembly and erection.

I do prefer the older stuff! Right now, I'm a General, but I plan on upgrading when I get around to it.

Tim KA3JRT

Don't forget to re cap the rigs, including new electrolytics.
Good luck.
Bill Cahill