tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130361615621900054.post7169285452677966569..comments2024-03-03T11:01:55.542-08:00Comments on Standing By: More Adventures in Amateur RadioPolyKahrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17921059911992220363noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130361615621900054.post-68141964522146588252017-05-19T13:24:49.778-07:002017-05-19T13:24:49.778-07:00KA8KRV here, and I was a ham back in the day when ...KA8KRV here, and I was a ham back in the day when it was kilo cycles as well. They had just started to change over to hertz and it made it hard for awhile for some of us to keep it straight. I still find myself messing up. I miss the old days of the heathkit hw8 that I built and made contacts with all over the country, and mostly all over canada. Also down as far as Peru to a military station there, using my three watts, into a center fed dipole, called a double bazooka. It was made of two different diameters of cable and it resonated on several different freqs. and it worked quite well on cw, which I was limited to as a novice back then. I went on and got a technician ticket and then got my general a few years ago. I am not active on hf right now, but I just bought a qrp kit to put together and get my hand back into things. I do have a couple of handitalkies for fm repeaters. I was able to operate a few years ago from our cities local submarine that was from WWII, the silversides, during a contest weekend, to help the local club out. I had a blast, and now that I am officially retired early at 56, I have the time to get into the swing of things, so let the adventure begin, again.pigpen51https://www.blogger.com/profile/01036907880805485560noreply@blogger.com