From: "Jim Hampton" on Sun 5 Jun 2005 06:01


"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
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"Jim Hampton" wrote in message
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Tell ya what, if Lennie comes up on frequency on CW, I'm gonna quit right
then and there!

Start packing. Pick up last check in Accounting Department.

Fort Monmouth, NJ, a June afternoon in 1952, basic radio skills
for Microwave Radio Relay MOS at the Signal School in a general
purpose school building: Small 6AG7-6L6 MOPA transmitter on
about 7.5 MHz, crystal controlled, CW only with a "straight key."
Measure RF power into "dummy load" (light bulb), then connect
to wire antenna and "load up," see difference in meter readings,
hear keying from instructor's simple five-tube receiver. Hear
instructor cuss out one for "sending nasty words on-air" with
morse key. Sent "CQ" for "keying," nice easy pattern to beat
of characters already memorized before service. Maybe 20 Watts
RF output. Measure frequency with BC-221. Adjust crystal
oscillator for exact frequency and see range of adjustment
possible (not much). Satisfaction on getting very close to
"on frequency." [not on ham band frequency but still legal
for Signal School]

53 years later the boat anchor afficionados are still "peaking
the grid, dipping the plate" on their glow-in-the-dark PAs.
Ho hum. No big change.

Improvement: Modern luggage much, much better. Easy
handling, better packing.

Let's give it a go.

Good luck on your new whatever. :-)