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Old May 27th 06, 11:19 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
J. Mc Laughlin
 
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Default shortwave and hams in the late 1950s

Dear "weatherall" with no call sign:

It was good. At the University, a classmate of mine (W8BZB) had a little
car because his home was in town (in those days, a student normally had to
be 21 in order to be allowed to drive). He set up a 10 meter AM mobile and
regularly made contacts into Europe and beyond. The tube set got its HV
from a dynamotor (DC motor running a DC generator with many parts in
common). His little car had a 6 VDC system. After quite some time, he
noticed that the dynamotor was a 12 volt device!

Yes, propagation was great.

73, Mac N8TT

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J. Mc Laughlin; Michigan U.S.A.
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