On Nov 6, 2:14 am, "W3JDR" wrote:
Listening to the bands, it is sometimes hard to
imagine that there are still hams who operate with a budget of less than
$3000, and still manage to have fun doing so.

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You're joking, right? I think if you took a survey of 25 or so hams here (or
in most other ham venues for that matter), you'd have a very difficult time
finding even a few who have anything close to $3,000 invested in their
hobby. Pile on me if I'm wrong guys, but pile on if I'm right too.

Joe
W3JDR

That brought back a beautiful image from when I first got my license.
A couple of other teens in the same town got their licenses at the
same time. One, in particular, was on limited means. Very limited
means. I remember going over to his house and being very happy for
him that he was working all over the place on 15M CW, using a little
one-tube regen receiver, parts scrounged from somewhere. And I see no
reason you can't do the same sort of thing today, on CW at least.
Both the receiver and the transmitter can be simple and still be
effective.

Cheers,
Tom