RadioBanter - View Single Post - What makes a Pro code test Amateur a Troglodyte?

October 19th 03, 06:55 AM

In article ,
(Brian) writes:

He built an
Elecraft kit, then professes to have engineered and built his own
amateur station.

Wrong.

I've done both. In fact, I designed and built several stations before ever
hearing of Elecraft.

Let's see...

I've built-from-scratch (no kits, no carbon copies of other homebrew) in my
home workshops, at least:

5 receivers
5 transmitters
3 transceivers
4 transmatches
12 power supplies
4 TR systems
5 pieces of test equipment
various shack furniture, antennas, power cables, control systems, etc.

The above list does not include:

- surplus units converted/restored
- manufactured equipment restored/repaired/modified
- kits built or rebuilt

I've worked several of the regulars here on rrap using my homebrew rigs.

I can often be found on or around 7040.

Pictures and descriptions of a receiver I built for about $10 back in the early
1970s are on the HBR website. It's only one in a long line.