Well folks, since I have been licensed since '56 I know all about those old
rigs. As it is, I do not own, nor will I buy any modern equipment, even
today. I have mostly all Drake gear, and a set of Kenwood twins. It is the
later version (T599D and R599D), but they still have three tubes in them. I
can still remember my first transmitter that was my Christmas present in
Dec. of '56. A brand new Heath DX-35. I used a 1937 Hallicrafters SX-11
that cost me $15.00. I had done WAS with only three crystals by the time I
graduated HS in '57 and joined the Navy. I still like the wait for the rigs
to warm up, keeps the shack warm in the winter and has that great smell of
burning dust off the tubes from time to time. We didn't even know what SWR
was, and had no way to measure it if we did. Use the handbook for your
measurements, cut the wire and build and antenna. If I remember right, I
even used RG-11U for a feed line, not knowing any better.

Yeah, keep 'em glowing... Plug-N-Play is not for me!


73 to all
Mike/K5VSE


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Formerly WB6VSE, Senior Tech. Amateur Division
SBE/Linear Systems, Watsonville, CA
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Restoring and using Drake Radios, TR-4, TR-4C, RV-4C,
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