68, first licensed in 1956.

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:38:52 -0500, "Fred W4JLE"
wrote:

68, first licensed in 1956.

Me, too, both.

I'll be 61 in a few months, got my novice in 1960 ( I think ) Wish I still
had the Valliant! Got out of Ham Radio for a few years to raise the family
then got back into it and B/A mid 90's

Ron H.
K3PID

wrote in message
oups.com...
Just a question that has been rattling around in the gourd. What age
group are B/A enthusiast-type folks here on the Net? I know we have the
folks from when they (the B/A's) were the most active (and I'm talking
SX11 here), but I wonder if there's a large following of Boomers that
picked up on it too. I only say this because I don't see as many
30's-40's-50's people at the Hamfests and other gatherings as I see my
elders (Gentlemen, all). So the question bubbles up outta the tar? How
old are the folks on rec.radio.amateur.boatanchor?
rgds, Mark S.



41
Regards
B.H.

I am W4PQW ,age 77,been licensed since 48 . I have made the complete
loop and am now very much involved in BA ..I like the technical aspecs
of tube equipment,the ability to measure,calculate and design
circuits..Am Not too turned on by a circuit board with a thousand parts
smaller than a pin head,on a multi-layer board with no circuit
description, or parts nomenclature..Pretty soon Hams will not posses
enough knowledge and skill in radio and electronics to justify our
existance ,our license and use of the publics frequencies..Maybe I
will just take all my secrets with me .. hi,hi.. Harold S

I am W4PQW ,age 77,been licensed since 48 . I have made the complete
loop and am now very much involved in BA ..I like the technical aspecs
of tube equipment,the ability to measure,calculate and design
circuits..Am Not too turned on by a circuit board with a thousand parts
smaller than a pin head,on a multi-layer board with no circuit
description, or parts nomenclature..Pretty soon Hams will not posses
enough knowledge and skill in radio and electronics to justify our
existance ,our license and use of the publics frequencies..Maybe I
will just take all my secrets with me .. hi,hi.. Harold S

Harold, you're repeating yourself....

Ron

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:42:35 GMT, " Ron in Radio Heaven"
wrote:

Harold, you're repeating yourself....

Ron


Shhhh. It goes with the age.

Phil Witt wrote:

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:42:35 GMT, " Ron in Radio Heaven"
wrote:


Harold, you're repeating yourself....

Ron



Shhhh. It goes with the age.

Could you repeat that? I can't remember if I didn't hear it or forgot it.

-Bill

wrote in message
oups.com...
Just a question that has been rattling around in the gourd. What age
group are B/A enthusiast-type folks here on the Net?

This one is older than you, sonny! First two receivers built in 1941
(neither of which worked as "liquid solder" didn't seem to be a very good
conductor). We used condensers, and resistor color code was "body, end,
dot". After long struggle to reach 13wpm with a stick, got class "B" license
in 1948. Class "A" not until 1950.
Old (73) Chief Lynn