On 10 Jun 2005 23:06:45 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 10 Jun 2005 22:41:04 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Take Care!
Hydro

Hello Hydro.

Walkie talkies used to be fun!

That is what got me started !!!!!!

Vinnie S.

Same here..an Archer something or other iirc. What a beast it created,
eh?

I think I was in the third grade. A pair of Soundesign Ch 14 kids walkie
talkies, around 1976 or so.

Dang now I really feel old. I was driving by then!

I had a Sears 100 mW base station. Tuned all 23 channels, plus
shortwave and transmitted in Ch 14. I thought I was working "rare" DX
if I could make it to the end of the neighborhood...

I hit a CB station (I didn't know what CB
was at that time), and when I talked to someone, that was essentially it.
I abused those radios pretty badly. But they had little to no range. It
seemed I talked that one time, and never again hit anyone. But that
didn't keep me from trying 1 million times.

I know what you mean, Vin. I had that old Lafayette tube radio back in
1969, and I had to search to hear anyone, then yell for them 100 times in
hopes of a response. My Mom is a fairly good seamstress so she even made me
a jacket with my CB call on the back of it for the coffee breaks. Thinking
back on it, I was a class A nerd!

Yea, I used to stencil CB jargon, handles and callsigns on my school
notebook. I took some ribbing from those who didn't "get it"


Around the 8th grade, I was able to get one of thosetoy base stations,
and talk regularly to someone. But had about 1/4 mile range. I did beg my
father for a CB, but my parents really didn't support my hobbies at all.
I had to wait until I got older before I was able to do the hobbies on my
own. My sophmore year in HS, I finally got my first CB, a TRC-422A. Still
have it. It seemed that my father finally got sick of me talking about
it, and he finally got me one and a power suplly for Christmas. Of
course, I was delivering papers until I ccould afford a Turner +3 and a
Starduster. Did that for a couple years. Once I graduated HS, that was it
until 2 years ago. Then I found you guys. I must admit, I feel like a kid
again.

Vinnie S.

Well it sounds like you are a kid compared to me, Enzo. It's especially
cool that the hobby still provides good friends like you and many others
here.
Rock on.

Cripes! You sound older than me!

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj