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Where did the B+ come from? Dynamotor, vibrator, batteries?

I have no idea. To a preteen farm kid the B+ came from getting a good score on
a history test. What did I know about dynamotors?

73, de Hans, K0HB

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Ye gawds Hans, no 115vac until you were 8-9 years old??! That would
have been in the 1958-59 timeframe and REA had just gotten to your
neighborhood then?? WTF . . ?!! Or were you in Guatemala??

We got REA in the summer of 1954 when I was 14 years old. Running water too.
(I was 8 or 9 when I learned Morse.)

73, de Hans, K0HB

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"Cmd Buzz Corey" wrote

Just curious, what did you use for a BFO to copy Morse?

Hey, I was a pre-teen kid, not a ham. Didn't know WTF was a BFO, but if
you held a finger on the metal skin of the third tube from the right in
back the Morse would be heard as a sort of buzzy hum. Worked for me and
my brother.

73, de Hans, K0HB



Nice attempt to spin an answer Hans but no cigar.
Did you ever try that "metal skin" thing down at the
Legion Hall?

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wrote

Where did the B+ come from? Dynamotor, vibrator, batteries?

I have no idea. To a preteen farm kid the B+ came from getting a good
score on a history test. What did I know about dynamotors?

73, de Hans, K0HB



Looks like Buzz nailed you again Hans, and don't try to change
the subject to school work.

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Ye gawds Hans, no 115vac until you were 8-9 years old??! That would
have been in the 1958-59 timeframe and REA had just gotten to your
neighborhood then?? WTF . . ?!! Or were you in Guatemala??

We got REA in the summer of 1954 when I was 14 years old. Running water
too. (I was 8 or 9 when I learned Morse.)

73, de Hans, K0HB



Hans used to walk eight miles to school in bare feet, but when he
found out Abe Lincoln had already used that line, Hans decided to
become a Navy Radioman radio hero instead.

"Cmd Buzz Corey" wrote

And there were 'farm' sets that worked off of 32 volts, some had vibrator
power supplies but some used 32 VDC as the B+. The 32 volt systems used
outlets just like 110vac outlets.

Could well have been 32V --- just assumed 6V based on the batteries Dad had in
the cellar. They were wired direct to the radio, not through any outlets.
Radio was the only "electric" thing in the house.

73, de Hans, K0HB

"Radio Hero" wrote

Hans used to walk eight miles to school in bare feet...


Actually only about 3/4-mile. Wildwood School, District 28, one room grades
1-8, but rarely kids in every grade, average enrollment about 10 kids. Teacher
was Mrs. Isabelle Schneider. At 9th grade you went to "town school" on a yellow
bus. During blizzards the bus didn't take you home, so you stayed at your
"storm home" --- all the farm kids were assigned one of those.

73, de Hans, K0HB

"KØHB" wrote in message
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"Cmd Buzz Corey" wrote

And there were 'farm' sets that worked off of 32 volts, some had vibrator
power supplies but some used 32 VDC as the B+. The 32 volt systems used
outlets just like 110vac outlets.

Could well have been 32V --- just assumed 6V based on the batteries Dad
had in the cellar. They were wired direct to the radio, not through any
outlets. Radio was the only "electric" thing in the house.

73, de Hans, K0HB



You are getting better Hans. That was a good spin. Play up the
"unknown voltage" thing when you retell the story at the
Legion Hall.

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"Radio Hero" wrote

Hans used to walk eight miles to school in bare feet...


Actually only about 3/4-mile. Wildwood School, District 28, one room
grades 1-8, but rarely kids in every grade, average enrollment about 10
kids. Teacher was Mrs. Isabelle Schneider. At 9th grade you went to
"town school" on a yellow bus. During blizzards the bus didn't take you
home, so you stayed at your "storm home" --- all the farm kids were
assigned one of those.

73, de Hans, K0HB



Hmmm, not enough "action" or "Radio Hero" stuff, if you stick to this
story line. When you spin this story down at the Legion Hall, work in
how you saved all the kids, using a 32v hand wired radio.

From: Michael Coslo on Thurs 30 Jun 2005 08:19

Kim wrote:

"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
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What is more important:

1. Having a license that allows HF access.


2. Not having to learn Morse code.

IOW, is standing on principle, and refusing to learn Morse code a better
thing than learning it to get the priveliges?


I think you know I don't "hate" Morse Code. I, personally, never really
wished to try it out; just like I have never really tried SCTV, anything
digital (except for APRS--if that can be considered digital), ATV, etc. I
think you get my point. Since I have ever first perused this newsgroup,
except for a few real jerks, I'd believe that most of "us" who just don't
wander into other means of communication--including Morse Code--are pretty
much the same as I am. I absolutely support those who use the mode (as I do
anyone who uses and/or invents any other modes), am willing to honor the
tradition of Morse Code (as I honor the tradition of other steadfast things
in amateur radio), and hold no animosity for anyone--OTHER than the "idiots"
on both sides of the floor (as it would be stated in political terms :o).

For me, it was never a matter of wanting HF privileges that much, and I
learned the 5wpm needed to get the privileges I was happy with. So, could
you do me a favor? Please rethink your phrase "Morse Code Haters." I don't
think most of us feel that strongly about it.

Yeah, "haters" was the wrong choice of word in retrospect.

No, it wasn't "wrong." It got exactly what you wanted to get
in here...more polarization on a topic already rife with
polarized "opinions" and personal pontifications.

It is no different than the self-ascribed "representative" of ALL
radio amateurs saying a challenger "hates ham radio" when all the
challenger did was dislike the opinion of the "representative."

The hobby activity of amateur radio is supposedly about personal
recreation of the hobbyist (which includes personal daydreams of
being in a "service to the nation"...if the daydreamer is a bit
over the edge). That means they get the OPTION of doing anything
they want as allowed by the FCC.

Ya know what? The FCC has long since abandoned any necessity of
hams being required by law to show evidence of "CW" contacts in
a year's time! [How about that...and...Sunnuvagun!] Every
single allocated mode is perfectly optional to use at the
licensee's OPTION!

Isn't that "terrible!" OPTION! Why, with all the nastywords
and implied impropriety of all those who do not choose the
beloved, honored, revered, treasured, adored "CW," all those
who don't bother with "CW" ought to turn in their ham licenses
and make public apologies for not "holding tradition!"

But, the olde-fahrts still shout and holler for "tradition"
and demands to keep the test for "CW" that is adored, treasured,
revered, honored, beloved, etc., because "that is how it should
be!" [in their tight little fantasy world] Every ham, according
to those olde-fahrt wunderkinder of long-ago days, MUST do good
morsemanship! :-)

One MUST "show dedication, etc., to the 'amateur community'" by
doing as all those olde-fahrts DEMAND. ["it is only right" cry
the olde-fahrts] They think they "rule." No problem. Well,
one problem...no forwarding address to send all that "dedication
and committment" to the "community" as required by the unwritten
law...

Meanwhile, the newcomers (who don't seem to count to the olde-
fahrts or the league of distinguished, nearly extinguished
gentlemen of Newington) are getting IN to amateur radio through
the NO-CODE-TEST class. Many more than are "flocking" to the
"CW faithful" churches of the lesser-day saints of "CW." They
take the OPTIONS available by law. Nearly half of all ham
licensees by now...

Option is no failure.

Continue to shun AC and keep the polarization going. Ask them
pre-loaded questions.