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AllaN01Bear

(18,782 posts) Sat Apr 15, 2023, 08:56 PM Apr 2023

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back in the ham radio saddle again!!!

after going many years radio less , i scored 2 walki talkis . i programd in a simplex frequency by hand. yay

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back in the ham radio saddle again!!! (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Apr 2023 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Baked Potato Apr 2023 #1

baufang? ret5hd Apr 2023 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Baked Potato Apr 2023 #3

yeppers . AllaN01Bear Apr 2023 #5

Congratulations. cloudbase Apr 2023 #4

yeppers AllaN01Bear Apr 2023 #6

thanks . AllaN01Bear Apr 2023 #7

I was pretty good at sending, but couldn't copy worth a damn. Frasier Balzov Apr 2023 #8

cant do either or. if i were to do cw , id use computers . AllaN01Bear Apr 2023 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Baked Potato Apr 2023 #9

Gave a whole stack of CQ and QST magazines from the '50s to my nephew Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2023 #10

do people still give qso cards ? AllaN01Bear Apr 2023 #12

Sometimes. cloudbase Apr 2023 #13

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ret5hd

(20,563 posts)

2. baufang?

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Sat Apr 15, 2023, 09:01 PM

Apr 2023

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AllaN01Bear

(18,782 posts)

5. yeppers .

Reply to Baked Potato (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 15, 2023, 10:47 PM

Apr 2023

cloudbase

(5,531 posts)

4. Congratulations.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Sat Apr 15, 2023, 10:46 PM

Apr 2023

Welcome back. I've been licensed 53 years. I operate strictly cw on the HF bands, mostly 40, 30, and 20.

AllaN01Bear

(18,782 posts)

6. yeppers

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 15, 2023, 10:48 PM

Apr 2023

AllaN01Bear

(18,782 posts)

7. thanks .

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 15, 2023, 10:49 PM

Apr 2023

Frasier Balzov

(2,678 posts)

8. I was pretty good at sending, but couldn't copy worth a damn.

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 15, 2023, 10:59 PM

Apr 2023

AllaN01Bear

(18,782 posts)

11. cant do either or. if i were to do cw , id use computers .

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 16, 2023, 02:01 AM

Apr 2023

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Hermit-The-Prog

(33,554 posts)

10. Gave a whole stack of CQ and QST magazines from the '50s to my nephew

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Sun Apr 16, 2023, 01:17 AM

Apr 2023

Don't know where I got 'em, but he got a license and I passed 'em on.

Looks like the wayback machine has a much bigger collection:

https://archive.org/details/pub_qst

https://archive.org/details/qstamer00amer/page/n3/mode/2up

Now I've about exhausted my knowledge of the subject.

AllaN01Bear

(18,782 posts)

12. do people still give qso cards ?

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #10)

Sun Apr 16, 2023, 02:02 AM

Apr 2023

that is 1 aspect of the hobby i like

cloudbase

(5,531 posts)

13. Sometimes.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #12)

Sun Apr 16, 2023, 07:16 AM

Apr 2023

Most of the stuff is electronic now. LoTW (logbook of the world) and eqsl are the biggest. I will still send a paper card after a particularly nice chat.

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