[mylife]

I hear this guy here in Tx

http://www.qrz.com/callsign?callsign=VE3EJ

[backhoe]

Gee, wish I could help-- I was an SWL-er back in the seventies, but gradually lost interest and sold my equipment in the eighties...

Yers Trooly, 'way back when:

[bill1952]

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[Professional Engineer]

I shoulda known...

I have my old TS120 on now.

[dljordan]

I built my first receiver in 1959, a Heathkit DX-60. I’ve still got one but use a Kenwood R-2000 and a Realistic DX-200. I remember getting QSL cards from Cuba and Moscow back in the Fifties and my Dad went ballistic. I’m up for a forum.

[Red_Devil 232]

Not a DX-er myself but I have some nifty equipment that my Father left me.

Short history. My Father retired from the Marine Corps and was recuited by the U.S State Dept. to go to Laos as an adviser in 1963. We went and spent 10 years there. He passed away a little over a year ago at 89 and while sorting through a storage unit I found some interesting SSB radio equipment.

A Collins KWM-2A along with its PM-2 power supply and two sets of crystals. These are still in the original boxes. I suspect they were spares for the radio we had set up in our house. The radio was our link to Vientiane where my father's reporting and main office was. We lived in Savannakhet and the only way to get in and out of there was by Air America or by boat across the Mekong to Thailand. I also have the original Manuel and Log Books that came with it.

I suspect this radio was packed up and shipped with the house hold articles when he was told to bug out in early 1974.

Because KWA-2A was a company radio it was a dedicated link and kept on one freq. for coms. My Father decided that he would try getting into Ham radio with his own equipment. From Oct. 1972 to Feb. 1973 he purchased a Yaesu Munsen FT-101, FV-101 and a Sp-101P from a company in Hong Kong named Pacifica Products Limited. Apparently he got it set up and used it at some point while in Laos. Probably less than 3 or 4 months. This equipment is still in its original boxes along with supporting manuals and purchase receipts.

When he left Laos the radios were kept in storage, he never opened or used the radios.

They are for sale.

[Charlespg]

Have a yaseu FT 857d and A old R390a here

[RFEngineer]

I’ll play.

[JRios1968]

[Database]

Fairly new ham here. Not much of a DXer, but would look in on a DX forum from time to time.

Most of my air time is CW. Just joined the SKCC group.

73

[CJinVA]

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[reg45]

When I was in my teens, I spent a lot of time listening on an old Hallicrafters SX-42. That thing was heavy.

[hoagy62]

I dabbled briefly as a MARS operator at my base in Germany back in the 80’s. I was stationed at Bismarck Kaserne in Schwaebisch Gmuend with the 56th FA Bde (Pershing). I was the MARS operator for about 8 months. My MOS was 05B (later 31K) at the time.

My call sign for the net was AEM1HKE. I loved doing it...hey, it was cushy duty!