<div dir="ltr">Thank you, Phil..<div><br><div>You know you are getting old when you enjoy this kind of nostalgia.</div></div><div><br></div><div>In the fall of 1967 I transferred from public schools to Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, MD - a Christian Brother's school. There I met my still friend and partner in operating crime Bob Venanzi, ND3D. I already had my general ticket, so I was allowed to use the Hallicrafters SR-150 along with a Johnson Thunderbolt amp attached to a three-element tribander. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. And oh, the glow of the mercury vapor rectifiers in the Thunderbolt. It was magic not repeated until the first time I keyed a transmitter at W3LPL. BTW, I still have a picture of Brother Gerald in my shack.</div><div><br></div><div>A year later I toiled for many months slinging hamburger's at Gino's to come up with the money ($325, I think) to buy a used Swan 350. Actually, I didn't sling that many burgers, because I always got stuck with the job everyone hated - working the register and dealing with customers. Apparently, our managers figured out that I was one of the very few kids who would not steal money from the register (very easy to do in those days). 40% of what was then the legal limit into a low random wire fed with a L-tuner. Life was good.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, at Calvert Hall Brother Gerald sold the SR-150 and we got an NCX-5. It was really nice, and it was amazing how accurate the mechanical counter digital readout dial was. Maybe the prettiest radio ever built.</div><div><br></div><div>Many years later, I bought an old TR-4 and used it a bit before selling it along with a bunch of other vintage gear to help buy my K3. The strangest quirk about the TR4 was the microphone jack. It was something non-standard as I recall. And the 6JB6 sweep tubes for this transceiver have gotten scarce. The lucky buyer of my TR4 also got a complete NOS set of spares that I had overpaid for on ebay.</div><div><br></div><div>So, I had personal experience with 4 of the 10 transceivers featured. At one time or another, I believe that I was in the shack of someone who had each of these radios except for the KWM-2 (I only knew one ham with enough money for one of those and I was never in his schack) and the SBE-33.</div><div><br></div><div>Didn't K3ZO say that once upon time he had an SR-150 mounted in a Chevrolet Corvair? I am sure there was not room for a girl in the passenger seat with that radio in that car. Apparently, Fred had his priorities in order.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom K3AJ</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 9:04 PM Phillip Barsky via PVRC <<a href="mailto:pvrc@mailman.qth.net">pvrc@mailman.qth.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Folks. Well done video going over top ten xcvrs from the sixties. Great nostalgia . <div>Recommend watching it. </div><div>Passed along from old friend from sixties WA2QQH </div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy</div><div>73 Phil K3EW<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Marty Hyman <<a href="mailto:kidpix13@yahoo.com" target="_blank">kidpix13@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> July 29, 2020 at 8:17:47 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Phil Barsky <<a href="mailto:phillipbarsky@gmail.com" target="_blank">phillipbarsky@gmail.com</a>>, Philip Schlesinger <<a href="mailto:philham711@gmail.com" target="_blank">philham711@gmail.com</a>>, Phillip Barsky <<a href="mailto:phillipbarsky@yahoo.com" target="_blank">phillipbarsky@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Top 10 Early 60's Ham Transceivers</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span></span><br><span>The good old days! Watch this...</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="https://youtu.be/doRoYeBqgHM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/doRoYeBqgHM</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>.......</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div>______________________________________________________________<br>
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