. QST . is-ten carefulh as he mumbles softlj to , long ago he learned of the hazard? of speak-ing loudly about differences of opinion. Heh! Heh! Beats all how history repeats. Likein the early Twenties, just like em! When I thinkhow brave those little 210s and VTls and VT2swere as they looked the kilowatt sparks straightin the eye with their innocent little chirps, Imsurprised all over again. It took a whale of a lot ofconvincing for me to get it into my thick skullthat a little five- or ten-watt chirp could nmcircles around mj- big old spark rig. It didnt seempossible that somethi
. QST . is-ten carefulh as he mumbles softlj to , long ago he learned of the hazard? of speak-ing loudly about differences of opinion. Heh! Heh! Beats all how history repeats. Likein the early Twenties, just like em! When I thinkhow brave those little 210s and VTls and VT2swere as they looked the kilowatt sparks straightin the eye with their innocent little chirps, Imsurprised all over again. It took a whale of a lot ofconvincing for me to get it into my thick skullthat a little five- or ten-watt chirp could nmcircles around mj- big old spark rig. It didnt seempossible that something that just sat there andglowed could work. Seemed as if it just had tomake some noise. But I was young then, andpretty dad-burned stubborn. (Got my come- * 4339 S. Peoria, Tulsa 5, Okla. uppance though just as lots of young fellowsnow-a-days might get theirs.) Never will forget the night that Old Joe calledme on the land line to ask me to take a look athis new 210 rig. It was cold and clear and signals. SEEMED IT JUST HADTO MAKE SOME NOISE were rolling in like mad. Old Joe had moved hisrig into the kitchen, now that the rotarj gapdidnt make so much household QRM. His XYLmet me at the door and took me to the kitchenwhere Old Joe grinned at me over the coffee potand waved me to a chair beside him as he threwthe switch to the transmit position. As he tapped out the call of the station he wasworking I nearly fell off of my chair! He was work-ing more than 1800 miles with that quiet littlefugitive from an electric light factory! I hadthought Old Joe was kidding but I sure got con-nced when he turned it over to his contact. Bygum, he was in contact with him! I had planned to stay just a little while andthen get back to the home rig to stop foolingaround and work some DX. Seems funny nowbut DX to me with my old kilowatt spark wasabout 1000 miles. This business of working 1800miles needed looking into. So I looked, but did Icatch it from the XYL when I got home in thewee small hours.
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