tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post7251831021375496675..comments2024-03-26T07:29:36.610-07:00Comments on VE7SL - Steve - Amateur Radio Blog: The Green GlowSteve McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06229640265009249231noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post-87660783480629770152017-03-01T14:33:54.894-08:002017-03-01T14:33:54.894-08:00Your comments regarding the Heathkit DX100 brought...Your comments regarding the Heathkit DX100 brought back great memories! The first time I saw one was at high school friend's shack. After that I was hooked. And yes the green glow was somehow mesmerizing. Would not have been the same in plain white.<br />Thanks for sharing,<br />Brian AB9ZIAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342771212426668941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post-86263334601219334622017-01-28T10:19:27.995-08:002017-01-28T10:19:27.995-08:00Thanks Bas and Dan.
Dan, thanks for your comment...Thanks Bas and Dan. <br /><br />Dan, thanks for your comments and additional info about Ernie. He was a real character for sure. It seemed that most hams were real 'characters' back in the 50's early 60's or perhaps it was just our wide-eyed perception of these folks who us youngsters held in awe since they were 'real hams'... something I dreamed of becoming but had to wait until I turned 15.<br /> Steve McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229640265009249231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post-5380048404680609402017-01-27T16:08:28.217-08:002017-01-27T16:08:28.217-08:00Good old FB. Ernie FB and Tony XQ were close in t...Good old FB. Ernie FB and Tony XQ were close in the 40's. Tony <br />lived in a garage in the lane off 5th and Sasamat before he was <br />posted away to the Pacific by Grant McConachie. Both were involved <br />with traffic arising from the '48 flood in the Valley. Maybe that's <br />how they met. Ernie was in his house before WWII and was still<br />there in 2001.<br /><br />Ernie appears in archive issues of the CAROA journal. He was a <br />perennial in the "QST" section reports. I remember hearing him on the BCPSN, and I know now that he was its founder, with Wilf VE7US.<br /><br />He was a tanker in WWII. His son James prodded him into telling<br />me a story about rolling a tank inverted at speed -- supposedly <br />performed as his response to an impossible challenge!<br /><br />I don't remember seeing his DX-100. Now I feel disappointed. <br />I'd see those sets in old ARRL Hbks in the Carnegie library in <br />Victoria. I was a teen when I put together my HR-10B. Later, <br />I had the privilege of using the DX-60B and VFO set loaned to <br />VE7UBC after our Collins S-Line was sold. My HR-10B was deaf <br />on 10m, but I never knew how deaf, as 10 was dead when I assembled <br />it. It was wide. I couldn't tighten the knobs enough. And the <br />audio tube went gassy. It had the Green Glow aura, just the same.<br /><br />CUL Steve - Dan VE7DESAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post-91129055679268375752017-01-22T13:05:38.139-08:002017-01-22T13:05:38.139-08:00Great story Steve. Enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing....Great story Steve. Enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing. 73, BasPE4BAS, Bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958141238330445285noreply@blogger.com