I got a kick out of this e-mail from Cory, WA3UVV:<\/p>\n
Hi, Bill!<\/span><\/p>\n While listening to SS137, you brought back some warm memories.<\/span><\/p>\n Bert Sessler, WA3WAW and I both grew up in Uniontown<\/span> and met via CB \u2013 which was a gateway drug to Ham Radio for many of us. <\/span>Within a fairly short time, we became good friends. <\/span>Although I moved away some 30 years ago, I always try to get together with him when I\u2019m back in town.<\/span><\/p>\n The HW-7 references also reminded me of trips into the nearby hills (being a few years older, I had my driver\u2019s license and car before him) with his HW-7 and some lantern batteries. <\/span>We\u2019d park my \u201969 Chevy Nova and then hike the trails to find some suitable trees for antenna supports. <\/span>Bert\u2019s code speed was impressive right from the start and he\u2019d work more stations than me, in rapid succession. <\/span>(How many 25+ WPM Novices do you know?)<\/span><\/p>\n Later, I\u2019d get a HW-7 (and TenTec Power Mite 2) for those hikes alone, but it wasn\u2019t quite the same as doing it with a friend. <\/span>These days, I go to parks in the relatively flat South Jersey or Delaware<\/span> with a FT-817ND, MFJ-9030 or 20M VXO\u2019d RockMite and TX<\/span> Topper Amp. <\/span>Recently, pangs of nostalgia for my HW-7 (and ARC-5 station, for that matter) have arisen. <\/span>I know the receiver doesn\u2019t stack up against the new stuff I have, but it was certainly good enough for many enjoyable contacts.<\/span><\/p>\n Also, John Zaruba, K2ZA, is a good friend of mine here in Gloucester County. <\/span>I\u2019ve laid hands on the DX-100 you now have. <\/span>You should have seen the Collins A line John\u2019s dad had in the racks. <\/span>Everything looked almost factory new.<\/span><\/p>\n At our GCARC Hamfest over the weekend, John helped feed my tube addiction with 4 boxes of NOS tubes, shields, etc. <\/span>I also bought his dad\u2019s Meissner Signal Shifter. <\/span>After giving it a respectful time to warm up and colorfully glow again (orange, purple and green from the \u201cmagic eye\u201d), I attached it to a tungsten lamp \u2013 the \u201cmanly\u201d way to tune a tube transmitter \u2013 and got RF! <\/span>As it has a balanced 300 ohm output, I have to build a 6:1 balun and hope to have it on the air next week with its characteristic chirp. <\/span>Hmm, just like the HW-7 and my ARC-5\u2019s of years gone by\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n I hope you and your family are enjoying life back in DC. <\/span>It\u2019s not the milieu of Italy<\/span>, but at least you\u2019re much closer to a Ham Radio Outlet!<\/span><\/p>\n All the best,<\/span><\/p>\n Cory \u2013 WA3UVV<\/span><\/p>\n PS – If you have a desire to home brew a 6L6 transmitter and need a tube, let me know. My mom taught me to share…<\/span><\/p>\n Our book: “SolderSmoke — Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics”http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm<\/a>Our coffee mugs, T-Shirts, bumper stickers: http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke<\/a>Our Book Store: http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got a kick out of this e-mail from Cory, WA3UVV: Hi, Bill! While listening to SS137, you brought back some warm memories. Bert Sessler, WA3WAW and I both grew up in Uniontown and met via CB \u2013 which was a gateway drug to Ham Radio for many of us. Within a fairly short time, … Continue reading “HW-7s, CB:”A Gateway Drug”, and The Manly Way to Tune a Transmitter”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,310],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dx-100","category-hw-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}