Re: [Phys-L] (no subject)

[Bob Sciamanda <treborsciamanda@gmail.com>]

Nostalgia:  As a senior in HS (1949)  I "coached" my Physics teacher into
getting his Ham License - and built his first transmitter! Those were the
days!

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
treborsciamanda@gmail.com
www.sciamanda.com


On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 6:29 PM Anthony Lapinski <alapinski@pds.org> wrote:

> NJ has (had?) the largest computer festival in the country.
>
> tcf-nj.org
>
> I attended for many years. A very unique convention, to say the least. Old
> and new technology. Many ham operators there. You can "Ham Cram" to get an
> amateur radio license in one day!
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 6:21 PM bernard cleyet via Phys-l <
> phys-l@mail.phys-l.org> wrote:
>
> > I think my technician license required 7 words /min.
> >
> > Licensing now is very different, requiring, for example, much
> > electronics.
> >
> > bc. remembers the weird speech from a BFO at not quite the correct freq.
> > receiving SSB suppressed carrier.  Continuing to nostaligise.
> >
> >
> > p.s.  A developer of proximity fuzes,  during the War, said he always
> > sought out grunts who were radio hams for his unit. (PBS programme)
> >
> > > On 2020/Mar/22, at 14:37, brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > > It amuses me that I recently bought a low power HF CW transmitter/
> > receiver kit to build for ham radio field days.
> > >  Long ago, it was necessary to test for 5 wpm morse if one flew, in
> > order to identify Navaids - and this was about my limit!
> >
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