Gerald Miller wrote:
On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:16:38 GMT, George wrote:

SteveB wrote:
"Lew Hartswick" wrote in message
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Jim Chandler wrote:
Brings back a lot memories. Same kind of things but mine was done
in the 40s . By the 50s I was into Ham radio and the MARS station
at the 763 AC&W sta.
...lew...

Where was the 763rd, Les? That number sounds familiar. I spent my three
and a half years ('61-65) at the Washington Air Defense Sector (WAADS) at
Fort Lee, Va. and it sounds like it was one of ours.

Jim Chandler
763 AC&W sqdn. Lockport NY (just east of Niagara Falls)
CPS6-B radar with search kit installed while I was there
1951 1953. S/Sgt when departing 3 Dec 1953.
Seems a lifetime ago. :-)
...lew...
Psssst. As one old fart to another, 54 years IS a lifetime to many people.
Sometimes, I tell these young farts, "I've got shoes older than you."

I was five in 1953, so you got a few on me.

Steve


'48 was a good year, me too.
That was when I started in the electrical trade - step and fetch and
hold the light for my Dad.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

I remember the early crystal sets, breadboarded on what ever was
available. I had KUJ (50,000 watts) just over a half mile away so volume
was not a real problem.

Can you still get germanium diodes? Haven't seen one for many a year.

Later we went to adding single stage amps, just for the fun of it,
utilized a 2N107 transistor with a AAA battery. Hid them in a large pen
case, ran the earphone up the sleeve of my shirt and never got caught in
class.

Oh, the fun it was.

George