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1966 | Obtained ARC-5 receiver. Borrowed Globe Scout 65A and some crystals from Wade Mckay WA4TFI. Bought homebrew transmitter from estate of Nobel Guthrie W4BS - not aired. |
1967 | Bought Hallicrafters S-120 from W&W Distributing in Memphis. Wade McKay loaned me his Drake 2B/2BQ. My father bought me a Hammarlund HX-50 HF transmitterat the Memphis hamfest. |
1968 | Borrowed Heathkit DX-60 and Hallicrafters SX-71. Borrowed Drake TR-4 from Delta Radio Club for DX contest. |
1969 | Experimented with ARC-5 receivers and built converter for 20-15-10 meters. Built 6 meter receiving converter. Obtained FRR-? receiver from MARS program. Bought Swan 270B HF transceiver from Russ Hellen's CB Center. |
1970 | Borrowed WRL Globe DSB-100 transmitter. Bought Lafayette HA-460 6 M AM transceiver. |
1971 | Bought Motorola 41V 2M FM rig and borrowed GE Progress line IMTS transceiver to convert. Borrowed Swan 250 from Russ Hellen's CB Center. |
1972 | Bought Regency HR-2A from Russ Hellen's CB Center. |
1973 | Experimented using APX-6 1215 MHz AM with WA4TFI. |
1974 | Bought R-390A at Cincinnati "Stagfest". |
1975 | Bought Kenwood TS-820S from Memphis Amateur Electronics |
1976 | Bought Kenwood TV-502S 2 meter transverter. |
1977 | Adapted MARS microwave link for 2304 GHz and worked WAA4HGN. Bought ICOM IC-551A transceiver |
1978 | Bought ICOM IC-251A 2 meter all mode. |
1979 | Bought Hammarlund SP600-JX21 receiver. |
1980 | Bought used ICOM IC-520 HF transceiver and Yaesu FRG-9600 receiver |
1981 | Bought MMT-432/28 transverter |
1982 | Bought MMT-220/28 transverter, IC-271A transceiver |
1983 | Bought ICOM IC-745 HF transceiver, ICOM IC-471A transceiver |
1984 | Bought ICOM IC-1271A transceiver. |
1985 | Bought ICOM R-7000 receiver. |
1986 | Bought SSB 2304 transverter and ICOM IC-375A and IC-1275A transceivers. |
1987 | Bought SSB LT-33SL transverter |
1989 | Built DEM 5760 transverter. |
1990 | Bought ICOM IC-970A multimode transceiver. |
1991 | Bought ICOM IC-729A HF+6M transceiver. |
1992 | Built DEM 3456 transverter. |
1993 | Built first 10 GHz transverter |
1994 | Bought ICOM ICR-7100 receiver |
1995 | Bought ICOM IC-736 HF+6M transceiver. |
1996 | Built first transverter for 24 GHz |
1997 | Built 10 GHz transverter |
1998 | Built another 10 GHz transverter for EME |
2000 | Built yet another 10 GHz transverter |
2001 | Bought used ICOM IC-726 transceiver (for IF use). Built 10/24 GHz dual band transverter. |
2002 | Bought HP 3586C Selective Level Meter (HF precision receiver) |
2003 | Bought ICOM IC-910H all mode tri-band transceiver, HP Z3801A GPS precision frequency reference. |
2004 |