01-12-2012, 07:21 AM
I had a set of those coils some years ago and didn't know what they were. As they were of no use to me, I binned them. Oh Dear.
Makes you realise how far electronics has progressed when you see how primitive and cumbersome these sets were, even though they were for portable use.
Really not much more than a homebrew QRP rig, but quite adequate for the job in hand.
Back in the early 70s I was secretary of the Grimsby Amateur Radio Club and we had a stand at an exhibition called 'Hobbies for All' (back then, people still had hobbies - not fleeting 'pastimes'). I'd made a little Morse oascillator for people to dabble with, and an elderly lady stopped at the stand and sent perfect CW at about 20WPM with it. She said 'I'm a bit rusty, but you never forget it do you?' She went on to explain that she'd been in the SOE, parachuted into France. Didn't get captured - wasn't scared except for the parachute jump. She'd been given a cyanide pill in the event of capture, but said she chucked it away, remarking that the object of war was that if you died, it was at the hands of the enemy - not your own.
It will be interesting to see the outcome of the auction.
Makes you realise how far electronics has progressed when you see how primitive and cumbersome these sets were, even though they were for portable use.
Really not much more than a homebrew QRP rig, but quite adequate for the job in hand.
Back in the early 70s I was secretary of the Grimsby Amateur Radio Club and we had a stand at an exhibition called 'Hobbies for All' (back then, people still had hobbies - not fleeting 'pastimes'). I'd made a little Morse oascillator for people to dabble with, and an elderly lady stopped at the stand and sent perfect CW at about 20WPM with it. She said 'I'm a bit rusty, but you never forget it do you?' She went on to explain that she'd been in the SOE, parachuted into France. Didn't get captured - wasn't scared except for the parachute jump. She'd been given a cyanide pill in the event of capture, but said she chucked it away, remarking that the object of war was that if you died, it was at the hands of the enemy - not your own.
It will be interesting to see the outcome of the auction.
Regards, David.
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G-QRP Club Member 1339.
'I'm in my own little world, but I'm happy, and they know me here'
BVWS Member.
G-QRP Club Member 1339.
'I'm in my own little world, but I'm happy, and they know me here'
