The death of the American ham radio industry

So we're talking 40-50 years ago. Not today.

That design was common for both 5 meter and 2-1/2 meter transceivers back then. The detector was superregenerative, though, and it only worked on AM. Such rigs were legal back then.....not so much, today.

Ah, but you had to add a crystal and a switching system, and the output was less than a watt. What you had wasn't really a transceiver in the modern sense.

There are plenty of designs for 1 and 2 tube regenerative receivers and 1 tube crystal oscillator transmitters, as well as solid-state versions of the same.

I don't have a problem, I'm just commenting. Heck, I started out with a two-tube regenerative receiver and a 1 tube crystal oscillator transmitter.

But I didn't stop there.

 

No, it was a regen, a Hartley configuration regenerative detector, sorry to burst your bubble.

You're just trolling now.

 

Youse guyz can argue the fine points all you want. What I do know, and consider important, is that

• It was fun.
• There was a personal sense of accomplishment, however small.
• It often led to bigger and better things.

Not bad, I'd say. Did I mention it was fun?

 

Down the hall with you.

 

Room 12A, just along the corridor.

 

HR is still fun in moderation.
For example, I love SSB and CW contesting. It's finding the time to do it with family commitments and such.
I'll get around to it again in the next couple of years.

 

Don't wait too many years. Most of us old farts don't have that many left.

 

True. When I get back into the swing of things again, the few hams left will have to SCHEDULE activity periods using the Internet and or email.
Oh... I believe that's already happening to some degree.
I forsee QRZ becoming a great collaboration website.