Sostieni Ron Wellsted (M0RNW)

I first got interested in electronics around 1967 (age 11-12!). This lead on to radio when I was given several working and non working receivers and components from a Silent Key. The working receivers included a BC-348 with a 240v PSU and as yet unidentified HF receiver made by the Federal Radio & Telegraph Corp. (a true monster, this was a 19 inch cube that seemed to weigh about 1/2 ton). These sets gave me coverage for the LF, MF & HF bands. A simple indoor wire antenna soon proved to be insufficient, so I purchased a long-wire antenna kit from Tandy. This consisted of about 50 foot of bare copper wire, a shorter length of insulated wire for the down-lead, an insulated flat strap for feeding through a closed window and a couple of plastic ‘egg’ insulators. This was soon installed between the corner of the house and a suitable tree at about 20 foot above ground.