tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142737426092510126.post135228409517052981..comments2024-03-27T18:30:37.287-05:00Comments on AE5X: My affinity for Collins equipmentJohn AE5Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06884676867006975179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142737426092510126.post-4269475984273468212021-10-28T08:48:00.120-05:002021-10-28T08:48:00.120-05:00Bless you! WW5PA here.Bless you! WW5PA here.WW5PA pauleaster@pobox.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346039012320531785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142737426092510126.post-63989884759050354822021-10-19T20:35:37.878-05:002021-10-19T20:35:37.878-05:00Those were good old days, when radio was still in ...Those were good old days, when radio was still in its magic phase - no other method of connecting such families existed. It was a lot of fun.<br /><br />I've also been on the other side of the coin...for a year, I was on a merchant (military sealift) ship that regularly pulled into VQ9. We could call home from there but it was $10/minute - and this was in 1989. Prior to our second visit to John AE5Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06884676867006975179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142737426092510126.post-7859644883315534802021-10-19T20:11:16.479-05:002021-10-19T20:11:16.479-05:00We were on the receiving end of one of those phone...We were on the receiving end of one of those phone patches, when my son was in the 82nd Airborne. It was marvelous hearing from him, and as a ham I knew about the MARS setups that made it all possible. I tried to get the operator to give me his frequency so I could see if I could hear it direct, but no soap. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to all those MARS ops that made this possible. You Dave Newhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606866637455669041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142737426092510126.post-68451652849352312262021-10-18T18:36:16.034-05:002021-10-18T18:36:16.034-05:00Great callsign for that location. There were only ...Great callsign for that location. There were only two other MARS ops during the time I was at the two locations - both were hams and knew how to tune up the xcvrs and amps without decreasing their lifespan. Always good to have spares though.<br /><br />73,<br />JohnJohn AE5Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06884676867006975179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142737426092510126.post-26745289090962750782021-10-18T13:43:27.546-05:002021-10-18T13:43:27.546-05:00We used Collind gear by the bushel (kwm2 30S1 30L1...We used Collind gear by the bushel (kwm2 30S1 30L1) in Operation Deep Freeze, when the Navy did the grunt work. NNN0ICE was the McMurdo station... THe field parties used the KWM-2, and we had a room full of 6146W tubes, cause the non-amateur operators had a hard time with dipping the plate... Good gearwb7ondnoreply@blogger.com