Memories
One of a sporadic, few posts about my memories of radio, electronics, computers and whatever else strikes me might be interesting. My first transceiver, an imported FCC spec Midland 100M, the very first contact was someone two streets away, maybe 150mtrs, because the final was blown, i had the stereotype DV-27 on a biscuit tin, no idea about SWR. I knew a bit about radio and electronics, I'd built a few things from Everyday Electronics and even modified them to do 'stuff', I repaired radios and cassette players for friends at school, more by luck and persistence than any actual knowledge but I learned. However, the insides of the Midland were a whole new level and I really didn't know an awful lot, plus I had nobody to ask, the internet was only a military research project called DARPANet so, as tempting as it was to tinker, I had to take it to the local CB shop and was mildly terrified because CB was illegal to use back then in the UK * (see below). The owner was ...