Well, I hope this is the right place for this post....Name is Paul, been a ham for about 30 years now, been into just about every aspect, mode and radio the hobby has to offer....sold most of my gear last year, most that I built, and now just down to my Johnson rigs which are only 50 watt single 6146 rigs, they are...Pacemaker a SSB, AM, and CW...and a Ranger, both are very good CW rigs, and are a blast to run. I couple these up with a Halicrafters 101A that I've had for 40 years, totaly rebuilt inside and maybe this year I will refinish the outside, that will be nice. Also I have the Johnson 1kw transmatch ...makes for a grat retro station. I have built many QRP rigs, and sold many of them to my friends and on ebay...I kept my Yeasu 817nd and a elecraft kx1....nice little rigs and very reliable. Mostly run CW, had a stroke about 14 years ago, so it slowed me down to about 15-20 wpm, but still love it most of all the modes. Love to build wire antennas, working on a multiturn loop ant for receiving right now...made from red oak and copper inside the tuner box, hoping to get most of the bands from 20-160 meters....we will see?!?!?! Hi hi hi....big dreams! Well that's about it for now, hope to have good visits with all of you...73s for now .....sk
