Friends,
Jim, KO6SU, wrote:
> Last Saturday I had the good fortune to spend a portion of the day
>with KD7S{Bill Jones}.Under his patient guidance I constructed my
>first kit...an 80 meter pixie. <stuff cut here>
It was a joy to be a part of another ham's first kit building experience.
Jim displayed an unusual amount of patience during the construction process.
He was thorough, methodical and rechecked his work every step of the way.
Once all the parts were in place, we made a quick visual inspection of the
board plus some resistance measurements. Everything appeared to be in order
so we went for the smoke test. It didn't work! It was "back to the bench"
where we found a single bad solder joint. Once that was fixed the little
Pixie-2 sprang to life without hesitation. What a wonderful feeling that
was. The look on Jim's face told the whole story.
We now have another ham on QRP-L who can say, "...rig here is homebrew."
Jim, we're ALL proud of you. I'm looking forward to being on the other end
of one of the first QSOs with that new rig.
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Bill Jones - KD7S <><
Sanger, California
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