I’m a odd kind of guy. Most kids start off wanting to be a fireman when they’re growing up. Me, I wanted to be an electrical engineer. When I was 6. Like I said: odd.
From 6 to 9 I was busy etching circuit boards on the family room table. Staining various table cloths with the ferric chloride chemistry. Not that I got many working things at that age, but that’s what I wanted to do.
Computers
When I was 9 my parents got me a TI99/4a computer. That changed everything. Now I wanted to be a programmer. Haven’t really looked back since then.
A litany of computers followed:
- TI99/4a
- Commodore 64
- Commodore 128
- Commodore Amiga 500
- Borrowed 286 clone
- 386/25MHz
- 486/33MHz
- Pentium/90MHz
- Pentium II
- Pentium III
- Athlon X64 4400+ (2.2GHz)
- MacBook (White 2008) (quickly given to Ennie)
- MacBook Pro (Late 2008)
- iMac (Late 2009) Quad core Intel Core i7/2.8GHz
Seeing a picture of my old QSL card DL4OP ex KR6EU brought back memories. Licensed 10 April 54, using the same call ever since. Whats the deal on the cards that you are posting? Back in the 50′s when the prop was hot, I used to work the Pacific Islands KH6, KM6, KX6, KW6, KG6, etc while running 30 watts AM, using a two element tagi made of bamboo poles wrapped with aluminum, foil. Like your collection. Also QSL’d 100% to all stations.
72 / 73 Bob W9JOP
The cards are from my wife’s grandpa; Vic Bambeck was her grandfather. Like seemingly all hams, he saved all the cards that he received.
Unfortunately he passed away many years ago, back in the early 80′s.
The call had been vacant since then — until my wife passed the test and got her ticket and she applied to get W8DFL and got it.
W8DFL has stayed in her family! Now I just have to get her on the air more… (a general license would help too)
So we had a pile of QSL cards… I posted all of them that we have hoping to bring a smile to folks that might remember them with a smile.
73s mate!
George,
You have a qsl card posted here, K0RVB, from Pueblo, Colorado. That card was sent from my father, R.J. “Jack” Ralston. I was wondering if I could buy it from you, as it is the only qsl card from his K0RVB days that is in existence.
It would mean a great deal to me if you would sell me his card, since I do not have ANY of his K0RVB qsl cards.
Please consider my request. I would be very grateful.
Thank you
Oh George, BTW… I did as your wife did (except Vic’s call was her grandpa’s), got licensed and applied for my dad’s callsign. K0RVB and got it. Now, I’m trying to continue his legacy. As I said in my previous post, If you and your wife would consider selling me my dad’s old qsl, I would be very grateful. As a matter of fact I sent your wife one of my NEW qsl cards, which has a picture of my dad on the left and me on the right, with our call, K0RVB in red.
Thanks George
John – K0RVB