W4BXI

WN4-waiting

Before the transmitter arrived

1953

First license 1953!

(left to rt) First rig - a 5 watt CW rig dropped from air WWII & power supply;

(my 2nd rig) Globe Scout 40A bandswitching (big deal) but still crystal controlled;

HQ 129 X (still have!).

Newspaper article 1954 W4BXI

2 meter DX packet antennna, deck mounted, vert polariz, courtesy of Ed Blalack.
Note view from Lookout Mtn toward Monte Sano!

W4BXI Library -- every issue of QST since Dec 1915!
Courtesy of Pete Sides W4AUP an early spark gap oper.