Subj : Re: Storage To : ED VANCE From : TOM WALKER Date : Fri Jun 20 2014 06:21 am EV>IIRC an old "Carl and Jerry" article told of them tearing into a EV>portable AM radio and modifying it so they could send an Emergency EV>Message on the local CW Traffic Net Frequency to get some needed help. EV>They did that because they didn't have any Ham Gear with them, just the EV>portable battery powered radio. That reminde me of the Old General Test. You needed to be able to draw from memory some circuits like a Hartley or Colpitts oscillator --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ Typo Tom Strkes Again * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 bbs.docsnetservices.com (1:123/140) .