My Novice station was a Radio Shack HTX-100, 25 watt 10 Meter SSB/CW rig with a 10 Amp PS.  The HTX-100 was feeding a Radio Shack 102 inch stainless steel whip, trimmed for 10 Meters, and mounted on the roof of my shed.  I worked all over with this little rig, but that was late 1990, early 1991, and the solar cycle was still pretty high. After I got my General class license in early 1991, a friend loaned me his spare Drake TR-4, and I used that for almost a year, until he moved.  After that, I was back on sea duty (Navy), and didn't need a rig.  I didn't get back on HF until 1997, when I moved down to Florida....

I started with an Ameco AC-1 xmtr, with a hand-rolled coil for 40 meters and 2 or 3 xtals for transmit, and a Lafayette GC receiver.  I shortly thereafter moved up to a Johnson Ranger II and a Hammerlund HQ-110.  This was back in ...

:) My first rig was a HW 16-had 7 crystals on 40 mtr cw -I used them       on the 3rd overtone to work 15 cw Novice band,my call back then     was WN8TGH-held that call for 1-1/2 yr had a blast-I was using a   Inverted Vee held up by my parents TV tower under the TV antenna-   I used Radio Shack 2 conductor zip wire as the feedline,I graduated   to a old Heathkit DX100-with a Hallicrafters  SX110 Receiver,I also   had a xmt/rcv relay -What fun and great memories-I had to key the   transmitter to find where I was at on the SX110 receiver-the band   spread was like 1/16 th inch for 40 mtrs-how I ever worked all those   cw QSOs -tuning them in/switching-I was using a Ameco straight key   at first-then a J-36 a ham gave me-I was 17 when I started out-man   thats been 40 yrs ago how time goes by so quickly,the DX100 had a   VFO-but I could not use it-had my 7 crystals from Jan crystals I   bought-still have them and the HW 16-DX100-SX110-all work as they   did 40 yrs ago.I still enjoy most cw qsos,I give True RST reports-not     those 599  RST all the time- Take care 73/DX es my the cw be with     you all.                             Paul-K8PG  8)...

I used to oversee a local ARES group in 1999-2001; I also helped organize and operate a storm spotters group. I had to get out of both due to serious political issues within those groups. I highly doubt I will ever participate in one ever again.

My first station setup was a President HR2510 with a small Colt tuner for use on 10 meters; my antenna was an old CB radio ground plane tuned for 10. With the height of the solar cycle as it was in 1993 I worked 85 countries on 10 using onl...

sorry to say I knew nothing about a winter field day.

Worked XE1CHE,Jaime,Salvatierra,Mexico,on 14.050 MHZ.at 1339 UTC.

To me the green seems better for these old eyes.

Am member of ARES here in Citrus county Florida.