So, someone in a chat I’m in bought a SB-220 as a project amp. We were talking about it one day in October and I thought huh, that sounds kind of neat I guess. So I hopped on craigslist and found my own project. A ham out of Wisconsin was selling a Drake L4B amplifier that hadn’t been used in a couple years, and all I knew about it was “It worked when it was put away”. So I did the only logical thing. I hopped in the truck, drove to the next state over and bought it. (Stopping along the way to activate Banning state park K-2467 with AE0KW, and going up to Bear Beach State Natural Area in Wisconsin K-8211) I hadn’t even seen a photo of the amp at this point.
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Hi,
I’m Nick, ham radio operator W0NY, systems admin, outdoorsman and all around nerd. I play radio for fun using all modes, mainly Phone or CW (still learning on that one). I will sometimes operate digital on the side or when hunting a new DX entity.
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