I grew up in an amateur radio house. My father was W6PO (ex- W6UOV). As a kid, one task would be to turn on the 'shop' for my dad before he got home, so all the tubes would be warmed up. (Probably the ham shack too) There is a big breaker box inside the door with a bunch of switches that turn everything on.
During moonbounce activity, we were not supposed to answer the phone until it rang more than once. The 'one ringer' signal was from another ham who was verifying that the pre-arranged schedule was on and he was ready.
I got my license after I graduated from College. My ex-husband was interested in the hobby and we got our licenses. Currently I am a General class and plan to become an extra so I can get a memorial club station with my dad's callsign.
Janice
I sure remember those "one ringers". I think the guidance was the same in every VHF DXers house around the country. "Don't even think of answering the phone until it rings more than once!" We would always ring up with one ring at the start of the sked to let the other person know we were there and everything was OK. High winds, blown up power supplies, flooded basements, and Ice storms, all could wreck a moonbounce sked! I remember burning my hand just before one schedule, and recall going out to untie the 144 MHz array while keeping my hand stuck in a bucket of ice water. It worked, and I completed the schedule. Those "one ringers" sure made life easy back then.
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