Oh, and I forgot to mention: in order to participate in the QSO party (have your score acknowledged/printed in the OTB and have anyone you QSO count the contact you gotta be a AWA member. Not my rule, so don't attack the messenger!
73, -Larry/NE1S Donald Chester wrote: > > Last weekend and again this weekend December 7-8, 2300 GMT start and finish > times, 3550-3580 kc. Transmitters are > limited to 1929 or earlier types of self-excited oscillators and MOPA's, 10 > to 20 watts maximum, straight keys encouraged. > > This makes fascinating listening. Last Saturday evening, that portion of the > band was filled with signals from those rigs. > Unlike the sterile machine-perfect ultra-stable CW signals heard from the > plastic radios of today, the band segment was alive with signals with > various degrees of chirp, buzz, hum, drift, and operator fists. It gives you > a good idea of what 99% of the ham frequencies must have sounded like in > 1929, when the vast majority of hams were limited to low power CW. Some of > the rigs were amazingly stable to be simple self-oscillators. I didn't > participate (don't have an appropriate rig) but I monitored for hours. Part > of the exchange consists of a description of the station. Very enlightening > for anyone interested in the heritage of amateur radio. I encourage everyone > to take a short break from AM this weekend and spend a few minutes enjoying > the rare opportunity to hear the sounds of those signals. > > Don K4KYV > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > _______________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio --------------------------------------------- Introducing NetZero Long Distance 1st month Free! Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com
