My Novice Frequency in the 50's was 7156. You could work the entire Novice band with one crystal. It wasn't uncommon to tune up the band 20 kHz and hear someone returning your "CQ" call five minutes after you stopped sending. Lets face it...we all did the same thing hoping someone would hear us.
Bill Marx W2CQ KN2PEQ in 1958) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Old Novice Days > The Novice 40m band in late '60's/early '70's was 7150 to 7200. I had > crystals on 7173 and 7175 and 7163(I think). Lots of fun with Ameco AC-1 and > Drake 2-A(sadly, don't have either one now). > Joe W4AAB (WN4AUX 1972-73;WA4AUX 1973-99) > > Geoff writes: > > > ronnie.hull wrote: > > > >> a recent qso about novice days, stimulated my interest and I got out my > >> old log books. My very first cq qso was on november 24, 1969, with > >> WN8AAD, George in Hamden Ohio, on 7.160mhz, at 22:45 I wonder whatever > >> happened to ole George? > >> > > > > I swear I remember mom getting her ticket in 1967. She is WB5BBF, > > recently upgraded to general and renewed her ticket for another 10 years. > > > > Even then, I *thought* I recalled the novice frequencies on 40m being from > > 7100 ~ 7150kc. The fone band was the same as it is now... 7150 ~ 7300kc. > > > > Are you sure your first QSO was on 7160kc? > > > > ;-) > > > > 73 = Best Regards, > > -Geoff/W5OMR (/5 New Orleans, LA) > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > AMRadio mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
