I had a pair of KWS-1's, 75A4's while on Drift Station Alpha at the North Pole in 1958. Operated 24/7 for 11 months until the ice broke up and the two pairs are now 8000 ft below on the ocean floor. I have warm thoughts about them as one pair saved our lives on the expedition. When the ice pack broke up, I pulled the equipment to a safe piece of ice with a gasoline generator and two ski's to run wire between. We only had 2600 ft of ice runway left and needed to find the right plane to come in and then get off. Found a C-123J in Mass that flew to Greenland and then it got stripped down. Landed OK following my signal and then 17 of us without parka's or any other items of weight, huddled in the back as the 123 revved the engines to minimum and popped the Jato's and off we went. That what I meant about nice thoughts about Collins.
Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com www.W9DVM.com 727-944-3226 800-395-7795 pin 02 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT # 30210 W9DVM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett gazdzinski Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:30 PM To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service' Subject: RE: [AMRadio] KWS-1 on AM Doesn't sound half bad? Mine sounded 9/10 bad! Just plain nasty! You get 1 sideband and something like 250 Hz to 2800 Hz, I would think a cheap telephone sounds better.... The thing I remember about the KWS-1 was frustration. Tune the 75A4 and find a qso or cq, zero the kws-1, tune it up, tune the antenna swr, and someone was already working the CQ or the QSO signed off.... The rig was built really cool though. Brett N2DTS -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Elmore > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:20 PM > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > Subject: [AMRadio] KWS-1 on AM > > Speaking of AM..................Is anyone using a Collins > KWS-1 on AM? I just recently brought one back to life that has been > sitting idle for almost 20 years. I have to say listening to the local > monitor the audio in the AM mode doesn't sound half bad even with one > sideband missing. > > > > > Thank You > Tom Elmore KA1NVZ > Anchorage, Alaska ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
