That was during the largest recorded sunspot cycle. Guys on 6 meters were working all over the country and even worldwide although there weren't that many countries that had lots of 6 meter privileges. AM was still the predominant mode on 6 although there were a few that were dabbling in DSB. This period, and 6 meters, is what sparked my interest in amateur radio.
Pete, wa2cwa On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:02:09 -0700 "Bob Macklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do I remember correctly. > > During the HOT TIME in 1957/58 people in the States were working > Austraila on 10M with low power transmitter. gennerally 25w or > less. > > That was also the period of the first Class D CB service. And even > CBers were working Austrailia on 5W. > > At that time 10M was a common mobile band so lower power transmitter > were also common. > > Do I remember that in that peroiod that high power transmitters were > not common on 15M and 10M. Remember, those were the days before the > high power linears that became popular in the 60's. > > Bob Macklin > K5MYJ > Seattle, Wa, > "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net 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.
