Re: Topband: FCC regulations circa 1960's

2016-01-16 Thread John Frazier
Tom I /think/ I understand your point and question. If I recall, didn't we have to send our call as a / (stroke) suffix after the lower class call? That's what I recall anyway. Anyone else with better memory, jump in. 73 John W4II _ Topband Reflector Archives -

Re: Topband: FCC regulations circa 1960's

2016-01-15 Thread Louis Parascondola via Topband
lt;jkaufm...@alum.mit.edu>; topband <topband@contesting.com> Sent: Fri, Jan 15, 2016 07:21 PM Subject: Topband: FCC regulations circa 1960's > I'm almost certain that all of his serious DXing was done from the water > tower location. He also had a 160m station at his home, but it was on

Topband: FCC regulations circa 1960's

2016-01-15 Thread Tom W8JI
I'm almost certain that all of his serious DXing was done from the water tower location. He also had a 160m station at his home, but it was on a very small urban lot and as I recall, he had only a low dipole up for 160m there. Whenever I heard him operating from the water tower site, he would

Re: Topband: FCC regulations circa 1960's

2016-01-15 Thread Mike Waters
Here's some interesting "ancient history" about amateur station licenses vs. operator licenses (even if it is 97 years old). http://earlyradiohistory.us/1919lic.htm 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband