03-22-14 13:04 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about Resurrected

 RW> {at}MSGID: 
 RW> Greetings Ed!

 RW>  Brer Ed Vance wrote to Brer Roy Witt about Re: Resurrected:
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 EV> Hey!, only Amateurs can Participate in HAM radio anyone else is a SWL
 EV> (or BOOTLEGGER).

 RW> No, anyone can participate in HAM radio, as long as there is a
 RW> licensed operator at the station. And as long as the licensee
 RW> doesn't allow operation out of his license privlidges. This can
 RW> even include Novices operating phone on 20mtrs.

Brer Roy,

You're Right, I had a bad choice of words.
I should had wrote something such as:
Operate A TX Alone without being licensed for the service or Frequency.

I suppose you hadn't read much of what I have written in the past and
didn't know to read between the lines to figure what it is I said.
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 RW> The oldest radio I have is a Hallicrafters 'World Wide'
 RW> receiver, that has AM on it, but no BFO to enable hearing SSB.
 RW> It was portable running on a 6 volt battery, but hasn't been
 RW> mobile since I've owned it.

A Hallicrafters SX-42 with freq. coverage 540Kc/s to 108Mc/s AM, CW
and FM is my oldest piece of gear.

 EV>> Once to install a CW Filter in it, and once to help another Ham
 EV>> Neutralize the new 6146 he put in his radio which was the same as
 EV>> what I have.

 RW>> Before I was licensed as a HAM, I bought the Kenwood and
 RW>> modified it to work above CB channel 40, but below 20.0... I
 RW>> later returned it to stock, except that I put the crystals in
 RW>> the wrong place and 28.5 is on the 29.1 switch. I know where it
 RW>> xmits.

 EV> Hmmm, were you a SWL or BOOTLEGGER then?

 RW> 'High band CBer'...those crystals have been lost for years now.

I don't know what a "High band CBer" is, I remember Channels 24 to 40
being added to the original 23 Channels.

Does High Band mean those frequencies?, I never was a CB'er although I
might had got a CB License when I turned 18.

I earned the Novice License 3 months before the FCC opened the CB
Service to U.S. Citizens. I was 16 years old and just bought my
Hallicrafters S-38E the same day my Novice ticket arrived in the mail.

I saved up for a Heathkit DX-40 instead of a CW Only DX-20 and ordered
my first TX in September '58 the same month the 11 Meter Amateur Radio
Band was given to the Citizens Band Service.
I wanted the more costly DX-40 because it had a Carrier Controlled
Modulator circuit, where as the DX-20 didn't have it built in, but
could be modified for AM with a simple circuit add on.
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 RW> A few hundred years ago, there were CDs with the call book on
 RW> them. They may have upgraded those CDs to reflect the earliest
 RW> calls on record. Yours was probably not included since it was
 RW> more than a few hundred years ago.

Yep!, You might call me an Old Timer, even thought I'm not a member of
the OTC (Old Timers Club), just an Old Time LID. .... .. _._.__

 RW> 8^) BTW, if you believe that, I have this large bridge in
 RW> Brooklyn that is for sale.

I've heard about that bridge.
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 RW> Since we're approaching April 1, here's a link to check out
 RW> from last year's April 1.

 RW> http://radioartisan.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/genachowski.jpg

I saw the .JPG, is the photo of You?
Looking at the photo I couldn't figure out what it had to do with
April Fools Day, or with Psalms 14:1 or Psalms 53:1 ?

Just now I searched Wikipedia and learned he is/was Chairman of the
FCC.
I have no idea why April Fools Day applies to him as I don't watch
or listen to News Broadcasts. ???? ??
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 RW> Hmmmm. In my junk box is an old 'police scanner' that could be
 RW> used for that, but it's xtal controlled and I'd have to find
 RW> xtals for it. Instead, I can use my newest police scanner and
 RW> digitally tune that frequency, if I knew what it is.

Set it up to scan a Range, if it has that capability.
It may be that the ARN broadcast is on a Simplex frequency instead of
on a Repeater in your area.

I never owned a scanner radio, but I remember when some company brought
out a unit that the freq. was selected by punching holes in a plastic
card and inserting it inside the case. I thought that was really neat.

 EV> Some local Ham Radio Clubs have web pages, but I rarely check them
 EV> out. BBS messages and QRZ are were I learn what's happening on the
 EV> Bands.

Maybe you can find out about the weekly ARN broadcast if you took a
look at a Amateur Radio Club's web pages to see if it tells you the
Time and Freq. the ARNewsline is heard.
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804?; ???, Wavelength?, Frequency?, FIDO Net Number?, ?, ?, ..__..
No idea what 804? means, Roy.

... The number you have dailed...Nine-one-one...has been changed.
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