Greetings Ed!

 Brer Ed Vance wrote to Brer Roy Witt about Re: Resurrected:

 EV>> Hey!, only Amateurs can Participate in HAM radio anyone else is a
 EV>> SWL (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.

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

Right.

 EV> I suppose you hadn't read much of what I have written in the past and
 EV> didn't know to read between the lines to figure what it is I said.
 EV> -snip-

8^) I take you for your word, not what you didn't say.

 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.

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

1940s...My 'World Wide' is from that era.

 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.

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

Any frequency above 27.405 and below 28.000MHz...

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

No, it means what I said above. At one time, I was also known to xmit on
the radio control (only) channels inbetween 15 and 16...SSB only in the
days when SSB was new to CB...

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

So, you're not so old afterall. I was going on 19 when the FCC opened up
11mtrs to CB radio. One of the first 5 in town to have a CB license.

 EV> I saved up for a Heathkit DX-40 instead of a CW Only DX-20 and
 EV> ordered my first TX in September '58 the same month the 11 Meter
 EV> Amateur Radio Band was given to the Citizens Band Service. I wanted
 EV> the more costly DX-40 because it had a Carrier Controlled Modulator
 EV> circuit, where as the DX-20 didn't have it built in, but could be
 EV> modified for AM with a simple circuit add on. -snip-

Back then we were operating Heathkit 'lunchboxes' on 11mtr. They had a
tuneable front end, but a xtal controlled xmiter. And, you could only have
one xtal in the box at a time. And AM operation only.

 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.

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

8^)

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

 EV> I've heard about that bridge.
 EV> -snip-

 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

 EV> I saw the .JPG, is the photo of You?

LOL! No...

 EV> Looking at the photo I couldn't figure out what it had to do with
 EV> April Fools Day, or with Psalms 14:1 or Psalms 53:1 ?

The caption reads: In a shocking and unexpected move, the FCC today
transferred all amateur radio licensing responsibility to QRZ.com,
releasing Report and Order 2013-699.  Outgoing Chairman Julius Genchowski
read a statement before Congress noting (cut). cApril 1, 2013...

 EV> Just now I searched Wikipedia and learned he is/was Chairman of the
 EV> FCC.
 EV> I have no idea why April Fools Day applies to him as I don't watch
 EV> or listen to News Broadcasts. ???? ??

See above.

 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.

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

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

That's sort of like my Drake UV3. It is programmed by inserting diodes
in a card and inserting it in the provided card slot in the radio. That
radio came with a handful of diodes and a manual to instruct you in what
diodes in which place will mean something.

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

 EV> Maybe you can find out about the weekly ARN broadcast if you took a
 EV> look at a Amateur Radio Club's web pages to see if it tells you the
 EV> Time and Freq. the ARNewsline is heard.
 EV> -snip-

I read the release in text mode in HAM, where I post it from an email I
receive from them.


 EV> 804?; ???, Wavelength?, Frequency?, FIDO Net Number?, ?, ?, ..__..
 EV> No idea what 804? means, Roy.

804 means - WTF? - Over! is self explanatory.

800 codes were used on hi-band CB. I forget the rest of them, but 804
stood out and I have always remembered it.


         R\%/itt - K5RXT

 On Ward's exalted throne, he is still seated on nothing but his big arse.



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