03-22-14 13:04 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about Resurrected   
      
    RW> @MSGID: <532EBA06.289.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RW> Greetings Ed!   
      
    RW>  Brer Ed Vance wrote to Brer Roy Witt about Re: Resurrected:   
   -snip-   
    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.   
   -snip-   
    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.   
   -snip-   
    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.   
   -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   
      
   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. ???? ??   
   -snip-   
    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.   
   -snip-   
    RW>  * Origin: HAM Radio, aka Amateur Radio. 804? Over! (1:387/22)   
      
   804?; ???, Wavelength?, Frequency?, FIDO Net Number?, ?, ?, ..__..   
   No idea what 804? means, Roy.   
      
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