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.   
      
    RW>>  * Origin: HAM Radio, aka Amateur Radio. 804? Over! (1:387/22)   
      
    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.   
      
      
      
   --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012   
   --- D'Bridge 3.98   
    * Origin: HAM Radio, aka Amateur Radio. 804? Over! (1:387/22)