nope, I found my old log book and ALL of my novice qso's were on 7.155, 7.160 and 7.175 W5SUM
"This country may have stumbled but it aint ever fell, if the Russians don't believe us they can all go straight to hell" Charlie Daniels ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Bill Connelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Discussion of AM Radio <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:42:22 -0500 Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Old Novice Days > I think the Novice band was 7100 to 7150. My pet rock was 7110. > > Bill, W3MJ > > At 12:38 PM 2/23/2005 -0500, you wrote: > >Content-class: urn:content-classes:message > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="utf-8" > > > >That's right, the 40 meter novice band in the 60's was from 7150 to > >7200. The phone band was smaller then, from 7200 to 7300. I can't > >remember the exact xtal frequencies, but I sure had a lot of fun on CW as > >WN2QEV in 1964/1965. At first I had to ask people to QRS, but after a > >short time it was no problem copying everybody. > > > >I shared a Heathkit DX-40 and KnightKit Star Roamer with my twin brother > >Al, WN2QEW/NE2D. Then we saved our pennies and bought a used > >Hallicrafters S-85 receiver, and discovered that 15 meters was far from > >being a "dead" band like it appeared to be with the Star Roamer. We had a > >lot of fun on that band as well. > > > >73, Don K2FY > >Rochester, NY > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe Crawford > >Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 2:58 PM > >To: Discussion of AM Radio > >Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Old Novice Days > > > > > >The Novice 40m band in late '60's/early '70's was 7150 to 7200. I had > >crystals on 7173 and 7175 and 7163(I think). Lots of fun with Ameco AC-1 and > >Drake 2-A(sadly, don't have either one now). > > Joe W4AAB (WN4AUX 1972-73;WA4AUX 1973- 99) > > > >Geoff writes: > > > > > ronnie.hull wrote: > > > > > >> a recent qso about novice days, stimulated my interest and I got out my > > >> old log books. My very first cq qso was on november 24, 1969, with > > >> WN8AAD, George in Hamden Ohio, on 7.160mhz, at 22:45 I wonder whatever > > >> happened to ole George? > > >> > > > > > > I swear I remember mom getting her ticket in 1967. She is WB5BBF, > > > recently upgraded to general and renewed her ticket for another 10 years. > > > > > > Even then, I *thought* I recalled the novice frequencies on 40m being from > > > 7100 ~ 7150kc. The fone band was the same as it is now... 7150 ~ 7300kc. > > > > > > Are you sure your first QSO was on 7160kc? > > > > > > ;-) > > > > > > 73 = Best Regards, > > > -Geoff/W5OMR (/5 New Orleans, LA) > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > AMRadio mailing list > > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > > > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > > > > > >______________________________________________________________ > >AMRadio mailing list > >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > >Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > >______________________________________________________________ > >AMRadio mailing list > >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > >Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net ------- End of Original Message -------
