Gary Schafer wrote:
Geoff wrote:
Bill Connelly wrote:
Thank you!
Bill, W3MJ
At 12:09 PM 2/23/2005 -0600, you wrote:
Bob Macklin wrote:
<>In 1969 the 40M Novice segment was 7150 - 7200. In 1986 it was
7100 - 7150.
Bob Macklin
K5MYJ/7
Seattle, Wa.
Before that. I got my ticket in Feb of 1984, and it was 7100 to
7200kcs
Hold off on the thanks... after I read and re-read that, something
didn't look correct...
Let me try again, with these statements that I know (to the best of
-my- current education)
to be fact...
I do not ever, at anytime, remember the Novice CW sub-band of 40m ,
being more than 50kc wide.
I've always known the Novice CW sub-band of 40m to be from 7100 to
7150kc.
There. That's what Ive been -meaning- to say and/or stick with.
I, personally, don't ever remember the Novice band on 40m being as
high as 7200kc
--
73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR
Geoff,
I think you are right about it being only 50kc wide. I don't know when
they changed but in the early 60's it was from 7150 to 7200. My one
and only crystal then was 7175 kc. You young kids probably don't
remember that. :>)
Of course, there are some rigs and receivers (I'm thinking Heathkit)
that had on a glass drum the 'fone segments in a heavy(ier) black line,
and 7.2 to 7.3Mc were bold'ed. It couldn't have been long (relativly
speaking) from when Phone operation was permitted on 40m. The only
"Class A" bands were 80, 20 and 10m then. 11m was there (don't remember
a lot about it, other than it was a ham band at one time, and probably
the best DX band hams had) and this was before 15m.
Interesting discussion. I wonder if anyone has a time-line on when the
major changes in Ham Radio took place, in regards to rules/operating
privledges took place?
40m was a CW only band after WWII until the 50's. 75w DC Input was the
Novice power limit. 1kW DC Input (which is MUCH easier to measure than
PEP but that's another whole thread in/of itself ;->) for Generals and
above, regardless of mode.
I've visited a few SSB'er hamshacks lately and some (not all) are
running amps that are (according to the supposed 'peak-reading'
wattmeters) running 2kW PLUS in output power. (Not that it *bothers*
me, just an observation).
I wonder if this is something that's being done all over, or just a
'specific group' of guys who are running the illegal limit?
C'mon, man... a pair of 3CX800A7's? That's 1600w of dissapation,
fer-cryin'out-loud! The right voltage on the plates would make 'em sing
to -at least- 2kW pep output. And some of these dual 4-1000 homebrew
amps I hear on the air? Isn't it the Alpha 8877 amp that runs 2 (not
one, but *TWO*) 8877's in the output, EACH with a plate dissapation
rating of 1,500w?
*shrug*
It's nice to remember the old days. And, yes. the times, they are
a'changing. It's just that I just don't necessarily think some of us
hams are changing in a good/positive way.
The Law is Always The Law. It doesn't bend because you run a different
mode.
The LEGAL output limit is 1500w PEP.
73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR
