The 60's were a bit before my time, the only call I recognize is K6QEB. I sure remember WA6ZRB, WB6TSK, WA6VTD, WB6SVC, WB6SLR, etc.
I also remember your retired CHP criuzer with what was it 8 antennas and a trunk full of 80 and 140Ds? plus a rumored Master pro on the very bottom layer for "security". Ah the feeling of power when you munched down on .94 and heard the 140D's dynamotor wind up! I also remember something about a locking gas cap ... 73's Skip WB6YMH --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Neil McKie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello ... > > Seems I still have some of my 440 MHz band coordination notes from > the mid sixties ....... > > As you might remember I was doing the 440 MHz band frequency > coordination in Southern California - way long before SCRRBA came > along: > > Some (all?) of the following will make you groan seriously ... > > In ... Out ... Call > > 440.05 448.05 W6BGM > 440.55 448.55 K6VPE > 440.65 448.65 K6DGX > 440.85 447.94 K6QEB > 440.95 448.75 WA6ESC > 441.10 448.94 WA6ESC > 441.25 449.25 WB6DOW > 441.45 449.50 WA6HTP > 441.93 449.73 K6AHF > 442.00 449.60 K6RGW > 441.85? 449.83 W6YDZ > 442.63 449.63 WB6GUA > > Several of the above call sign holders have passed on, a few more > are still around - somewhere - also using different calls. > > Frequency coordination in those days was more a matter of someone > knowing who was where ... so you didn't accidentally order crystals > for your RCA CMU15 or GE MC306 on a frequency already in use. It > wasn't always a problem as sometimes the tweaking capacitors could > move that crystal to the next channel. > > Hope the above gives you a smile ... > > Neil McKie - WA6KLA > > > Ken Arck wrote: > > > > At 04:36 PM 9/20/2004 -0000, you wrote: > > > > > >Unfair, you've changed callsign (I think). My memory isn't that > > >great, but I remember a Ken that lived on a house boat in San Pedro, > > >was that you? What was your call in the "good old" days? What was > > >the remote call? That'll probably jog the memory record from "off > > >line storage" ! > > > > <---Yep, that was me. My old call was WA6EMV (oh no, not him!!). > > Back in those days, I was the typical know-it-all kid, as opposed to > > now being a snotty know-it-all middle aged guy! > > > > My old system was originally WR6AKB and then (of course), it became > > WA6EMV. We were one of the very first to be coordinated on a VHF > > "splinter" channel in SoCal - 146.745/.145, which is where we ended > > up after first being coordinated on 147.69/.39, which caused the > > conflict with the GR0NK guys. Man, I remember them programming up a > > CW IDer that sent the following as part of our "war": > > > > - . . . - - . - . - . - . - - . . . - . . > > > > (the above is exactly what their ID sent. If you look at it in a > > mirror, it would say "F*** EMV". I always thought that was very > > clever on their part! :-) > > > > I finally had enough of 2 meter repeaters and moved to UHF (443.325 > > I *think*) and have stayed on UHF ever since. > > > > Anyway, there's the sordid story! > > > > Ken > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > President and CTO - Arcom Communications > > Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers and accessories. > > http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html > > We now offer complete Kenwood TKR repeater packages! > > AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 > > http://www.irlp.net > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
