Hi Marc-
You reminded me of the time when I was living in Dallas, TX, 7 January 1969,
and I had just come home from work, at 0300. I was tuning around and on 900
kc there was
CJVI in Victoria, BC. They were top 40 back then, and the DJ said, "If you
to here a song, call" So I did, boy was he s
I was listening to some hams on 1885 running AM rigs.
One of the guys said he was switching from the 500
watt
Globe King 500 C to one of those 25 watt BC units he
had converted to 1885. Well the signal went down, but
not nearly as much as I thought it would.
Powell
Marc,
I believe it. Last winter, I heard an amateur station from Arkansas running
50 watts (distance 850 miles) on the 60 meter band, plus your station's
signal was travelling over saltwater.
Thanks for sharing.
73 Joe Miller, Troy, MI
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:45:27 +, Marc DeLorenzo wrote
One time around January 1972, I was doing an all-night DX session at my place
near the beach in Hyannis, MA. Former IRCAn/NRCer Frank Waldron was visiting
from NJ. Around 0200 we heard a tester on 1550 which was a wide open channel
in those days after CBE's nightly signoff. Turned out to be t
