Good Day All,
Without a doubt, this weekend will see the band wall-to-wall full of Hams
engaged in the "ARRL 160-Meter Contest"...however, the second weekend coming
will see participation of a number of QRP 1929-style transmitters taking part
in the annual AWA-sponsored "1929 QSO Party".
Complete rules may be seen by clicking onto:
http://www.antiquewireless.org/pdf/kelley_rules.pdf
This year marks the very first time that the use of 1.8-MHz is allowed.
Contenders will limit activity to just the bottom 10-KHz of the band, however,
so as not to disrupt any regular routines on Topband.
So---if there is no DX responding to your repeated calls, and you've already
pasted your fill of postage stamps into your collection's album(!), have a
listen to the bottom of 160, close your eyes---and be transported back in time
some 83 years: this is really & truly the way things sounded on the bands right
around the time of the "Big Crash of '29"! It's a unique & very rare
opportunity to gain insight into the roots and history of this wonderful
passion that we call Amateur radio...
~73!~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
PS: Yours truly will take to the air the second weekend with a homebrewed
balloon-envelope type 227-tube Hartley oscillator driving a pair of 227's in
parallel...input? A bone-crushing 10-watts!
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Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
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