[CQ-Contest] Fw: Skimmer as technology

[JAMES HEADRICK]

W5CPB got a FCC 'pink ticket' from the Grand Island NE intercept station 
back in the 1930s for having a RAC signal and in my case, at least, it meant 
rectified AC. On receipt of those notices you had to describe what was done 
to correct the problem. If your transmitter was a self excited oscillator it 
could be tough to get both 'power' and a clean signal.  XTAL control did 
wonders for cleaning up the bands.  -  73  Jim  w3cp

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Boyars" <art.boyars at verizon.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 2:03 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Fw: Skimmer as technology


> Hmm.  Perhaps I was wrong about "RAC".  K4BAI is near the top of the long
> list of people to whose wisdom I generally defer.
>
> 73, Art K3KU
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Laney" <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Art Boyars" <art.boyars at verizon.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Skimmer as technology
>
>
> And I always thought that "RAC" meant "raw alternating current" such as
> signals once (and sometimes now witness CM3GW on 160) sounded like from
> Cuba and Russia.  73, John.
>
>
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