Topband: Webinar - The first Top Band DX Contest â?" the 1921 Transatlantic Test

James Rodenkirch rodenkirch_llc at msn.com
Sun Feb 24 08:18:46 EST 2013


Some background on it all: http://radioclubofamerica.org/history.php?page=1921.html

Annnnd - voila - pics and schematics and wiring schema for the antenna:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=1bcg+antenna&oq=1bcg+antenna&gs_l=hp.12...2257.12512.0.13686.12.12.0.0.0.0.1349.4826.0j3j1j1j4j1j0j1.11.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.4.psy-ab.CIa0jMuklEk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42768644,d.aWc&fp=ec0991bddc456b56&biw=1120&bih=481
72, Jim R. K9JWV

> From: w9ac at arrl.net
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:23:51 -0500
> Subject: Re: Topband:	Webinar - The first Top Band DX Contest â?" the 1921 Transatlantic Test
> 
> Tha's a great topic and I'm sure Frank will add a lot of interesting 
> information.  About twenty years ago, I became interested in the 1921 
> transatlantic tests and slowly began collecting information.  The fall, 1921 
> issues of QST are a great source as is the Radio Club of America's (RCA) 
> early 1950s  publication on 1BCG.  That publication gives a detailed 
> explanation of the antenna and is copied from an article by George Burghard 
> from the February, 1922 issue of QST.
> 
> In 1951, the RCA dedicated a granite memorial to 1BCG.  That marker can be 
> clearly seen on Google maps.
> 
> 41°4'15"N   73°37'23"W
> 
> Look for it near at corner of Clapboard Ridge Road and North Street in 
> Greenwich, CT.  Just to the west of the marker is a large section of land, 
> previously owned by the Minton Cronkhite family - and now the location of 
> St. Michael's rectory.  The antenna was a caged T-top with elevated 
> counterpoise and from detailed photos, it's clear that the "T" ran E/W along 
> Clapboard Road at the spot where the rectory now stands.  That must have 
> been one interesting and busy intersection back in 1921!  If the 1BCG 
> antenna was operational today with 1KW, it would have one helluva' smoking 
> signal.
> 
> Paul, W9AC 
> 
> _________________
> Topband Reflector
 		 	   		  


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