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1993 [OT]


 

Gang,

Every night I go to qrz.com and take a trivia quiz on ham
radio.? Since a lot of you are in the age bracket that can
answer the questions easily, I thought you might be interested
in this question and the fact that the quiz exists at all.


In what year did the F.C.C. finally give approval for hams to legally
receive outside their frequency range?


Does this mean that all the years up until 1993 that I was illegal?
I used to copy the daily news from UP, UPI and API off the HF bands
in CW.? The news services sent the news daily for copy by 'sparkie'
on all the ships at sea for he/she to copy on a 'mil' and post on
the bulletin board(s) daily for the crew and passengers to read.
Being in a very small west TX town that only had a newspaper once
a week and before TV, I got the news first.? I used to post some
stuff at school for show-and-tell.? I was probably violating several
copyright laws at the time.

Tell the new generation that there was a time when ships didn't have
a huge printing press operation for printing newsletters every morning
and there was no satellite TV to watch in your cabin.

Before 1993 did any of the manufacturers, such as TenTec, have a
general coverage receiver in the rig?

I'm wondering where Fred@... dug the question up.

What is the cheapest high performance HF receiver in 2019?? A
SDR dongle?? Any general coverage receiver designs for home brew?
Inquiring minds gotta know.


FYI

chuck, k7qo


Bob Macklin
 

The prices of current receivers (NEW) makes one think more about vintage
receivers on eBay.

And for the most part the vintage receivers are repairable!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message -----
From: "chuck adams" <chuck.adams.k7qo@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2019 11:42 PM
Subject: [qrp-tech] 1993 [OT]


Gang,

Every night I go to qrz.com and take a trivia quiz on ham
radio. Since a lot of you are in the age bracket that can
answer the questions easily, I thought you might be interested
in this question and the fact that the quiz exists at all.


In what year did the F.C.C. finally give approval for hams to legally
receive outside their frequency range?


Does this mean that all the years up until 1993 that I was illegal?
I used to copy the daily news from UP, UPI and API off the HF bands
in CW. The news services sent the news daily for copy by 'sparkie'
on all the ships at sea for he/she to copy on a 'mil' and post on
the bulletin board(s) daily for the crew and passengers to read.
Being in a very small west TX town that only had a newspaper once
a week and before TV, I got the news first. I used to post some
stuff at school for show-and-tell. I was probably violating several
copyright laws at the time.

Tell the new generation that there was a time when ships didn't have
a huge printing press operation for printing newsletters every morning
and there was no satellite TV to watch in your cabin.

Before 1993 did any of the manufacturers, such as TenTec, have a
general coverage receiver in the rig?

I'm wondering where Fred@... dug the question up.

What is the cheapest high performance HF receiver in 2019? A
SDR dongle? Any general coverage receiver designs for home brew?
Inquiring minds gotta know.


FYI

chuck, k7qo




 

Hi Chuck,

I have at least one HB design for a general coverage receiver - using vacuum tubes:) I didn't build it. I had a Hammarlund and now a Ten Tec GQ receiver.

I think the bit about receiveing outside our frequency range was aimed at "police scanners". Michigan law already allowed us to receiver them mobile. I never did as I was not interested but I know some hams who did. I had fire frequencies mobile of course. I was a firefighter.

73,

Bill KU8H

On 8/11/19 2:42 AM, chuck adams wrote:
Gang,
Every night I go to qrz.com and take a trivia quiz on ham
radio.? Since a lot of you are in the age bracket that can
answer the questions easily, I thought you might be interested
in this question and the fact that the quiz exists at all.
In what year did the F.C.C. finally give approval for hams to legally
receive outside their frequency range?
Does this mean that all the years up until 1993 that I was illegal?
I used to copy the daily news from UP, UPI and API off the HF bands
in CW.? The news services sent the news daily for copy by 'sparkie'
on all the ships at sea for he/she to copy on a 'mil' and post on
the bulletin board(s) daily for the crew and passengers to read.
Being in a very small west TX town that only had a newspaper once
a week and before TV, I got the news first.? I used to post some
stuff at school for show-and-tell.? I was probably violating several
copyright laws at the time.
Tell the new generation that there was a time when ships didn't have
a huge printing press operation for printing newsletters every morning
and there was no satellite TV to watch in your cabin.
Before 1993 did any of the manufacturers, such as TenTec, have a
general coverage receiver in the rig?
I'm wondering where Fred@... dug the question up.
What is the cheapest high performance HF receiver in 2019?? A
SDR dongle?? Any general coverage receiver designs for home brew?
Inquiring minds gotta know.
FYI
chuck, k7qo
.
--
bark less - wag more


Scott McDonald
 

Hey Chuck. Probably never been easier to homebrew a GC receiver.

I used a Raduino clone to build a receiver using Farhans uBITX architecture and some classic W7ZOI stuff, add the KD8CEC software and a small TFT and it¡¯s lots of fun to use.

And it¡¯s pretty easy to build a single conversion high side GC front end using a QRP Labs vfo, a homebrew DBM, and the AA3SJ double tuned 3-30 MHz circuit. And Diz¡¯s 2n5109 amp makes a great preamp to stick behind the AA3SJ with a built in attenuator pad on his board. You can just build that front end to output into any other receiver you have, or build a back end to your liking- the QRO Labs vfo has programmable offset to accommodate anything you want to do.

It¡¯s a great time to be building GC receivers.

73 Scott Ka9p

On Aug 11, 2019, at 8:53 AM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell@...> wrote:

Hi Chuck,

I have at least one HB design for a general coverage receiver - using vacuum tubes:) I didn't build it. I had a Hammarlund and now a Ten Tec GQ receiver.

I think the bit about receiveing outside our frequency range was aimed at "police scanners". Michigan law already allowed us to receiver them mobile. I never did as I was not interested but I know some hams who did. I had fire frequencies mobile of course. I was a firefighter.

73,

Bill KU8H

On 8/11/19 2:42 AM, chuck adams wrote:
Gang,
Every night I go to qrz.com and take a trivia quiz on ham
radio. Since a lot of you are in the age bracket that can
answer the questions easily, I thought you might be interested
in this question and the fact that the quiz exists at all.
In what year did the F.C.C. finally give approval for hams to legally
receive outside their frequency range?
Does this mean that all the years up until 1993 that I was illegal?
I used to copy the daily news from UP, UPI and API off the HF bands
in CW. The news services sent the news daily for copy by 'sparkie'
on all the ships at sea for he/she to copy on a 'mil' and post on
the bulletin board(s) daily for the crew and passengers to read.
Being in a very small west TX town that only had a newspaper once
a week and before TV, I got the news first. I used to post some
stuff at school for show-and-tell. I was probably violating several
copyright laws at the time.
Tell the new generation that there was a time when ships didn't have
a huge printing press operation for printing newsletters every morning
and there was no satellite TV to watch in your cabin.
Before 1993 did any of the manufacturers, such as TenTec, have a
general coverage receiver in the rig?
I'm wondering where Fred@... dug the question up.
What is the cheapest high performance HF receiver in 2019? A
SDR dongle? Any general coverage receiver designs for home brew?
Inquiring minds gotta know.
FYI
chuck, k7qo
.
--
bark less - wag more