[ARC5] BC-453 or R-23(*)/ARC-5 on 600 meters...

[J Mcvey via ARC5]

I took a look at Kenneth's You-tubes ( part 1 and 2) on the BC-453/R-23 and I'm anxious to see my radio show up soon. It may run the way it is, but of coarse I'll do a quick run-though it before applying the "juice". Not sure if it's still 28V or converted to 12v. It looked like it had all  original everything to me, but then again if it's done right you can't tell unless you dig into it.

Not much on 600 tonight, Somebody tuning up on 475.66 and a beacon station that I can't find on FCC or QRZ that identifies as WG2XSB, Stowe MA with painfully slow code on 482.
It would be great to hear this band come to life if only the FCC would pull the trigger...



On Sunday, August 3, 2014 9:10 PM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
 


This is all IMHO, of course:

God bless all those folks who love WSPR and such
ultra-loooooow-through-put modes.   Go to it.
They're just not for me.

If I can't exchange information at a practical rate,
I don't see the point beyond being a "marker beacon" for 
propagation or something.  As for the "DX" possible...
I don't think of "DX" as copying a single call sign in 
Timbuktoo after listening for 26 hours.  
I thought one had to "communicate" to "work DX."
Well, we can detect a microwatt signal from anywhere on
Earth and far beyond given frequency certainty and 
long-enough integration time.  But once one has acquired
the known carrier signal, what else good is it?

Back in the mid-80s on 1750 meters when we broke the 
1000-mile barrier, then swiftly the 2000 mile barrier,
then Coast-to-Coast, then California to Hawaii and
we used plain-old CW.  The only computer was
the squishy one between our ears and the "input device"
was a good set of earphones.
That's the "communication" on Longwave I enjoyed.
The computer and the long integration just feel 
"artificial" to me.  I'd rather sweat for it.
YMMV of course.

73 DE Dave AB5S


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