[Boatanchors] Special Pearl Harbor HCI 20 Meter Net

Dave Roscoe [email protected]
Sun, 7 Dec 2003 10:53:42 -0500


Duane:

Very nicely expressed.

I wish that you had an even larger venue or audience than this, to read your
story.

62 years ago, Yes, but the need for commitment to those ideals is still as
vital and necessary as it was then , in 1941.
Even more, perhaps.

Thanks for writing that beautiful piece.

73  Dave W1DWZ       ex-ET1  US Navy    1952-1956.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 12:03 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Special Pearl Harbor HCI 20 Meter Net


>
>
> As always, all flavors and cents of vintage gear are welcome - (if it's
modern,
> just don't confess!)
>
> Please join with us on Sunday December 7th for the Hallicrafters
Collectors
> International 20 meter Net. We will be devoting this Net in remembrance of
those
> Americans who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on Sunday December 7, 1941.
> Although it was sixty-two years ago, we must never forget the price of
freedom
> and never forget all those Americans past, and present, who fought, and
are now
> fighting, to preserve and protect the freedoms too many of us take as
granted.
> Freedom is NOT free! It is very hard to get, but so very easy to lose! If
you
> were in WW2, or know somebody who was, please share with us a story about
> freedom rising above the ravages of war and the Stars And Stripes waving
in the
> breeze of victory over adversity and human suppression.
>
> The pre-Net will commence at 12:45 PM EST, (1745 UTC). The Net proper will
begin
> at 1:15 PM EST, (1815 UTC). The frequency will be 14.293 Mhz usb +/- for
key
> clicks, mike splatter and the sound of nameless footprints marching on
distant
> beaches as Hallicrafters helped the voice of freedom sing out loud and
clear
> from shore to distant shore.
>
> The primary United States armed forces worldwide communications station
used the
> call letters of WAR and was in Maryland. The receivers were Hammarlund
Super
> Pro, three per monitoring station, using space diversity with rhombic
antennas.
> President Franklin D. Roosevelt refused to travel by air, if I recall
correctly,
> he did it only once, that was to an overseas conference in 1945 shortly
before
> he died. He had a special presidential train that had one car carrying the
> communications equipment, a Hallicrafters BC-610 and receivers. Was there
a
> second car that carried the special generators to power this equipment?
Many
> Hallicrafters BC-610 AM transmitters and SX-28 receivers were positioned
> throughout the world to communicate with the Maryland WAR station. Please
join
> us as we remember all of our family, friends and strangers who were in
Hawaii
> that fateful Sunday morning when our newly developed RADAR warned us of an
> impending disaster, but the cries of a Japanese air attack coming were
dismissed
> by doubting commanders and the rest is history.
>
> While it is a very somber day, it is also a very great day. A day when
America
> rose up like a Phoenix from the flaming ashes of a catastrophic naval
disaster
> that crippled our Pacific fleet and reached deep within its patriotic soul
and
> summoned the determination and faith to fight those who would destroy
freedom
> and enslave us in their chains of oppression and slavery. We must NEVER
forget,
> lest we drop our guard, become complacent and another vicious doer of evil
sets
> another Destroyer ablaze to sink to the depths of the ocean entombing the
men
> aboard her forever or terrorists tumble more twin towers while the Statue
Of
> Liberty watches in silent shock.
>
> Remember Pearl Harbor. Remember freedom only rings when someone is brave
enough
> to risk their life to ring the bell. Remember we are free today because of
our
> brothers and sisters who valiantly fought, and many died, to secure our
right to
> say "God bless America" Let us all remember them on this December 7th and
strive
> to truly make this "The Land Of The Free And The Home Of The Brave".
>
> Light up the Hallicrafters that still go glow in the dawns early light and
let's
> keep them glowing, forever!
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/W9WZE
> NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International
>
>
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