[Boatanchors] Collins Listening Frequency

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

If I might add a footnote to what W8UT, Al Parker said:

The Vintage SSB group has been on 14.293 MHZ usb for at least eleven, maybe 
twelve years. I was not present to personally observe what happened blow by 
blow, but some group that was operating on 14.295 MHZ left. Keeping in mind, 
they were on 14.295 and the Vintage SSB group was operating on 14.293. Not 
an issue, as the Vintage SSB group was operating on Sunday afternoon on 
14.293 long before the group parked on 14.295. It is not that 'we' moved in 
and crowded them, the exact opposite!

I took on the NCS duties for the Hallicrafters Net in March of 1999, after 
the first two NCS operators quit.

This is "not" a racial statement, so let's not go there. The next group to 
occupy 14.295 was Black. The NCS was in Louisiana and beamed north. 
Unfortunately right at my Mosley TA-33, which was pointed 83W, due south, 
right at him. We tried to get them to move up 500 Hz and we offered to drop 
down 500 Hz to 14.2925, but they refused. We were told to move, as they had 
no intentions of doing so. Well, we did drop down to 14.292 MHZ for the HCI 
Net, both in a good faith effort in the hopes they would cooperate and to 
minimize the extreme QRM their stations generated. They did not move.

The Vintage SSB group now operates on 14.2925 MHZ in an effort to work with 
another Net that occupies the same time frame. I believe the other group is 
on 14.2895 Mutual cooperation can work wonders!

I do not know when the Heathkit Net first joined the Vintage SSB group. I do 
know that the Vintage SSB group is about twelve to fourteen years old. So 
the frequency of 14.293 MHZ was well established as where to go to show off 
your vintage gear and said Net was there before "any" of the groups on 
14.295

All three are excellent Nets, well run, have tremendous support, enjoy 
terrific participation, even when the propagation is absent! The faithful 
still show and glow!

Duane Fischer, W8DBF



 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Parker" <anchor at ec.rr.com>
To: "david knepper" <collinsradio at adelphia.net>; "Collins Mail List" 
<collins at mailman.qth.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Collins Listening Frequency


> Hi Dave,
>    14.292 has been a boatanchor freq. for many yrs.  The Vintage Sideband
> Net has operated there at 3PM ET on Sun. for 8-10 yrs, and a group of us
> used to get on there on Wed. nites, but that's dwindled with the change in
> propagation the last 2-3 yrs.  It'll be nice to hear some activity there
> during the week.
>    Everyone's welcome to check in with us on Sundays, we have plenty of
> Collins operators.  There's a Hallicrafters group earlier, and Heathkit
> after us.  Lynn, K5LYN, is the usual net ctrl, several others of us help
> out.
> 73,
> Al, W8UT
> New Bern, NC
> BoatAnchors appreciated here
> http://www.boatanchors.org
> http://www.hammarlund.info
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "david knepper" <collinsradio at adelphia.net>
> To: "Collins Mail List" <collins at mailman.qth.net>;
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:29 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Collins Listening Frequency
>>
>> So, starting on Monday, September 11th at 4 PM EDST or 3 PM CDST, etc.,
> I
>> will be calling for stations using the call, W3CRA on or about 14.292
> Mhz.
>> Hopefully, we can establish a "calling frequency" that might be thought
> of
>> as a kind of "Collins Chatroom."  Rather than designate certain days of
> the
>> week, this so-called calling frequency will be our own "street corner"
> to
>> meet through the week from say 4 PM EDST to 7 PM EDST or about three
> hours
>> in duration.  I would expect folks to check in and check out and then
> coming
>> back later after supper or running an errand for the wife or taking the
> dog
>> for a walk!
>>
>
>
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