[CW] 500 kHz ham transmitter

[wealsowalk at aol.com]

Hans, with due respect to your experience, which I am sure is considerable,?most of it is over water, is that not correct??I used to know Bill Daiper (an Aussie, he died a few years ago at 106) who did indeed pioneer shipboard radio, so I know that there is quite?a bit?of?experience across the seas?out there. He used to tell of a rescue near Alaska in the 1920's made possible only by his reception of the distress signal down near New Zealand and relayed back to Washington state.?The intent is to gain some experience over land, which has not been overdone yet simply because the band use was limited by function until recently, and also with some of the newer modes and, I might add, with relatively lower power than you are used to.? There is a 20 watt ERP limit....Some of us are measuring in milliwatts.

Bill


-----Original Message-----
From: K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com>
To: cw at mailman.qth.net; wealsowalk at aol.com
Sent: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 10:47 am
Subject: Re: [CW] 500 kHz ham transmitter




From: wealsowalk at aol.com
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 5:25 PM
To: K0HB at ARRL.ORG ; cw at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [CW] 500 kHz ham transmitter


> would you rather have it as a battleground or a
> campground, Hans? I am in that project and I can
> tell you it is not a trivial pursuit.

With all due respect to the amateur efforts, I was a long time professional 
user of 500 KC, starting about 51 years ago, so all the hootin' and 
hollerin' about "pioneering" a new band is pretty much lost on me.  The 
physics of 600-meters aren't some new unexplored science, except to those 
who haven't been there before.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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