[CW] FCC MM Rule Making 13-249 AM Broadcast

[Richard Knoppow via CW]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Carling via CW" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
To: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>; "CW Reflector" 
<cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] FCC MM Rule Making 13-249 AM Broadcast


I MISS hearing MCW!!

Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773

Tel: +USA 321-262-5471

    I occasionally hear "spy" stations sending MCW. Not 
messages of course, just code groups. MCW for general 
communication was banned long ago but was still used for 
distress traffic on 500 Khz.  The RCA station in Los 
Angeles, KSE used to run MCW on its 500 Khz announcements. I 
don't know what they used but they would come on in plain CW 
and the modulation would come up gradually as thought a tube 
heater was started.  I never heard MCW anywhere else but, of 
course, I didn't hear that many LF stations with my 
makeshift regenerator.
    I used to hear some perfectly awful signals from ships, 
probably fishing boats, rough, youping stuff. I have no idea 
what sort of equipment they had.


--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com