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

[AF4K via CW]

Thanks Richard,

Well this may sound odd but I distinctly remember hearing quite a bit of MCW on the HF 
bandds in the 1960s and early 1970s. I think perhaps even hams were using it. I loved how it 
would BLANK the receiver and you could listen to CW with zero noise. Maybe it was all while 
I lived in England growing up though...

Some of my listening was done in those early days in the Cambridge area, using a fine 
Hallicrafters S39 and also with a nice old R1155A receiver.

Both worked exceedingly well for this young SWL designated as "A4941" by the RSGB which 
expertly administered the registration of all SWLs back then!


On 5 Jan 2015 at 10:52, Richard Knoppow wrote:
 
> ----- 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
> 
> 
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com 
>