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

[AF4K via CW]

The was no fee or receiver tax for shortwave listeners.  RSGB issued my callsign for the free. 
I think that was part of the incentive for young experimenters to become licensed radio 
amateurs.  The only "receiver tax" there is on household broadcast band radios and 
televisions and it covers the whole household, and everyone pays it. So nothing extra for the 
kid with the funny radios. In exchange for paying that license for radio and TV we got a nice 
subscription to the Radio & TV Times Magazine. It was much better than the little "TV Guide" 
you could buy in USA until a few years ago.

I am not sure why the USA banned amateurs form using A2. It's a grreat mode in the right 
circumstances.

By the way, men in Britain live on average over a year longer than here in the USA.
Some are surprised to know:

Average life of a man in USA:  79.8
Average life of a man in UK:    81

73 de AF4K / WB4FPH / G3XLQ/W4,  A4941

Bry



On 5 Jan 2015 at 16:04, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:

I was speaking on both modulated and keyed A2 modulated continuous wave. I do not know 
if the keyed variety would blank the receiver.
The modulated and not keyed carrier type was and is used for non directional beacons (NDB) 
heard from 300 to 400 kHz.
A4941 was what you received for your Short Wave Listener (SWL) receiver tax, remember? 
None of that over here.
UK amateurs can use A2 on HF, Canadians cam, we cannot.
73
David
On Jan 5, 2015 3:38 PM, <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
    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
    >
    


Brian Carling, Radio AF4K
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