From AF4K at hotmail.com Mon Feb 6 07:05:37 2017 From: AF4K at hotmail.com (Bry Carling) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 12:05:37 +0000 Subject: [DCboatanchors] NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP Message-ID: Hey folks - the Novice Rig Roundup will soon be here! < 2 weeks now... See you on 80m, 40m, 15m, 10m soon! Help spread the word. Please be sure to register for the ONLINE Logging Program... Full details at: http://www.novicerigroundup.com/nrrLog/login1.php http://www.novicerigroundup.com/ 73 - Bry Carling, AF4K From af4k at hotmail.com Mon Feb 6 22:36:44 2017 From: af4k at hotmail.com (Bry Carling) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 03:36:44 +0000 Subject: [DCboatanchors] [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Same here Jim. I was never an office either. I think they did have a.m. privileges on 144 MHz at one point. Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K 117 Sterling Pine St. Sanford, FL 32773 Tel: 321-262-5471 On Feb 6, 2017, at 6:42 PM, Jim Falls > wrote: Not having been a Novice, and having an excellent CW-Diode between my ears (forward biased, retards incoming signal decoding), did Novices ever have any AM privileges? I've found lots of Novice reminiscing online, but not an actual Band Plan (which I'm sure changed over the decades). Let's assume Mid- Late 50's given the equipment I plan to run (WRL 680-A and Heath DX-60). Thanks, Jim K6FWT -- -- ZCZC This is a transmission from the Glowbugs list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tetrode+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tetrode?hl=en NNNN --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Glowbugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tetrode+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. From af4k at hotmail.com Mon Feb 6 22:38:35 2017 From: af4k at hotmail.com (Bry Carling) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 03:38:35 +0000 Subject: [DCboatanchors] [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Look for Novice stations on 2m AM during the NRR. A number of us will be on 144.450 MHz the common calling frequency nowadays with ready availability of 8025 kHz crystals. Best regards - Bry Carling, WN4NRR On Feb 6, 2017, at 6:47 PM, Hal Dale > wrote: Back in the early Novice days 2M AM was available to a Novice...There was little to no FM at the time. Here in Georgia 144.35 was referred to around here as the Confederate signal corp freq. There was actually quite a bit of activity...Hal/WB4AEG On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Jim Falls > wrote: Not having been a Novice, and having an excellent CW-Diode between my ears (forward biased, retards incoming signal decoding), did Novices ever have any AM privileges? I've found lots of Novice reminiscing online, but not an actual Band Plan (which I'm sure changed over the decades). Let's assume Mid- Late 50's given the equipment I plan to run (WRL 680-A and Heath DX-60). Thanks, Jim K6FWT -- -- ZCZC This is a transmission from the Glowbugs list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tetrode+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tetrode?hl=en NNNN --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Glowbugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tetrode+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- ZCZC This is a transmission from the Glowbugs list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tetrode+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tetrode?hl=en NNNN --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Glowbugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tetrode+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. From AF4K at hotmail.com Tue Feb 7 15:59:55 2017 From: AF4K at hotmail.com (Bry Carling) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 20:59:55 +0000 Subject: [DCboatanchors] [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP In-Reply-To: <1720177645.4123861.1486489782933@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1daaaddc-3252-49cd-9f58-6a15aa73c3c6@googlegroups.com>, <1720177645.4123861.1486489782933@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: They NOW? Glen how many Novice licensees are there in existence today please? I hadn't thought about that, but I suppose there might be some. Thanks for the info - Bry AF4K ________________________________ From: 'Glen Zook' via Glowbugs Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 12:49 PM To: Jim Falls; Glowbugs Cc: FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com; dcboatanchors at qth.net; novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP No! Novice Class operators never had any 6-meter privileges. They now have privileges on 222 MHz with 25 watts maximum output and from 1270 MHz to 1295 MHz with 5-watts output as well as their HF privileges. Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.net ________________________________ From: Jim Falls To: Glowbugs Cc: FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com; dcboatanchors at qth.net; novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:40 AM Subject: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP So it looks like 6M is out if I want to stay 50's-60's mode. 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From AF4K at hotmail.com Tue Feb 7 19:38:15 2017 From: AF4K at hotmail.com (Bry Carling) Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 00:38:15 +0000 Subject: [DCboatanchors] [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP In-Reply-To: <1451824048.90422.1486512287291@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1daaaddc-3252-49cd-9f58-6a15aa73c3c6@googlegroups.com> <1720177645.4123861.1486489782933@mail.yahoo.com> , <1451824048.90422.1486512287291@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: It would be nice to honor these guys next year in the NRR with special bonus points for any time someone works them! Thanks Glen! ________________________________ From: Glen Zook Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 7:04 PM To: Bry Carling; Jim Falls Cc: FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com; dcboatanchors at qth.net; novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP According to: http://www.arrl.org/fcc-license-counts FCC License Counts - American Radio Relay League www.arrl.org The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources. As of yesterday, there are 9844 Novice Class operators still around. Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.net ________________________________ From: Bry Carling To: Jim Falls ; Glen Zook Cc: "FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com" ; "dcboatanchors at qth.net" ; "novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com" Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP They NOW? Glen how many Novice licensees are there in existence today please? I hadn't thought about that, but I suppose there might be some. Thanks for the info - Bry AF4K From AF4K at hotmail.com Tue Feb 7 19:50:58 2017 From: AF4K at hotmail.com (Bry Carling) Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 00:50:58 +0000 Subject: [DCboatanchors] [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP In-Reply-To: References: <1daaaddc-3252-49cd-9f58-6a15aa73c3c6@googlegroups.com> <1720177645.4123861.1486489782933@mail.yahoo.com> <01b39e7c-7927-5efa-eb37-2a06a0c9d395@att.net> <55E484EF-29AC-4A95-9BA1-92290CE043D2@aim.com> <1745561396.65123.1486508979648@mail.yahoo.com>, Message-ID: Well fellas - this year we are honoring the original KN and WN "novice" call signs of the 1950s. Next year I expect it will be something else. Perhaps we should honor anyone who still has their Novice LICENSE in effect. Glen Zook tells me that there are 9844 of these guys holding a CURRENT Novice License but I have yet to talk with one of them! That was certainly news to me! Does ANYBODY know someone with a CURRENT Novice Class License in effect?? I thought that they had all been grand-fathered into Technician Class licenses at some point a few years ago. Am I mistaken? Speak up REAL NOVICES! ________________________________ From: novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com on behalf of Bob Macklin macklinbob at hotmail.com [novicerigroundup] Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 7:30 PM To: novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP The original Novice calls started with "WN" or "KN". Mine was "KN5MYJ" in 1957. "K5MYJ" was my Tech call for the same time period. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa. "Real Radios Glow In The Dark" ----- Original Message ----- From: Dwayne masterdr at yahoo.com [novicerigroundup] To: novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP I don't think there is such a thing as a novice call. There may be a novice operator with his original call, but not a novice call. 2x3, 1x3, 2x2, 1x2 calls are all just calls. I think anyone can petition for any available call out there, as long as it is not being used. This may even apply to the 1x2 and 2x1 calls. ________________________________ From: "Gary Johanson wd4nka at aim.com [novicerigroundup]" To: novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP My call is my Novice call, does that count? ? When I upgraded to General, I kept my Novice call, wd4nka. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 7, 2017, at 5:15 PM, Paul Cavnar hambone44 at att.net [novicerigroundup] > wrote: How many of them are even active today? Paul - K7IN On 2/7/2017 12:59 PM, Bry Carling af4k at hotmail.com [novicerigroundup] wrote: They NOW? Glen how many Novice licensees are there in existence today please? I hadn't thought about that, but I suppose there might be some. Thanks for the info - Bry AF4K ________________________________ From: 'Glen Zook' via Glowbugs Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 12:49 PM To: Jim Falls; Glowbugs Cc: FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com; dcboatanchors at qth.net; novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP No! Novice Class operators never had any 6-meter privileges. They now have privileges on 222 MHz with 25 watts maximum output and from 1270 MHz to 1295 MHz with 5-watts output as well as their HF privileges. Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.net ________________________________ From: Jim Falls To: Glowbugs Cc: FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com; dcboatanchors at qth.net; novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:40 AM Subject: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP So it looks like 6M is out if I want to stay 50's-60's mode. Did Novices ever have 6M phone privileges? -- -- ZCZC This is a transmission from the Glowbugs list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tetrode+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tetrode?hl=en Google Groups groups.google.com Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and email-based groups with a rich experience for community conversations. NNNN --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Glowbugs" group. 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Terms of Use . __,_._,___ From AF4K at hotmail.com Wed Feb 8 19:32:06 2017 From: AF4K at hotmail.com (Bry Carling) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 00:32:06 +0000 Subject: [DCboatanchors] [FLBOATANCHORS] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP In-Reply-To: <8cfswd3m45rh508n8fpy679g.1486505228997@email.android.com> References: <8cfswd3m45rh508n8fpy679g.1486505228997@email.android.com> Message-ID: I would love to know how many are on the air. I would also love to know what privileges they have now. ________________________________ From: FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com on behalf of N2ey N2EY at aol.com [FLBOATANCHORS] Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 5:07 PM To: flboatanchors at yahoogroups.com; jim.falls at conservation.ca.gov; gzook at yahoo.com Cc: flboatanchors at yahoogroups.com; dcboatanchors at qth.net; novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FLBOATANCHORS] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP Just under 10,000 current unexpired Novices today. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note?, an AT&T LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- Subject: [FLBOATANCHORS] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP From: "Bry Carling af4k at hotmail.com [FLBOATANCHORS]" To: Jim Falls ,Glen Zook CC: [FLBOATANCHORS] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP They NOW? Glen how many Novice licensees are there in existence today please? I hadn't thought about that, but I suppose there might be some. Thanks for the info - Bry AF4K ________________________________ From: 'Glen Zook' via Glowbugs Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 12:49 PM To: Jim Falls; Glowbugs Cc: FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com; dcboatanchors at qth.net; novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP No! Novice Class operators never had any 6-meter privileges. They now have privileges on 222 MHz with 25 watts maximum output and from 1270 MHz to 1295 MHz with 5-watts output as well as their HF privileges. Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.net ________________________________ From: Jim Falls To: Glowbugs Cc: FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com; dcboatanchors at qth.net; novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:40 AM Subject: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP So it looks like 6M is out if I want to stay 50's-60's mode. Did Novices ever have 6M phone privileges? -- -- ZCZC This is a transmission from the Glowbugs list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tetrode+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tetrode?hl=en Google Groups groups.google.com Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and email-based groups with a rich experience for community conversations. NNNN --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Glowbugs" group. 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Terms of Use __,_._,___ From AF4K at hotmail.com Wed Feb 8 19:38:36 2017 From: AF4K at hotmail.com (Bry Carling) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 00:38:36 +0000 Subject: [DCboatanchors] [Boatanchors] [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP In-Reply-To: <60641559.641229.1486566101602@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1daaaddc-3252-49cd-9f58-6a15aa73c3c6@googlegroups.com> <1720177645.4123861.1486489782933@mail.yahoo.com> <01b39e7c-7927-5efa-eb37-2a06a0c9d395@att.net> <55E484EF-29AC-4A95-9BA1-92290CE043D2@aim.com> <1745561396.65123.1486508979648@mail.yahoo.com> , <60641559.641229.1486566101602@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Too late Glenn. Maybe next year. The vast majority of Novice licenses issue din the early days where all WN and KN. I worked plenty of WN2s and KN6s back in those days too! ________________________________ From: Glen Zook Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 10:01 AM To: Bry Carling; novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com; DC BA; BoatAnchors QTH; FL Boatanchors Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP You need to add the WV Novice Class call signs that were used in the 2nd and 6th call areas. Those usually became WA calls when upgrading. Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.net ________________________________ From: Bry Carling To: "novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com" ; DC BA ; BoatAnchors QTH ; FL Boatanchors Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP Well fellas - this year we are honoring the original KN and WN "novice" call signs of the 1950s. Next year I expect it will be something else. Perhaps we should honor anyone who still has their Novice LICENSE in effect. Glen Zook tells me that there are 9844 of these guys holding a CURRENT Novice License but I have yet to talk with one of them! That was certainly news to me! Does ANYBODY know someone with a CURRENT Novice Class License in effect?? I thought that they had all been grand-fathered into Technician Class licenses at some point a few years ago. Am I mistaken? Speak up REAL NOVICES!