[Elecraft] OT: SAQ schedule

[Trevor Day]

Thanks for the link Ron, if I am not mistaken thats an AR88 in the upper 
photo top left.  I was surprised to see it still in use at that time. 
(I have one under the shack bench, purely for nostalgia purposes you 
understand :-))

Trev G3ZYY

In message <000001c44782$d44615e0$c5ddfea9 at RONPORTABLE>, Ron D'Eau 
Claire <rondec at easystreet.com> writes
>Thanks Steve! Be sure to click on the link:
>Alexanderson-alternatorn (or go directly to page:
>http://tinyurl.com/2lmoe
>
>To see the actual RF-generator (yes, it is a mechanical spinning
>generator!).
>
>They were the FIRST clean continuous wave generators. Wow! I'd not only love
>to hear it, but I'd love to be there when it is howling away. Comparing it
>with a K2, the rigs have gotten smaller over the years.
>
>A little easier to hear on the air is the "night of nights" broadcasts
>planned by the KPH project on 13 July that Kevin mentioned recently. See
>http://tinyurl.com/3fvgz
>for more details on this historic (but absolutely modern, compared to the
>Alexanderson alternator!) station that was part of the RCA CW radio network.
>The short wave frequencies should be audible over much of North America.
>While a K2 won't tune many of them, any general coverage shortwave receiver
>will and, of course KX1 owners will be able to listen to many of them on a
>true Elecraft rig <G>.
>
>Note that reports are handled by Ms D.A. Stoops. She was a female pioneer in
>a very male profession. You can see her sitting in the middle of the "guys"
>in the operating "den of thieves" at:
>http://tinyurl.com/2b6n9
>See the bottom photo on that page.

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Trevor Day
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