[Elecraft] 630 meter band open for use

[Fred Jensen]

AN/CRT-3 [aka BC-778] "Gibson Girl" survival radio.  The ones we had in 
SE Asia in the 60's included a rock-bound 8 MHz distress frequency too.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 9/15/2017 8:25 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> It is true that a little bit CAN go a long way. Back in the 1990s when I was
> working on ships with MF CW gear I had the opportunity to share coffee with
> a radio operator and his captain who had spent hours circling in the Pacific
> looking for the source of an SOS on 500 kHz. It turned out to be a
> hand-cranked lifeboat transmitter in the Med.! They were chasing a phantom
> signal at the antinode half way around the world. The emergency transmitter
> ran a couple of watts at best into a very limited antenna hung by a kite or
> balloon over the raft.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>