[GreenKeys] Re: SELCAL

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:04:07 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

I may be mistaken, and if so, please pardon my 
error. I think 3.6375 is the TV colorburst crystal. 
If so, hundreds, if not thousands, of QRP'ers use this 
cheap and readily available crystal to build low-power 
CW rigs, and use that frequency quite often. You 
usually will never hear a QRP'er cuss *UNTIL* a 
RTTY station tunes up and operates on top of them!!! 
I realize that nobody "owns" a frequency, but these 
guys have little pip-squeek signals- many less than 
a watt. How about cutting them some slack...? Please? 
(Yes, I'm one of them occasionally...) I'm at work 
now, but if I were at home, I have one of those 
crystals laying on my bench and could confirm....

Thanks, -Web Williams in Myrtle Beach, SC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Stan Wilson
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 5:51 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [GreenKeys] SELCAL - auto start proposed
> 3.6375 MHZ at 170 Hz shift was used on 80 meters.   Does anyone know of
> any reason we could not use that frequency today ?  If it is clear I
> would be happy to obtain a batch of xtals so we can all be on the same
> frequency.
> De Stan AK0B

Kind regards, -Web Williams in Myrtle Beach, SC