[Hallicrafters] WWV 25 MHZ ???
Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer at usol.com
Wed Mar 5 12:15:54 EST 2003
My QSL from WWV is dated may 19, 1960 and the frequency of 25 Mhz is not listed.
The card is from Beltsville, Maryland. Makes one wonder what was going on, heh?
Interesting info Fred, thank you.
Duane W8DBF
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From: Fred Olsen <fwolsen at execpc.com>
To: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <dfischer at usol.com>; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] WWV 25 MHZ ???
Date: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:04 PM
Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> I have QSL cards from forty years ago showing the same frequencies in use
today.
> From: Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com>
> If I remember correctly, many years ago WWV did
> broadcast on 25.0 MHz. However, I think this was
> before the station was moved to Colorado.
From the horse's mouth:
"Transmission on 20, 25, 30, and 35 MHz began in December 1946. The 30
and 35 MHz broadcasts were discontinued in January 1953 and the 25 MHz
broadcast was stopped in 1977. With the exception of an almost 2-year
interruption (1977-78), the 20 MHz broadcasts have continued to this day."
"In 1966, the decision was made to move WWV to its current location,
near Fort Collins, Colorado. The LF station WWVB went on the air in July
1963 near Fort Collins, and it was decided that WWV would share the same
158 hectare (390 acre) site."
"At 0000 UTC on December 1, 1966 the Greenbelt, Maryland broadcast was
turned off and the new transmitter at Fort Collins was turned on."
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