[Hallicrafters] Questions for OLD-timers (Hams)

[Art Lebermann]

Hi, Skip.....

Prior to creation of the Federal Radio Commission, all radio communications
(including Amateur Radio) was under the authority of the Commerce
Department.  In the United Kingdom, radio communication was regulated by
the Post Office - but not in the US.

For an excellent source of info on early radio, take a look at this site:

http://earlyradiohistory.us

73,
Art Lebermann
W6REQ

Transmitter Supervisor
KGO and KSFO
San Francisco


> [Original Message]
> From: Waldo Magnuson <magnuson at mac.com>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: Waldo Magnuson <magnuson at mac.com>
> Date: 4/24/2008 8:06:44 AM
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Questions for OLD-timers (Hams)
>
> I'm interested in your answers/comments on the following topics.
>
> 1.  I've read that the Post Office Technical Branch was at one time 
> (1920s, 1930s?) responsible for enforcement of amateur radio practice 
> (operating frequency, power output, etc.). Does anyone know if that was 
> the case?  The Federal Radio Commission came into being in 1927, later 
> to become the FCC in 1934.
>
> 2.  At one time Hams were required to keep an accurate log of every 
> contact.  Was that true and is it still required but not practiced?
>
> 3.  In the 1940s and 1950s I think the amateur license application 
> required you to list how the station frequency was to be monitored 
> (measured).  Was that true?  When did that requirement get replaced 
> with "Operated in accordance with good engineering practice"?  I 
> suspect most operators now rely on the crystals in the transmitters 
> or/and a crystal calibrator to remain in the band.  Crystal use started 
> in 1934.
>
> I'm trying to put together an article and the above questions/thoughts 
> have a bearing in the article content.
>
> Thanks.
> 73,  Skip W7WGM
> Spokane, WA
>
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