[Hammarlund] Hammarlund Restoration & Noise Level

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

I was a radio officer in US Merchant Marine, and I had some really good
receivers for medium waves, during the 1980s and 1990s they stopped the
prohibition of having MW broadcast reception on ship main receivers.

I could never receive USA in Europe.  The reason was that there was too
much QRM.  The channels were S9 signals but too many of them.

A few times I heard WCC Chatham on 500 kHz with it's 30 kW CW signal during
a traffic list call up, and I heard EAF Finnister Radio (Spain) often when
sailing on the East Coast during the winter months.

But I went off watch at 8 PM, and went to read some books and go to bed.

Long Wave was another matter, we picked up BBC on 198 kHz when we were
about half-way across the Atlantic.  They're still on LW.  Good for them,
MW is dying world-wide, but LW is still doing it's great job.  Great
coverage, BBC LW covers about 90% of the Island of Great Britain.


73
David N1EA


On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 6:43 PM Les Locklear <leslocklear at hotmail.com> wrote:

> In the mid to late 50's I was living in Madrid, Spain where my Father was
> stationed. I had a Hammarlund AACS (an SP-200 variant) that tuned from 300
> Kc. to 10 Mc.
> With an approximately 125 ft. end fed longwire I could hear BCB stations
> on the east coast like a local station. There weren't many noise makers in
> businesses and homes back then. Those days are gone for trans Atlantic bcb
> dxing with those kind of signals. I can still get an occasional lf
> broadcast out of France or the UK in the winter months.
> WWV on 10 MHz is a hit and miss proposition here on the Gulf of Mexico.
> Some days 5 MHz is stronger or 15 MHz. Take your pick.
>
> Les Locklear
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <manualman at juno.com>
> To: <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: 6/6/2019 5:33:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Hammarlund Restoration & Noise Level
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________
>
> You really don't need sun spots to work stations around the world. A good
> antenna, an understanding of time, mode, propagation, and frequency can
> generate lots of contacts even with modest power and no or minimum sun
> spots. Even 50 MHz has been hopping lately with single and double hop
> contacts across the U.S. and into Europe and South America.
> During the late spring and summer months, you can make lots of 10 meter
> contacts with Sporadic E openings which can last for minutes, hours, or
> days.
>
> But, you need to get on the air and make some noise.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
>
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 17:31:24 -0400 Frank Barnes <fbw4npn at gmail.com>
> writes:
> > The mid-to-late 1950's was when I got into ham radio.   We could work
> > into
> > nearly any location with low power.   Sure wish those old sunspots
> > would
> > come back.
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Hammarlund mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hammarlund
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
>
> List Administrator: Gary Harmon, K5JWK
> ** For Assistance: gharmon at idworld.net **
>
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> ______________________________________________________________
> Hammarlund mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hammarlund
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
>
> List Administrator: Gary Harmon, K5JWK
> ** For Assistance: gharmon at idworld.net **
>
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>