From gswynar at durham.net  Mon Nov 27 14:59:57 2006
From: gswynar at durham.net (EP Swynar)
Date: Mon Nov 27 15:01:58 2006
Subject: [HBR] AWA 1929 QSO Party Coming Up Fast
Message-ID: <002401c7125e$a24ed690$a7305a45@SwynarComputer>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Freeberg, Scott (STP)"

 Just a reminder about the upcoming AWA's 1929 Bruce Kelly QSO Party.  Its
time again to dust off those old 29 style chirpers, or build one, and put
'em on the air! For two weekends it is 1929 again and the bands are full of
chirpy, whoopy, growling, buzzing, swishing, worbling peanut whistle cw
signals.

 It is held on two weekends in December.  December 2-3 December 9-10.

 Starts 2300Z Saturday night and ends 2300Z Sunday night.

 Transmitters:  must be 1929 or earlier types of self oscillators, such as
the Hartley, TNT, PP, TGTP tuned grid tuned plate, MOPA, etc.

 Suggested frequencies:  3550 Kcs to 3580 Kcs on 80 meters, 7030 Kcs to 7050
Kcs on 40 meters.

 Exchange:  RST, Name, State or QTH, type of transmitter (TNT, MOPA, TGTP,
etc), transmitter year (27, 28, 29 etc), and power.

 Power:  10 watts or less INPUT from 2300Z to 0500Z.  Power may be increased
to 20 watts INPUT from 0500Z (Midnight EST) to 1300Z (8 AM EST) to help make
E-W contacts.

 This will be the third 1929 QSO Party I've worked.  The first one I used my
1927 MOPA, a 27 Hartley driving a pair of 27's in parallel, whopping big 5
watts output, and made 18 QSO's on 80 meters.  Last year I used the MOPA on
80 and a Hartley (single type 10) on 40, and I made 18 QSO's on 80 and 10
QSO's on 40.   It was wonderful to listen to all the chirpy wobbly signals!!

 73, Scott WA9WFA

From gswynar at durham.net  Mon Nov 27 08:08:17 2006
From: gswynar at durham.net (EP Swynar)
Date: Tue Nov 28 04:57:00 2006
Subject: [HBR] "CG3XZ" & The 1929 QSO Party
Message-ID: <000d01c71225$215e0c10$62305a45@SwynarComputer>

Good Day Everyone,

"Industry Canada" --- the licensing authority here in Canada --- is allowing us otherwise lowly "VE3"-types the privilege of utilizing the special prefix "CG3" from 1st December 2006, to 31st January 2007, inclusive, in commemoration of Canadian Reginald Aubrey Fessenden's historic voice broadcast on Christmas Eve, 1906...

To that end, it is my intention to sign as "CG3XZ" on the occasion of the upcoming two weekends of the Antique Wireless Association's annual "Bruce Kelley Memorial 1929 QSO Party", which will be held on December 2-3, and December 9-10 (starts at 2300 GMT the first day, ends at 2300 GMT on the second).

Please have a listen for my push-pull 1923-style 203A / 211 self-excited Colpitts oscillator / transmitter, from about 3550-3580KHz, & 7030-7050 KHz...between my rather "...distinctive" signal quality(!), & the unique callsign, I shouldn't be TOO hard to miss! Hi Hi.

I hope to work you soon...

~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ (a.k.a. CG3XZ)
