[Heathkit] AT-1 Question

[Jim Brannigan]

Interesting, if I recall, part of the OO qualification was successful
participation in the Frequency Measuring Test.

Jim

> The FCC used to "sit" on the spectrum above 40 meters
> and look for Novice 2nd harmonic signals.
>
> I think because of this that a "brand new" OO who was
> located in Illinois got the idea of "finding" people
> out of the band.  Unfortunately, he got all sorts of
> higher class licenses who were operating on AM phone.
> In fact, I believe that he sent out several hundred OO
> cards.  It wasn't until quite a number of amateurs
> complained to the ARRL about this "gentleman" that
> anything was done.
>
> It seems that he had misaligned his single-conversion
> receiver that had a 455 KHz i.f. to high side
> injection instead of the normal low side injection.
> The result was that he was receiving the image which
> was 910 KHz above the actual frequency!  A number of
> amateurs had contacted him about this, but, since "he"
> was an Official Observer, his equipment couldn't be at
> fault!
>
> I don't know for sure what happened, but after the
> ARRL got all the complaints no one got any more OO
> cards from this person!  This was in 1960 if I
> remember correctly.  And yes, I was one of those
> people who got an OO card for having a "phone signal
> outside of the band".  Even though I was only 16 at
> the time, I recognized his problem as did most others
> who got the card.
>
> Glen, K9STH