[JMS] Society Update

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:23:48 -0700

Hi Don
Got my JMS certificate yesterday.  Thanks.

My NC101x is being worked on by a fellow in Albuquerque (not Jim Hanlon) and
should have it up and running soon.  Found one for Jim also, so he should be
working on his soon.  I am looking for a matching speaker (DCS-8 or 10).  Do
you know where any are available aside from watching ebay?

73, Doc

BTW, you might correct the comment in the certificate cover letter about
Millen eqpt being over a half decade old (=5 years).  My 756Pro is a half
decade old.  hi!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Buska" <[email protected]>
To: "The James Millen Society" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:23 PM
Subject: [JMS] Society Update - December 11, 2003

> JMS Membership Level
> --------------------
>
> One new member since last months update, we now have 52 members in the
society.
>
>
> Webpage Update
> --------------
>
> Spending a couple of weekends at the Milwaukee Central Library doing some
old radio
> research I came across a couple of additional Millen articles that got
scanned
> and placed on our website.  They are:
>
> An A.C. Receiver and Power Supply By James Millen;  Radio Broadcast,
November 1925
>
> How to Use Meters in Your Receiver By James Millen;  Radio Broadcast,
December 1925
>
>
> Tom Smith, N5AMA has provided some nice pictures of his late version 90821
High
> Voltage Power Supply.  This is the version that has the high/low voltage
switch on the
> back panel.  I was able to include these in the equipment picture area of
the site
> and update the text for a better description of the two variations of this
supply.
>
>
>
> QSL Cards
> ---------
>
> A few emails arrived with support and provide ideas for the JMS QSL card.
Support
> seems strong for making the front look like the end-box logo used on most
of the
> Millen component boxes.  Now I'm waiting for some real graphic samples to
come from
> the membership.
>
>
> Pictures and Bios for Website
> -----------------------------
>
> Nothing received since the last update.  Hope you are making plans to send
me a
> digital picture (or non-digital via snail mail) and some brief bio info.
I would like
> to have more of these for our Membership Roster area.  Make it a New Years
resolution
> to get me this stuff.
>
>
>
> 2BYP Station
> ------------
>
> The following appeared last month, but no responses to it.  Maybe not
worth pursuing.
>
> Who is 2BYP?  Well that's our Mr. Millen and his first ham callsign.
Wouldn't it be
> great to find out what equipment he used and built for his first shack?
Wouldn't it
> be great to create that same setup and put it on the air?  Perhaps using
the W1HRX
> callsign?
>
> Well, if you know of any vintage QSL collectors out there see if they
might have a
> 2BYP card.  If you live close to the AWA Annex maybe a group effort to go
through the
> thousands upon thousands of vintage QSL's in their possession would be a
viable
> project (hint... hint...)  Hey if someone does this contact me I have a
few other
> calls I'd love to find, hi.  During my recent research for an article I've
been
> thoroughly going over 1920's vintage QST's and other period magazines.  I
kept my eyes
> open for 2BYP in the "Calls Heard" column and elsewhere, but alas no
mention.  So
> either James did very little operating under 2BYP or I just missed it.
Those old
> "Calls Heard" columns have pages and pages of callsigns listed.
>
> Your ideas on how we can proceed finding out what Millen's first station
was comprised
> of our welcome.  Heck even an old photo from the 2BYP period would
probably provide a
> good starting point.
>
> Hey, by-the-way, W2BYP is an available callsign if your considering a new
vanity call
> in the future.
>
> Vanity Calls
> ------------
>
> Not sure what your views are on Vanity Calls.  For those who have
considered it, here
> is something that has struck me as interesting.  As many of you already
know the
> callsign suffixes that began with the letter X used to be for experimental
stations.
> This was especially prevalent during the 1920's and 30's.  I was surprised
that most of
> these calls are still available in the vanity callsign program.
>
> Some famous calls like W2XMN is registered to the Major Edwin H Armstrong
Memorial
> Radio Club out of Ventura, California.  Not to sure how many members this
"radio club"
> has but they grabbed up Armstrongs experimental FM operations call.
However, so many
> of the early three letter suffix experimental station calls still exist.
This is
> especially true for TV station calls.
>
> I have even considered doing this myself.  Although I've had the N9OO call
now for
> over 25 years.  Yep it's a pre-vanity call so I don't have to pay the
extra renewal
> fee's, hi.  So many friends have advised me kindly using the subtle verbal
comments
> such as "Are you Nut's" when I mentioned changing calls.  So for now I'll
keep the
> ol'OO call sign, even though I get rather tired of people using zero's
instead of the
> letter O in emails and such.
>
> So if your considering a new call via the vanity program please consider
those old
> experimental suffixes.  You may need to add the letter W in front, but it
may get you
> a call that has real historical significance for your area of the country.
Plus,
> you'll learn alot of radio history when you investigate the calls lineage.
>
> Final Thoughts
> --------------
> Not a whole lot done Millen wise, except for those couple of website
additions and
> normal membership processing duties.  I hope to get started on my NC-101XA
real soon
> now and have it added to my Millen setup in replacement of the HRO-5TA1
receiver.  The
> NC-101XA matches the Millen line much closer in looks.
>
> Hope some of you had fun in the AWA's 29 contest a couple of weeks back.
Was not able
> to get on from my shack, but I know we have a few regulars in the JMS
ranks.  A great
> time to test those early Millen-National era SW-3's (2,4, and 5's too),
FB7's and even
> the rare AGS receivers if you lucky enough to own one of those.
>
> My best this holiday season es 73
>
> Don N9OO
> President - The James Millen Society.
>
>
>
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