[JMS] Society Update 04-JAN-2006 : W1HRX QSL's, AWA AM QSO Party, National 600 Transmitter and more

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Yes. Outstanding! Cal, n6KYR/8

--- Merz Donald S <merz.ds at mellon.com> wrote:

> Nice progress report.
> Thanks.
> 73, Don Merz, N3RHT
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: james_millen_society-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>
[mailto:james_millen_society-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On
> Behalf Of Don
> Buska
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:20 PM
> To: james_millen_society at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [JMS] Society Update 04-JAN-2006 : W1HRX
> QSL's, AWA AM QSO
> Party,National 600 Transmitter and more
> Importance: High
> 
> 
> Happy New Year JMS Members,
> 
> Well I arrived at work today to find the W1HRX QSL
> cards have arrived.
> The family and I had left for the Dallas area over
> the holidays so I
> wanted to have the cards sent to my work address. 
> Just before we left
> for the south country a box did arrive at my home
> from QSL Works.  It
> was the wrong cards!  They sent me around 500 QSL's
> for the United Radio
> Broadcasters of New Orleans.  Basically it is a QSL
> card confirming
> reception of around twenty of the commercial AM and
> FM stations that
> operated after hurricane Katrina and Rita hit that
> area.  Cool card with
> a satellite view of the hurricane on the front.  I
> admit, I did steal
> one of the cards before I forwarded them on to their
> proper owner in
> Memphis TN.  I figure it was due payment for having
> me stand in the post
> office line a few days before Christmas to send the
> box off, hi.  So as
> I expected the W1HRX QSL's arrived from Memphis, so
> the United Radio
> Broadcasters of New Orleans got our cards and had to
> forward them to me.
> 
> The cards turned out very nice and we now have 2000
> on-hand.  For those
> who are new to the JMS we had these QSL's printed up
> to look similar to
> Jim's QSL used in the mid-1930's.  
> 
> A report on our fund drive.  As of today I have
> received a total of
> $158.99, again not a round number due to PayPal
> donations that have
> transaction fees.  There are a couple of remaining
> donations that have
> been communicated via email that have as not yet
> arrived.  The total
> cost for the 2000 QSL was $195.00 from QSL works. 
> We are getting close.
> One final donation has been put forward to cover any
> remaining up to the
> printing costs.  So if we get another couple
> donations that person will
> not need to dig very deep.
> 
> W1HRX QSL Distribution Points
> -----------------------------
> 
> The 2000 W1HRX QSL cards will be divided into 500
> piece units and sent
> to four distribution coordinators within the USA. 
> These JMS members
> will be responsible for the distribution of QSL's
> for future W1HRX event
> operators upon the completion of such activities. 
> The coordinators will
> NOT be filling in the cards or acting as QSL
> managers.  Simply they will
> supply the needed quantity to an event organizer
> based on requirements.
> The W1HRX QSL coordinators have been selected based
> on their past
> activity within the JMS and also their locations
> within the continental
> USA. 
> 
> W1HRX QSL Coordinators
> 
> Northeast 	Ed Gable K2MP
> 
> Southeast	Gary Carter WA4IAM
> 
> Central	Don Buska N9OO
> 
> West		Jim Hanlon W8KGI
> 
> I will be getting the 500 quantity packets out to
> the coordinators
> within the next two weeks.
> 
> 
> W1HRX Special Event Station - AWA AM QSO Party
> ---------------------------------------------- 
> 
> Well all is now official with Jim Hanlon's email
> sent out the last day
> of 2005.  This will be the first event that will use
> our new QSL's.  As
> a reminder here is Jim's text from that email:
> 
> "On Saturday, February 18, starting at 7 pm EST
> (0000 UTC) and running
> until 7 pm on Sunday, February 19, the Antique
> Wireless Association's AM
> QSO Party will be on the air.  
> 
> There will be two "Flagship Stations" in the Party
> this year.  W2AN will
> be on from the AWA Museum Annex in New York State
> running James Millen's
> personal, 1930's transmitter on 75 meters and other
> gear on 40 and 20
> meters.  And I will be on the air from New Mexico
> signing James Millen's
> personal call sign, W1HRX, courtesy of the James
> Millen Society which
> now holds this call as its club station.  I will
> have a very special
> transmitter on 80 and 40, a National NTX-30 and NSM
> modulator.  The
> NTX-30 originally belonged to O. Eugene Simms,
> Millen's personal
> assistant at National and also at the James Millen
> Company.  It will be
> paired with an HRO that originally belonged to
> Professor Bob Higgy,
> W8IB, from The Ohio State University.  I will also
> have a Viking II on
> 20, paired with an HRO-5TA1.  
> 
> W1HRX will be between 3850 and 3885 on 75, around
> 7290 +/- QRM on 40,
> and around 14286 +/- QRM on 20.  My friend Doc,
> K7SO, is coming down for
> the event; so we will have two stations on the air
> at the same time
> during the contest.  We will listen for SSB and CW
> as well as for AM
> stations calling us.  
> 
> If you would like to work W1HRX and get a James
> Millen QSL card, please
> give us a call."
> 
> Jim and Doc, don't forget to snap some pictures of
> your operating
> activities so we can add them to the JMS website. 
> 
> 
> Jim Millen's National 600 Transmitter
> -------------------------------------
> 
> New JMS member Mort, W6KLG has sent me some very
> interesting letters
> between James Millen and another ham relating to an
> interview being
> scheduled between them many years back.  I don't
> want to give out to
> much information but as a result Jim Millen gave his
> own National 600
> transmitter (dates from the early 30's) to the
> gentleman who was
> performing the interview.  BTW this interviewer is
> still alive and I
> hope well.  We have a JMS member currently in the
> process of contacting
> him (Future JMS member?  Future JMS web article?).
> 
> To make a long story short, Mort has become the new
> keeper of this
> National 600 and is working to restore it to
> on-the-air operation.  I
> have asked Mort to keep a visual record of his work
> so that we can
> provide a full history of this transmitter as a
> future JMS website
> article.
> 
> Maybe we have another Flagship Station in the works
> for the 2007 AWA AM
> QSO party.  What do you think Mort?
> 
> Hey Jim, I hope we can get some pictures and words
> from you on your
> National NTX-30 and NSM modulator refurbishment too.
>  
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