[K6BW] Fire Up the AM Transmitter for the Dec 15 Bandwarming party

[Bill Smith]

Thanks for the info.  :-)

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Rem 
To: Hamilton Hams, Piggies and hamsters -Oh My! 
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:52 AM
Subject: [K6BW] Fire Up the AM Transmitter for the Dec 15 Bandwarming party


I found this on QRZ

Rem
K6BBQ


December 15th band-warming party

Vintage radio hobbyists in the United States will celebrate the federal 
goverment's expansion of the 75 meter phone band with a 'bandwarming' 
party from 3600-3800Kc starting at 0500 GMT Dec. 15, 2006.

The festivities are slated to begin Thursday evening December 14th, when 
vintage radio enthusiasts in Canada will gather around several 
frequencies between 3700-3800, where they already enjoy phone privileges.

The Federal Communications Commission, as part of a decision to enlarge 
and more closely match the size of the 75 meter phone band with levels 
of activity, has specified enactment at midnight, Eastern time.

A number of U.S. stations have been granted the use of Special Event 1x1 
Call Signs to help commemorate the regulatory upgrade.

By coincidence, December 2006 marks 100 years since radio pioneer 
experimenter Reginald Fesseden's celebrated Amplitude Modulation 
broadcasts, considered by many to be the first voice and music signals 
to be heard by the public audience for wireless.

The 'bandwarming' of 2006 will again feature the AM mode, as vintage 
radio enthusiasts warm up their vacuum tube gear on a December night a 
century later.


For more information:
http://amfone.net
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