[Lowfer] Lowfer history

[cvest at cox.net]

Hi Dex ,

That was a great article that I have to save. That was the article that I built my first 1750 meter transmitter from and 2 more for non ham friends . We used our setups for a year or so for our own "private" frequency . It was then not again until about 10 years ago that I put a signal on the band , even though I continued to listen off and on over the intervening years , raising a family , etc .

I do like the idea of a history of operations on this band , done by someone who is a good writer . I started collecting historical information when I started the part15 Yahoo group , and had some nice interesting correspondence from some of the west coast pioneers . I received some information on the beginning and prototyping of one commercial venture transmitter . I'll have to look it up on my other computer . I also have what I believe is serial number 1 transmitter for the band from a commercial venture .

I know that one of the people that I was in contact with had an original Dave Curry rig also . Pretty sure that he sent me photos too . It would be nice to find some advertising literature for some of those brief endeavors . 

If you or someone else does take on such a project , I will be more than happy to contribute the information that I have collected . I think it is a very worthy project .

It still amazes me today , how little publicity it receives and how few people are even aware that they can operate there , without a license .

I will be making a return this year from a new beacon location and now have plenty of GPS engines for locking things out at the farms where the beacons will be located . I also have my bench standard , Wenzel , OCXO , that I will be locking the beacon at this location to . I have the facilities and equipment to operate from 3 separate locations in 2 different states now .

I might even have to build me a copy of that transmitter , to put on the bench for display , just for nostalgia :)

Best 73 ,

Charlie , W5COV 

---- Dexter McIntyre W4DEX <dexter.mc at gmail.com> wrote: 
> I've been in touch with Jim, NN4AA (ex WA4GHK) of Malabar, Florida.  We 
> met some time ago due to our common interest in UHF and microwave.  I 
> knew of his past North American 10 GHz DX record contact made with Todd, 
> WD4NGG using Gunnplexers.  During a recent discussion with Jim I learned 
> there was a 1968 CQ article about his Lowfer station.  Jim scanned and 
> mailed me a copy which I have converted to .pdf format and temporarily 
> placed on Dropbox:
> 
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15095569/1750%20Meters%20CQ%20April%201968.PDF
> 
> Also Walt, W3WI, another old time Lowfer, has sent me a box of audio 
> cassettes which has some of his Lowfer CW QSOs.  I plan to make convert 
> at least some of the recordings to .mp3 and make them available online.  
> Need to find a working cassette player first :)
> 
> Maybe the start of a Lowfer history page?
> 
> Dex
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