[R-390] RE: What Came After The R-390

[John Lawson]

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Richard Loken wrote:

> On Mon, 16 May 2005 Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com wrote:
>
>> I was reading my copy of World Radio yesterday. The question to Krusty Kurt
>> was "how do we get the AM off the Amateur Bands?" Just as I retire and want
>
> And what was the answer that question?


   I have a question: not having access to the article, I still wonder if 
the reference wasn't actually to the usual shortwave broadcasting stations 
that occupy portions of 40M and elsewhere??  Rather than the small segment 
of us who enjoy "That Sound"....



>
> matching antenna etc.  While he was at it, he asked Santa to dispose of the
> kids, whiners, rag chewers, nets, dxers, etc because they pissed him off.
> Eureka!  Next morning there was a new rig setup in the shack and when he
> tuned the bands he heard only atmospheric noise.

Well, the modern twist on that would be "... he only heard the raucous 
whine of BPL at 40+ dB over S9."


Cheers

John  KB6SCO