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Title: "Hello" Campaign Ends With Huge Two Day On The Air Activity Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on December 22, 2006, 08:31:24 PM NEWINGTON, CT, Dec 22, 2006 -- Amateur Radio past, present and future will be the focus as the ARRL's "Hello" campaign concludes with on-the-air events Friday and Saturday, December 29 and 30.
Special event stations W100BO/W1F at Brant Rock -- sponsored by the Peconic Amateur Radio Club (PARC) with Steve Barreres, K2CX, as team leader -- and GB1FVT in Machrihanish -- with Duncan MacArthur, GM3TNT, heading that effort -- will epitomize Amateur Radio Past (Icom UK and Icom America are supplying equipment for both events). Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station W1AW at ARRL Headquarters will represent Amateur Radio Future. The station will be on the air with all voice modes for the event. "In addition to the sites showing the past and future of radio, the transmission modes used will also reflect both traditional as well as new and emerging technologies," Pitts says. "The stations will be operating AM -- an early 20th-century mode -- and SSB and FM -- both later 20th-century modes. EchoLink and IRLP plus digital voice on HF will carry us into the 21st century." The special event will commence at 2000 UTC on Friday, December 29, and continue through the next 24 hours. Great time to use those "special event" call signs. For the complete story and all the activities, go here: http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/12/22/102/?nc=1 (http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/12/22/102/BrantRock-Antenna-Site.jpg) Title: Re: "Hello" Campaign Ends With Huge Two Day On The Air Activity Post by: W2INR on December 23, 2006, 12:02:36 PM Interesting, The same weekend as the Heavy Metal Rally.
Title: Re: "Hello" Campaign Ends With Huge Two Day On The Air Activity Post by: KB2WIG on December 23, 2006, 12:13:28 PM "The stations will be operating AM -- an early 20th-century mode -- and SSB and FM -- both later 20th-century modes"
And I thought ssb was used in the 20's for tele phune werk.... and Maj. Armstrong "invented" FM in 1933.... Title: Re: "Hello" Campaign Ends With Huge Two Day On The Air Activity Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on December 23, 2006, 12:16:22 PM "The stations will be operating AM -- an early 20th-century mode -- and SSB and FM -- both later 20th-century modes" And I thought ssb was used in the 20's for tele phune werk.... and Maj. Armstrong "invented" FM in 1933.... I think they were referring to Amateur use. Title: Re: "Hello" Campaign Ends With Huge Two Day On The Air Activity Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on December 23, 2006, 12:19:28 PM Interesting, The same weekend as the Heavy Metal Rally. Yep, another reason to make some noise on the bands that last weekend. Should be interesting. If ARRL fires up one of those Harris rigs, that's "heavy metal". Title: Re: "Hello" Campaign Ends With Huge Two Day On The Air Activity Post by: W2INR on December 23, 2006, 12:22:19 PM Nice avatar Pete!! AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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