GB> 6m AM alive and well!

[Bob Macklin]

Heath Senecas are not all that rare. They show up on eBay on a regular basis.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ/7
Seattle, Wa.

"REAL RADIOS GLOW IN THE DARK"

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  This just in from the R.A.I.N.
  (Radio Amateur Information Network) via
  Technocrat.net


  THE PAST REVISITED: 6 AM ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF VINTAGE AM 




  In DX, the past really came to life for Dale Svetanoff, WA9ENA on Sunday, December 26th and Monday December 27th. 

  This as a myriad of old time full carrier A-M stations showed up on 6 meters during the on and off two day band opening. 

  Dale reports over the V-H-F Reflector that he was unaware the and was open when he casually turned on his rig at about 22:15 UTC on Sunday afternoon. It so happened that the rig came up on 50.4 MHz which is the 6 meter AM window. 




  Dale heard several strong signals and decided to see who they were. In the next 30 minutes, Dale worked 9 stations in New England, all on AM and all running truly vintage A-M gear. Dale says it was a blast to hear rigs such as a Clegg 66er, a Multi- Elmac AF-68, Gonset Communicator II, and the Knight-Kit TR-106. The TR- 106s were only running 7 watts of output, but they were S-7 to S-9+ at Dale's Q-T-H in Iowa. 

  WA9ENA even worked a station running a truly rare Heath Seneca transmitter with its up and down controlled carrier screen grid modulation. 




  Dale says that was running 25 watts out of an Alinco DX 70. He says that the fellows out there in W-one land gave him reports as high as 20 over 9. He adds that more than one 

  of the guys in North East said that they never expected to work DX with their vintage 6 meter rigs.

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