From glowbugs@theporch.com Sat Jan 20 09:23:24 1996 Return-Path: glowbugs@theporch.com Received: from uro (localhost.theporch.com [127.0.0.1]) by uro.theporch.com (8.7.3/AUX-3.1.1) with SMTP id JAA15212; Sat, 20 Jan 1996 09:16:19 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 09:16:19 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199601201516.JAA15212@uro.theporch.com> Errors-To: ws4s@midtenn.net Reply-To: glowbugs@theporch.com Originator: glowbugs@theporch.com Sender: glowbugs@theporch.com Precedence: bulk From: glowbugs@theporch.com To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: GLOWBUGS digest 81 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: Please send list server requests to listproc@theporch.com Status: O GLOWBUGS Digest 81 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) In Marconi's Footsteps by Duncan Cadd 2) 160 meters last night by Bill Sorsby 3) Glowbuggin' Tonight by rdkeys@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu 4) WTB 73 Mags by Schroeder.Wbst207V@xerox.com 5) Mail Item Format Warning by response@ibmmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:42:56 +0100 (MET) From: Duncan Cadd To: boatanchors@theporch.com Cc: dcadd@luc.ac.be, glowbugs@theporch.com Subject: In Marconi's Footsteps Message-ID: <9601191342.AA12395@alpha.luc.ac.be> Greetings, Folks, from a cold and dull Diepenbeek in N.E. Belgium! The original postings on this appeared months ago, but anyhow . . . This very morning, my copy of this book arrived, several months after I ordered it. Almost died when I saw the price - 1788 Belgian franks. "Hertz's haemorrhoids" I thought, "Can any book this size be worth 40 quid?" Well, had I known what getting it into Belgium would cost, I might not have ordered it, but as it was a special order, I couldn't very well say to the lady in the bookshop that I didn't want it. Minutes later, as I sat thumbing through it, I was glad I hadn't! My word, what a book! Expensive, yes, and maybe had I ordered it in the UK (or the North American Continent) it would've been a lot cheaper, but take the quality of the photos, page after page, radio gear from 1904 or so, ship's wireless installations, ladies making induction coils - mostly, thanks to the old plate cameras, without a trace of grain. Most of 'em look like they were taken yesterday. The detail is exquisite. And then there's all the piccies of the reproduction gear the author spent years creating, many in colour. The "1910" marine installation he made in 1991, magnetic detector, quenched and rotary spark gaps, induction coil, etc etc etc. Plus all the detail of how he made it. Around 160 pages, 28 x 20 cms, of sheer joy. My apologies to those who subscribe to both the BA and Glowbugs lists for the repeat posting, but if you have any interest in spark radio, you will want this book. It's one of those "darn fool" books. If you lend it to someone and expect it to come back, you're a darn fool. Details: Title: In Marconi's Footsteps Early Radio Author: Peter R. Jensen VK2AQJ / G4GZT ISBN: 0 86417 607 4 Publ: Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd, 3 Whitehall Road, Kenthurst, NSW 2156 Australia also PO Box 6125, Dural Delivery Centre, NSW 2158 Australia Pardon my enthusing. Buy it and you will understand why. 73, Duncan ON9CHU / G0UTY G-QRP 8117 dcadd@luc.ac.be Obligatory hollow state postscript: it has a schematic of Marconi's valve receiver of 1912 (Fleming diodes) plus a couple of photos of EARLY valve transmitters, including 2LO and 2MT. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:49:18 -0600 From: Bill Sorsby To: Glowbugs@theporch.com Subject: 160 meters last night Message-ID: <199601191549.JAA00860@dlep1.itg.ti.com> Greetings, After reading all the posts about 160 here recently, I decided to listen in last night for a bit. It was quite interesting. There was very little QRM, but pretty good band usage. Lots of SSB signals throughout the band, a number of data signals (wonder what they're sending), and a few CW signals at the low end. There may also have been an AM signal or two, but nothing intelligible here in North Texas. I was using my old British KW2000B transceiver which covers 1.8 - 2 MHz in conjunction with an 80 meter inverted vee. For some reason I didn't have any transmit drive on 160, so I was limited to just listening. (Darned, everytime I think I've got that KW2000B fully functional, some new problem shows up!) Signal strengths generally weren't strong enough to more than tickle the s-meter (probably because of the antenna), but there was at least one signal hitting about 40 over s9. Was last night typical of 160 recently, or was it one of the better nights? I'm also wondering what sort of antennas people are using for 160. My city lot won't handle an inverted vee for 160, although I'm thinking about just doubling the length of the 80 meter inverted vee by running wire along the wooden fence at the low ends. Has anybody tried that? (I keep thinking about using open wire feeders and a matchbox to work all bands, but that's a more ambitious project.) Regards, Bill Sorsby, N5BU ********************************** bill.sorsby@dlep1.itg.ti.com Views expressed herein are my own. ********************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:38:22 -0500 (EST) From: rdkeys@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu To: glowbugs@theporch.com Cc: rdkeys@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu () Subject: Glowbuggin' Tonight Message-ID: <9601191938.AA106226@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Well, the storm and high winds have finally passed off the Outer Banks, so the ol' Top Band should be in fine form, tonight. Hope to see you all on the QRG/1802-1805khz QTR/0200-0500utc for another installment of the continuing saga of the ``Trials and Tribulations of Miss Henrietta Hartley, Miss Tanya TunedPlateTunedGrid, Miss Terri TCS, and the Grand Dame `Big Bertha' Radiomarine.'' (It sound like the Ladies' nite at the Roller Derby.....) Fires up yer bottles, an' keeps yer keys at the fore, cuz the band it be a' jumpin' tonite! 73/ZUT DE NA4G/Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 12:45:05 PST From: Schroeder.Wbst207V@xerox.com To: boatanchors@theporch.com, glowbugs@theporch.com Subject: WTB 73 Mags Message-ID: <"19-Jan-96 15:45:10".*.Schroeder.wbst207v@Xerox.com> I am looking for three issues of 73 Magazine- October 1974 April 1982 October 1982 If anyone has any of the above issues available for sale, please contact me. TIA ---Looking for RAL receiver--- 73 Russ W2DYY schroeder.wbst207v@xerox.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:56:11 EST From: response@ibmmail.com To: glowbugs@theporch.com Subject: Mail Item Format Warning Message-ID: <199601192056.OAA25501@uro.theporch.com> The mail item that you sent at 20:55:57 GMT on 19 Jan 1996 has been delivered. However, it has been necessary to convert this item into a format that is acceptable to the recipient, USMMMHWC at IBMMAIL. 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