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S ELC L E S SAN DIECO REPEATER ASSOCIATION KNOW YOUR REPEATERS THIS MONlli SQUELCS TALES GOES ATOP 6000 FOOT T1T. LACUNA TO VISIT OUR FEPEATER SI-E iII'RE-THIS IS THE SECOND ARTICLE IN OUR IKNO'{ YOUR REPEATERS" SERIES. OUR 1',!O T1ETER, 220, AND 450 MHZ REPEATERS ARE INSIDE THE PENCE OF AN FAA RADAR FACILITY, TIIE TALLEST TELEPIIONf, POLE. THE 60 FOOT STICK TO THE RICHT. I/./ILL SOON BE GRACED BY OUR NE$I DB PRODUCTS DB228E 1WO ME1ER ANTENNA. ALSO IN THIS ISSUE PROFILE OF ONE OF OUR MEIIBERS - JOAN SAMUELSI (M6S ANCIENT & UNIQUE QSL CARDS - 1932 CARDS IN THIS ISSUE WE VISIT l\JITll AN OLD TIMBR - IIAL Sl4lfHr (6YJR ISSUES AND ANS!,lERS AT THE I,IEMBERSHIP I'lEETING REPRINT OF SUPER DUPER T HUNT LOOP AN?ENNA A\D MUaB voP.. .. . . . VOLUME X SEPTEMBER 1941 N U M B E R 9

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S ELC LES SAN DIECO REPEATERASSOCIATION
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THIS MONl l i SQUELCS TALES GOES ATOP 6000 FOOT T1T. LACUNA TO VISIT OUR FEPEATER SI -E i I I 'RE-THIS IS THE SECOND ARTICLE IN OUR IKNO' { YOUR REPEATERS" SERIES. OUR 1 ' , !O T1ETER, 220, AND 450 MHZ REPEATERS ARE INSIDE THE PENCE OF AN FAA RADAR FACIL ITY, T I IE TALLEST TELEPI IONf , POLE. THE 60 FOOT STICK TO THE RICHT. I / . / ILL SOON BE GRACED BY OUR NE$I DB PRODUCTS DB22 8E 1WO ME1ER ANTENNA.
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I t t I t0 t0 - c t r tT 8E s l lE0? This non lh SoIJELCH TALES ventures beyond the arena o f a rePeater assoc ia t ion and pub l ishes an insp i r ing ar t i c l€ cont r ibu ted by t to Par t i c ipants on our 04164 f rach ine . NoH th is i s D l : co l in qa l , Gr t tPz , and Ian scbrahmannt z65IN.
Over the pas t ! rc years we bave o f ten d i s c u s s e d w i L h t e t . ! o u r a d i o a h d L e u r s t h e i n c r e a s i n g m o u n t o f i l l e g a l a c t - t i v i ! y t a k i n g p l a c e i n t h e 5 0 0 K H z
By and 1ar9e, the a t l i tude eh ich we have eDcountered has been one o f ' w e l 1 , t h a t t s n o t o u r b a D d s o i t s no t ou i p rob l * . on ly wb€n P i ra tes t r a n s d i t s i r h i n o u r b a n d s c a n e e a s k t h e a u t h o r i t i e s t o a c t . n
we do no t w ish to take issue e i th t h i s v i e { p o i n r w h i c h i s p o s s i b l y j u s t i f i a b l e , b u c { e t h i n k l h a t f a r too l i t t1e a t ten l ion has beed Pa id by rad io amateurs ro the r re .ds deve lop ing on the 27 MHz band "oD lhe i r
The advent iD the sevent ies o f che LSI Syn lbes i zer and i t s ease o f reproq iahmiDq in con junc i ion w i th the inc lus ion o f an AUX baDd on nany amaleur l ransce ivers has enab led an 4 e r - i n c r e a s i n g n m b e r o f c B r e t s t o ! ransmi t on f requenc ies ou ls ide ther r a1 lo .a ted channe ls . Poqer leve ls have a l s o i D c r e a s e d s u b s t a n t i a l l y e i t h c o m e . . i a . ! t y b u i l r l i n e a r e P l i t j e t s d v a i l a b l e w i t l p o r e r t e v e l s o f b e - tween 50W to 1KW outPut .
T h e c o n s e q u e n c e o f L h i s h a s b e e n a n i n c r e a s i n g n m b e r o f t r a n s i s s i o n s tak inq p lace w i !h subs tan t ia l Porer ou t ru ts on f requenc ies above tbe a1- l o c a t e d U . S . C B c b a n n e l s a n d q r a d u a l - l y spread ing c loser and c loser to the bot ton end o f 28 ! ! rL .
Up unL i l a feH nonths ago, hoPever , t h e . h b e r o f p i r a t e s , h o a c t u a l l y ventured iD lo the 28 MHz baDd ,as f a i r l y l i m i l e d .
CoFnerc ia l in te res ts have no ! been s l o w t o e x P l o i t t h i s s i e u a t i o n : f lood ing in lo the narke t r igh t no , i s a n a r r a y o f 1 2 0 c h a n n e l c B s e t s rdn ichr ou t o f the car ton , can cover 21 to 24 ,2 MI iz . t loeer ou tpu ts a re f ron 5 to tow and modes are lM/AM/usB
By nor there are t i ter . l ly of sucb sets beinq oPla-
C o ! ! e s D o n d i n q l v , L h e r e h a s b e e n . d r d a L i c i n ; r ; d s e i n t h e n M b e r o f D i r a t e s o D p ! a L i n q v i t h i n t h e 2 8 l i E a i a n a l e c a u s e o t i r s r e l a L i v e l . c k o f QRn.
r n v i e e o f t h i s s i t u a l i o n , s u r e l y ! h . t ime bas cde for ) ,ou, the radio a. - leur r to reassess your at t i tude.
The f i rs t quest ion !o ask Yoursel ! is : rs i t possib le that the a l loca- t ion of the 'WARC bands" tas a sk i l l - fu1 ly orchestrated maneuver ' in teni led to sof ten us up so tbat the t0 ret€r band can be Laken aMy f rom us r i t t ts- out too nuch fuss being created? Tbl ! is not an uDreasonable quest ion ba- cause there is a very $a11 steP bP treen producihg a 120 channel and 240 or 300 channel set phich could cover 21 to 3A 6$2. I f th is is a l lored to happen, then asateur radio , i11 bave to le t i tse l f be forced out of 10 neters bY i ts om conPlacency.
Tt Ie second quest ion !o ask yoursel l !s : Do I vant dateur radio to con- t lnue as i ! is at Presenl wi th an €n- t rance exeinat ion, se l t in9 s landalda o f p r o r i c i e n c y , k n o r l e d g e ' a n d s e l f _ d i s c i p l i n e , o r s h o u l d i t b e c d r e .
Bear in miod that l I meters eas onc. an mateur band shlch r ras taken ar .y f roh us. l f we a l lor the sade th ing E o h a p p e n r o l 0 m e t e r s , t h e n o o r e L h d n h d l f o f o u r p r e v i o u s l y e x c t u a i v . s p e c t r m , i I l h a v e b e e n h i j a c k e d b Y unski l led and to a great extent und i sc i P l ioed oPerators. lbe 1on9 eould i t be before rhe remaiotng bal l su ld suf fer the sae fate?
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