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Mike
I don't think they are on 30 meters either.
Phil.
K0NX
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From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:19 PM
Subject: W1AW Stuff
> No, for who knows what reason, they are on 17 meters, but
> not on 12. And, as Lloyd said, they are no longer on 6
> meters.
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> I have never learned why they dropped 6 meters, but I have
> always been of the opinion that discontinuing those
> transmissions was rather short sighted on their part.
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> When they were on 6 meters, I would often hear them up there
> when no other signals were present on the band here in
> Mississippi. I often used the 6 and 10 meter signals to
> practice typing CW on the Perkins, because there was rarely
> any QRM up there.
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> Before 10 and 6 meter beacons became so plentiful, W1AW
> would also serve that purpose quite well.
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> Mike Duke, K5XU
> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
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