Hmmh, I suppose the statute of limitation has run out for 
transmitting false and deceptive signals! Hey, just heard a KF 4 
on 29.6 right now at 16:40.  73, Jim WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Ringwald <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Fri, 2 May 2014 10:32:46 -0700
Subject: Ham Radio Memories From K 6 Y B V

This is from my ham radio page at:

www.ringwald.com/ham.php

In the late '50s, Bob used to hear Morse Code from Russian 
commercial =
stations on the 80-meter band.  He tried many times to contact 
the =
stations, but was always ignored.

One night in frustration, Bob called the Russian and instead of =
identifying with his call K6YBV, he sent the call of the station 
that =
the Russian was calling.=20

Lo and behold, the station came back to Bob and started sending 
Morse =
Code in Russian.  When he stopped for Bob's reply, Bob told him 
that he =
was really an American ham.  The Russian didn't wait for any 
further =
explanation.  He immediately broke off the contact and would not 
=
acknowledge Bob.=20

What with the political climate in the USSR at the time, Bob 
always =
wondered if some poor unsuspecting Russian radio operator got 
sent to =
Siberia for communicating with the United States.


-Bob Ringwald K6YBV
www.ringwald.com
916/ 806-9551

Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but 
only you =
can feel the true warmth.