True enough.  However, there was a lot of two meter * A M* activity in the
Portland/Vancouver area in the late '50's/early '60's (as late as 1965).
I spent many a happy hour on two-meter A M

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On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Brett Winchester wrote:

> Jeffery,
>
> In the late 50s and 60s 2 meters was not nearly as active as today. =20
>
> thank you!
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> >>> JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON <[log in to unmask]> 08/16/02 12:18PM >>>
> That I think was the same thing at Michigan.  From what I was told the
> antenna arrangements were on the three story main building, and the
> service building.  Everyone seemed to operate HF from what people have
> posted so far, but whatabout 2-meters?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Richard WEbb wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > tHe Iowa School for the blind, IBSSS or whatever they call it had a
> > club station in the 50's and '60's.  iN the '50's it was located in
> > the four story main building then moved to the boy's dorm.
> >
> > IT was the host of the Benton county amateur radio club actually, and
> > their club station.  THey had a tri-bander on the roof of the main
> > building on the bell tower, an 80 and 40 meter dipole fed with a
> > common coax.
> >
> > NOvice station consisted of an old National receiver and a transmitter
> > which was crystal controlled, not sure the make, but I remember
> > lurking as k0yl, then wa0dag and others operated the Collins kwm2 on
> > hf many an afternoon.
> >
> > LEft the school for the blind in '68 and wasn't permitted to pursue
> > the hobby in any way, so didn't become licensed as I planned.  My dad
> > thought hobby radio was a silly thing, at least until all the truckers
> > started adding chicken band radios to their rigs, then he had to have
> > one of course.
> >
> > 73 de kb0ruu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Richard Webb
> >
> > Electric Spider Productions
> >
> > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> >
> > --- Benjamin Franklin November 1755
> >
>