Mike

I don't think they are on 30 meters either.

Phil.
K0NX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Before 10 and 6 meter beacons became so plentiful, W1AW 
> would also serve that purpose quite well.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Duke, K5XU
> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>