RV Service Net Reception at WA5MLF

During the last half-hour of yesterday's RV Service Net the signal from W4UOA was solid at Baton Rouge. The distance from my station to W4UOA is 430 miles.

Below is a screen shot captured at 0751 CDT, while W4BXI was transmitting on 7191 kHz  from W4UOA. Another strong signal can be seen below 7188 kHz.

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A little earlier (0728 CDT) I recorded KB0BH checking into the Net and acknowledged by W4BXI. The recording (click here) was made from my Flex-3000 transceiver in Baton Rouge.

73,
John WA5MLF

Open Wire and TPARCA

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Here's the cover of the March 1989 issue of Open Wire, the news bulletin of TPARCA. Note that the dial-up bulletin board system was in use at the time. For a bit of nostalgia you might like to listen to the sound of a dial-up modem connecting on this YouTube video. It offers explanations and waveform views of each stage of the connection process, starting with dial tone -- something that young folks rarely hear.













Among the contents of this issue was the following certificate from the ARRL:

   

The back page of the issue includes the Telephone Pioneers emblem:

N4AHJ has provided a large volume of historical Open Wire and TPARCA material that I can make available to any interested members.

73,

John WA5MLF