[Waverley ARS] Blackwood ARS VK5BR- early years in 1920s

[Adam Carmichael]

I'd like to see the QSL card for that :)

Maybe the club could hold a competition for the best design?

Regards,

Adam

73 VK2FNRD

Edwin Lowe wrote:
> Some further thought to what was discussed at the last Wednesday night 
> meeting in terms of celebrating the club's 90th birthday in 2009.
> 
> While a number of people were talking about building vintage circuits 
> and so on, I thought it would be nice to apply for a special event 
> callsign for the duration of the year.  Incorporating the club's 
> original callsign issued in 1920 'N249', we could apply for something 
> like VI90N249.
> 
> The callsign could be then used by members who wish to use it on a 
> roster basis to allow maximum coverage of bands/modes of interests 
> throughout the year, including any contests or record attempts that the 
> club or members may wish to partake in..
> that's one idea anyway
> Edwin
> 
> Edwin Lowe
> VK2VEL
> Sydney, Australia
> ph: 0407416090
> 
> 
> 
> Simon Buxton wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Thanks Eddie, another interesting piece of history.
>>
>> As a reminder to our newer members, circuits for Waverley's first 
>> receiver and transmitter from 1920 can be found on our web site. The 
>> transmitter was a spark type and the receiver a 1-valve. In those days 
>> it was necessary to provide circuits of both types of equipment to get a 
>> licence. It is interesting to note that receive only licences were also 
>> allocated call signs and I remember that even in the 1950s in the UK 
>> pseudo callsigns (I think G plus a 4 figure number) were allocated to 
>> SWLs. This was useful for exchange of QSL cards when hams liked to get 
>> reception reports from SWLs.
>>
>> Note that VK5BR would have been allocated 5BR in 1923 as the VK prefix 
>> only started in 1928.
>>
>> For our history just click on the "Club history" link on the side bar on 
>> the home page of our site. There is also a link to another site covering 
>> the early history of Australian callsigns.
>>
>> 73 Simon
>>
>> Eddie Hanham wrote:
>>   
>>> Dear Members,
>>>
>>> Found this site by accident, gives the background on the formation or 
>>> VK5BR, see for circuits of the first transmitter:
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
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