mr elwood capelle mentions "wers" several times in the article, without explaining it. my guess is that it means something like wartime emergency radio system, and i believe that anyone with a radio transmitter in the early to mid 40s would be well aware of it.
my thanks to one of my cap mentors, wally b, for the article. i hope u find it as interesting as i did.
also thanks to jerry who massaged the jpg files into a usable form.
73, (best regards)
bill
amateur radio call sign k4tve, licensed in 1960
i will post the files as soon as jerry can get the upload buffers freed up. i kinda plugged them up. stick with us......
I am particularly interested in how they used semaphore, smoke signals, and drums back in the Jurassic period of CAP!
Major Lord
If I remember correctly, WERS had frequencies around 112 MHz (AM, I would assume). I think it was kind of a precursor to RACES.
u were close on the freq, 115.5 mc. they were mc's back then! was it in fact the wartime emergency radio system?
theres a most interesting part on how they checked their transmitting frequency weekly. i had never heard of lecher wires.
i asked for and received permission to use all of the last page. they paid tribute to two hams lost in action, i wanted to remember them also. and, there was a short article introducing several new "button base" vacuum tubes, including the 6aq6.
these jpg files are fairly easily readable when enlarged. altogether most interesting. hope u enjoy,
73,
bill
Quote from: Major Lord on February 01, 2012, 03:11:13 AM
I am particularly interested in how they used semaphore, smoke signals, and drums back in the Jurassic period of CAP!
Major Lord
We stopped?
We've since upgraded from smoke signals to HF (Huge Flames). ::)
But since the change to narrow band, the use of VHF has dropped. VHF= Very Huge Flames
I thought VHF was Very Hot Flames. >:D
Quote from: BillB on February 04, 2012, 11:36:13 AM
But since the change to narrow band, the use of VHF has dropped. VHF= Very Huge Flames
In what respect? I haven't seen any more, or less, mission or activity use of CAP radios since the conversion.
It's a joke, Bob. A joke.
(http://forums.cadetstuff.org/images/smilies/icon_drillsergeant.gif) [Lighten up, Francis]
Dun wanna....
Actually, a number of folks have were using modified ham radios did not make the transition. I know of a couple who were demanding CAP provide them with a new radio AND buy their old one since CAP decided to make it worthless. They have since left CAP.
Quote from: arajca on February 04, 2012, 08:30:41 PM
Actually, a number of folks have were using modified ham radios did not make the transition. I know of a couple who were demanding CAP provide them with a new radio AND buy their old one since CAP decided to make it worthless. They have since left CAP.
Good riddance.