Two other radio stations in Honolulu were KHON and KGU at that time
G3KEV/KH6 and VR4MC- 1958
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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: LF: LF 54 Years
> Dear Peter,
>
> Your story is interesting also for me!
>
> In January 1958 the german freighter Heinrich Schulte/DCUW, on which I
> served as a radio operator, had been allowed to anchor at Christmas
> Island to take over 100 tons of boiler water and 20 tons oil from the
> british supply ships which were posted there. After leaving Tahiti we
> have had a breakdown in both of our boilers. The boilers could be
> repaired by the crew, but we needed water and oil to be able to proceed
> to Honolulu.
>
> During our stay we had also been asked to dip our flag at 14h local time
> because there had been an interment (I hope I have found the right word)
> for two british mariners. Three mariners from one of the supply ships
> had attempted secretly to get ashore using a dinghy but had been killed
> by the high waves of the surf typically for pacific islands. They could
> still send an acoustical alarm signal, but the helicopters taking off
> from the shore could find two of them only.
>
> The only Hawaiian broadcast radio statio I can remember is KHVH at
> Honolulu Waikiki Beach and its slogan "the most listened station to".
>
> At that time I did not know that one year later I would get the chance
> to work ashore with Rohde&Schwarz in Munich.
>
> 73 Ha-Jo, DJ1ZB
>
>
> "Peter Dodd" <[email protected]> schrieb:
> > While serving in the RAF in 1957 I was posted to Christmas Island for
> > the British nuclear tests in the Pacific.
> > During that time I was also stationed for a short while at the Transit
> > Aircraft Flight at Hickam AFB at Hawaii. While there I bought a
> > transistor radio kit (made in Japan) at the air base PX, which I
> > assembled when I got back to Christmas Island.
> > With this I was able to pick up MF stations from Hawaii (KHOH & KHON as
> > I recall) and occasionally other MF stations such as Australia when
> > conditions were good
> > The kit used two transistors an RF amp and a detector . The detector
> > stage was also an audio amplifier using a reflex circuit which made the
> > most out of these expensive active devices. I understand reflex circuits
> > were used in the early days of valves (tubes).
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Peter, G3LDO
> >
> >
> > On 16/02/2011 04:03, Steve Dove wrote:
> > > My first uA709 (first real commercial op-amp, circa 1968) cost me five
> > > quid. Which was a LOT of newspapers.
> > >
> > > Unstable, noisy. And, with its unprotected output stage didn't last
> > > very long . . .
> > >
> > > 73 Steve
> > >
> > > On 2/15/2011 7:19 PM, Andy Talbot wrote:
> > >> 40 Years ago today decimal money was introduced to the UK It was
half
> > >
> > >
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