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October 16th 03, 01:52 AM

(N2EY) wrote in message ...
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(Len Over 21) writes:

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(N2EY) writes:

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(N2EY)
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(Len Over 21) writes:

In article , "Kim"

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"Hans K0HB" wrote in message
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"Kim" wrote

Spark transmissions were outlawed (as well they should have been) so
the precedent exists.

Hmmmm, Jim/N2EY made that observation also. Then, I see the comment
that
spark was a transmission method--not a mode. I think that's splitting
hairs, isn't it? I'm asking--I wasn't around for spark

The ONLY way a "spark" transmitter could send anything called
communications information was by on-off keying.

there were other types of transmitters on the air even
before WW1. Arc transmitters and Alexanderson alternators were two types.
Transmitters using tubes were in use well before 1920.

Irrelevant.

No, very relevant. Spark was not the only option before 1920. And
after 1920, there were even more options.

How many amateur "radio" stations were equipped with Alexanderson
Alternators, senior?

Who is "senior", Len? It's not me.

Ahem, it is you....

We are NOT talking "options."

I am. You don't want to admit that there were more options than spark before
1920. There were.

So which option did you take?

Nuff said...