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Ham Radio in Lithuania History: 1918-1940

Ham Radio in Lithuania History: 1918-1940. Antanas Zdramys LY1DL. From Marconi to W.W. I. 1900s : first radio amateurs after Marconi experiments. 1-7 miles QSOs No stations over 200m 4000 amateurs in 1917 (most in USA) 200m band alocated 1000 miles distance reached

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Ham Radio in Lithuania History: 1918-1940

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  1. Ham Radio in LithuaniaHistory: 1918-1940 Antanas Zdramys LY1DL

  2. From Marconi to W.W. I • 1900s: first radio amateurs after Marconi experiments. 1-7 miles QSOs • No stations over 200m • 4000 amateurs in 1917(most in USA) • 200m band alocated • 1000 miles distance reached • Radio amateurs in W.W. I (3/4 from USA)

  3. After WW I • Hiram Percy Maxim proclomation – meeting in NY (11 veterans) • ARRL reetablished • Vacuum tubes invented – 1st 2000 miles

  4. 1921-23: first transatlantic • Paul Godley (ARRL) experiments • 1921: 30 USA stns hrd fm EU • 1922: 315 USA hrd in EU, 2 G and 1 F hrd in USA, but no QSO even with 1 KW • 1923: experiments on 130m and 90m. • November 1923: Schnell (1MO) and Reinartz (1XAM) QSO with Deloy (8AB) on 110m

  5. 1924-25: • ham radio withdrawn from HF, only 160, 80, 40, 20, 10, 5 m bands left • First EU-VK QSO on 40 m. • IARU founded on April 17, 1925 in Paris (about 200 delegates from 23 countries)

  6. B. Talutis LY1X – 1st ham in LY • 1918: first QSO on 300m in Šiauliai • 1927:QSO with France fom Kėdainiai (LYT) • 1928: ET1X • 1931: LY1X • 1932: first license

  7. LY stations before 1930 • LY1HBB. Heraldas: first phone QSO with Saarbrucken from Biržai • LY1E– Eljaševičius from Kaunas • LY1MB – E. Bartninkas from Marijampolė • LY1B – O. Benkis from Klaipėda • V. Vanagas: YL2BV (student in Riga)

  8. 1931-1932: First licenses • 1931. LY1X started appealing • April 23, 1932.Permission No. 11865 – First licence to operate • 1932 licences: • LY1X • LY1AA • LY1J • LY1S

  9. 1932-1938 • 1933: LY1AC, LY1MB, LY1ZB • 1934: LY1B, LY1AE, LY1AB, LY1AG, LY1SV • 1935: LY1AF, LY1AD, LY1AI • 1936: LY1AL, LY1AN, LY1HB, LY1KK, LY1S, LY1VV • 1937: LY1AK, LY1AV, LY1AH, LY1AP, LY1AS, LY1AT, LY1AU, LY1AX, LY1AY, LY1AZ • 1938: LY1AE, LY1AJ, LY1AO, LY1AQ, LY1AW, LY1BA, LY1BB, LY1BC, LY1BD, LY1BE, LY1BF, LY1BG, LY1BK, LY1BL, LY1BM, LY1BN, LY1BO, LY1BR, LY1BT, LY1BV, LY1CV, LY1BX, LY1BQ, LY1BJ, LY1CA

  10. Birth of LRMD • LY1AA and LY1Jactions • P.O. box No. 100 in Kaunas • LY addresses in Call Book Magazine • Proposalto establish LRM • First Meeting (Kaunas, March 4, 1933) • LY1AA, LY1AB, LY1AC, LY1AD, LY1E, LY1J, LY1S and LY1ZB • Lithuanian Short-Waves Radio Amateur Society (October 2, 1938)

  11. 1939 • 60.000 amateurs in the world: • 45.000 in USA • 64 in LY • 35 morse code lessons from LY1J trx • English class (17 pers. audience) • Book “Radijo mėgėjas”: 3000 copies • 22.000 QSLs printed • 2.235 LT income, 1.830 LT expenses

  12. CQ LRM - First contest • 1939.02.12 06:00-24:00 phone • 1939.02.19 06:00-24:00 telegraphy • 10, 20, 40, 80 and 160 m. • Trophies for winners, awards for all • Results: phone: LY1J (54), LY1AT (44), LY1AP (44), LY1S (44). SWL: Ms. Balčiūtė (60), Mr.Stanėnas (59), Mr. Starevičius (52). • Results: CW: LY1S (34), LY1BX (34), LY1AI (30). SWL: LYR04, LYR09.

  13. Second LRM contest • 1940.02.11 06-24, • 40 and 80 m. • Telephony winners: LY1AP-432, LY1S-420, LY1AT-390. 25 participants. • Telegraphy winners: LY1BX-390, LY1J-264, LY1AT-228. 17 participants. • SWL telephony: V.Severinas-3336, (8 participants) • SWL CW: (3 participants) V.Zelenkevicius - 540.

  14. 1940 • LRM regular traffics and bulletins: • Nr. 1: 1940.01.30 • Nr. 2: 1940.04.19 • 1940.01.07 LRM annual meeting • President: Petras Vanagaitis LY1J • Secretary: Simas Grina LY1AR • QSL manager LY1KK • Log books printed (packs of 200 pages) • Cold winter, but good DX conditions on March. LY1S made 70 QSOs with USA during 1940.03.06-07. 70% telephony S9 reported.

  15. Plans for 1940-41 • Establish HQ - so far every other week in one Kaunas restaurant • More CW lessons (LY1AT radio) • Next book • Next contest • Consultation centre • Monthly QTC • Radio broadcasts every 2 weeks on 41m • LRMD pins production (started on 1940) • Special QSL stamps (LY1BG QSL manager) • Library for LRMD members

  16. Licensing in 1940 • In general the work of Lithuanian radio amateurs is subject to the laws issued by the government in 1939 • The permit to keep a short wave transmitter is given to persons not younger than seventeen and who have passed the necessary examinations • During the first year the new radio amateur can work only at telegraph and later also at the telephone. • Only 50 watts first 2 years. • Exams on 1940.02.12. 27 invited, 9 participated, 6 passed.

  17. Beginning of WW II • The private radio transmitters was stoppedat 6 o’clock on the 17th September, 1939 • 1939.10.28: LY1J and LY1S moved to Vilnius with army andestablished communication to Kaunas. They visited SP amateurs in Vilnius, but found only a few. • Transmission once more allowed from 1940.01.03, but communication between belligerent states in Europe was forbidden. • 1940 March: transmission forbidden in: OE, ON, XZ, VE, OK, OZ, OH, F, DL, G, EI, LX, PA, Z, LA, P, CT, YO, ZS, SM, HB. • ES: Stopped on 1939.10.17, allowed from 1939.11.03

  18. IARU • Applied on 1939 • Voted for LY: K, SU, VY, PA, ZL, YV, F, CT, G. No votes against. • Today no info about initiation. • Re-initiated on 1992.

  19. Survived LY hams • Almost everybody emigrated • LY1AP lives in USA • LY1VVS.K. on 2000. • LY1BX still active, honor member of LRMD.

  20. Wilenski Klub Krotkofalowcow(tnx UY5XE) • Date of foundation WKK - 29.12.1929(55 members: HAMs + SWLs). President - kpt. Roman Siekierski (SP3MR). • 11.05.1930 - president Dr. Adolf Kopec. • 15.05.1931 - WKK (27 HAMs) - one is 5 founders of PZK. • 06.11.1931 - president Dr. Adolf Kopec. • 11.06.1933 - president inz. T.Dabrowski.

  21. Nw QRU, 73! Товариство Прихильникiв Радio Литви засвiдчує найкращi бажання Львiвському Клубовi Короткохвильовцiв з нагоди ювiлею 80-ої рiчницi !

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