Hello to All Stations on the Reflector:
Ronnie/W5SUM and ME/W5OD have started the preliminary notification on a
couple of other AM list to Invite any and all "AM" operators to a 'Midnite
Modulation Party' on Thanksgiving Night. There are several of us that for
our own satisfaction and enjoyment started a few years ago to try and
attain a W.A.S. on 75m AM. Due to Static, the inability to work 'AM' 24
hours a day it has become and still is a challenge. However, that makes it
fun. So Ronnie wrote me yesterday with this idea to fire the old Rigs up
at Midnight on Thanksgiving Night and play "AM" hoping to awaken some of
the stations across these United states that have been waiting on the
Winter Conditions to arrive so that they could talk to friends from Hawaii
to Alaska! We have a theory that with enough RF into the ionosphere,
electrons coagulate, homogenize, stratify and with True Electromotive force
direct themselves to the farthest points of reception.
I personally am very Excited about the possibilities, because of the
expected large turn out, we are open to suggestions from some of the
"Older" more experience Operators as to the proper way to handle
it. Frequency's will be 3.880 and 3.885 and possibly 3..890. I had a
thought this morning as it might be necessary to divide the various
sections of the country into the 3 frequency's To make it easier to "Find"
that particular State you've been looking for, there will obviously be
cross overs and If you aren't so inclined to try and participate you would
simply park on your frequency and listen and if you happened to be the only
OPERATOR in your state then, You would become that RARE DX station for
those of us wanting the WHOLE enchilada.
I think it would be great to get All States out there on the air at the
SAME time.. Man, can you imagine being able to roll up and down the band a
bit and hear nothing but "AM" Like it used to be.. Just puts chills on me
thinking about it!
As I said we are in the Planning Stages and are open too all suggestions
and Ideas as to how to make it work for a relaxed 'Early' morning of
playing Radio when the Band is quiet, We may need to have it like a NET
where a station on each of the frequency's would accept check in's find
out the States needed for his Section and then put two stations together
for a simply exchange. They could move to almost anywhere in the phone
portion of band should they want to continue with a QSO.
Please feel free to contact me directly if the members of the Reflector
don't think this is the place to string out suggestions for this Midnite
Modulation Party. I would humbly ask the Administrator, permission to use
the Reflector so that All who do offer suggestions can get comments from a
wider range of Operators. Thanks for your Time.
I look forward to the response...
73,
Tony/W5OD
River House Radio
Boling, TX
