Good suggestion Paul. I use 7285 a lot anyway. 7290 does get crowded. See you on AM tomorrow!
Thanks - Brian, AF4K On 6 Jan 2006 at 4:19, VJB wrote: > Bry, Gary, Craig, > If you are planning to get on by 9AM or so, Eastern > time, why not grab 7283 or 7285Kc instead of higher > up? This allows two AM QSOs to establish with enough > elbow room to stay enjoyable. It's tough for some of > us between the AM nests of the Midwest and Northeast > to carve out a conversation when it's all on 7290Kc, > and 7295 is a leetle too close to the brick wall for > me. > Paul/VJB > Annapolis > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:29:50 -0500 > From: "Brian Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [AMRadio] Amplitude Modulation in Central > Florida > > Hey Gary and other AM ops... > Yeah, I will plan to be on 40m AM this Saturday Gary. > Probably much of the day unless they drag me away! > > Maybe some of the other guys will join us too! > > I want to get some audio comments on my DX60 signal > since I don't have a decent mod. monitoring scope here > at > present. > > 73 - AF4K, Bry > > On 5 Jan 2006 at 14:52, Gary Johanson WD4NKA wrote: > > > Wonder if anyone plans to do some AM this saturday? > I have a pretty > > mapped-out day, but i will be in and out of the > shack. I will most > > likely be on around 7 - 9am in the 7290 area, AM > mode, provided there > > is room. If not, i'll be pounding brass on 7050 or > 7030. I had some > > time last night around midnight to call CQ AM on > either side of VOA's > > big booming signal, but had to run with all the > filters up, which may > > have limited my ability to hear any returns that > were off a couple > > kc. Normally after i place a call, i try to tune > around for folks > > that might be xtal bound. I don't always expect to > hear a response on > > the frequency i call on . . . shades of yesteryear! > So if you hear > > me on 7292, and you only have an xtal for 7290 or > 95, try to respond > > anyway. > > > > I will also try to get on around the noon hour, > which might be > > actually better around my place for AM operation on > 40m. Bry, i > > still wanna hear that DX-60! Try and get that > SX101's ears a-going! > > I'll venture you will get better AM fidelity out of > it than the newer > > receivers, even if the sensitivity is a bit low at > this time. > > > > gary // wd4nka > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > dsl.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb >
