Hey AM'ers Anyone on the air tonight?
I guess my PW Icom IC-718 doesn't have enough to check into the big net on 3880.. Is anyone else on tonight that wants to give it a QSO a shot? I am in Houston TX. Bow W5EFR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Wilhite Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 15:56 To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM Windows! Since the band expansion some people have been moving about some. Not nearly as much as I would like to see, but there are places where AM turns up. One of the disadvantages you have in trying to work back into he Central US is the time zone. You will overlap us from about 8 your time until about 9. Dial around and listen for us. However with the Spring and Summer storms we have hear, you might just find us on SSB, depending on the band propagation and noise level. We only do the SSB thing when conditions are terrible. I just looked at radar near Galveston, TX and there is a bunch of T storm activity off the South Texas coast. That will bring havoc to us tonight. If it were not for that, the rest of the Central, Western and Southern US looks good. So we would probably be on. Whatever you do, plan on next Fall and Winter. But in the meantime listen for the 3.870 group along the West Coast. Anyone would be happy to make contact with someone in your territory. I haven't worked Washington on AM since my early days. 73 Jim W5JO > Todd comments: > > <<A-HA! So *that's* where you've been hiding! The noise has been so > bad up this way in the 3870-3885 swath that I figured I just wasn't > hearing you guys anymore. Brian was down on 3725 or 30 one night when > I came on late, it was the strongest and clearest I'd heard him. The > old 'window' is pretty much unusable here most nights due to the > noise, jamming, band changes and so on. Weekend mornings and > afternoons are great, but once it starts getting dark....>> > > I think the point has been made. I assume the AM community is a > friendly group. It would be nice to know where and when to look for > the activity. For 40M the area is not very larg. byt for 80/75 > thiereis a lot of space to cover. > > Bob Macklin > K5MYJ > Near Seattle, Wa ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.25/745 - Release Date: 4/3/2007 12:48 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.25/745 - Release Date: 4/3/2007 12:48 ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
